Jhené Aiko Has Announced Her Crazy New Mega Album
Finally!
Music
February 28, 2020

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The queen is back…

After releasing several singles over the last couple months, Los Angeles R&B talent Jhené Aiko has announced that her upcoming album Chilombo will be released on March 6th via Def Jam Recordings.

The title of the album is taken from Jhené’s full name ‘Jhené Aiko Efuru Chilombo’, which means ‘wild beast’ (that’s so dope btw). She took to Insta to give us a look at the tracklist and damn this already looks so promising.

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March 6th ✨ #CHILOMBO 🌋

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The 20 song tracklist has some crazy features, with artists like H.E.R., Big Sean, Miguel and Nas gracing the album. Safe to say this is gonna be the R&B offering fans have been craving since 2017’s Trip. 

The LA native also went into detail of the origins of her name and to give some additional backstory to the album as well.

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"#CHILOMBO proclaims the artist’s full name, Jhené Aiko Efuru CHILOMBO, as it celebrates her coming into her own personal power. The initial jam sessions where she freestyled the lyrics to each song, took place on The Big Island of Hawaii where Jhené's great grandmother was born. Jhené was inspired by the beauty and power of the island's volcanoes, having visited throughout the years. Chilombo means wild beast. The volcano is symbolic of the beautiful, yet powerful beast. Jhené Aiko Efuru is Chilombo. In contrast to her 2017 album, Trip, which intricately detailed the process of grieving, CHILOMBO finds Jhené embracing her strength and power, and coming into her confidence as a woman, a lover, a creator and a healer. She has always embraced magic in her particular brand of soulful, trippy, ethereal R&B, but now on CHILOMBO she has taken it all to another level." 🌋

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Safe to say if Chilombo is anywhere near as impactful and sick as this Insta post is leading us onto believe, Jhené will have a real hit on her hands, and we can’t wait…

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