As The Album celebrates its fifth anniversary, Teyana Taylor’s third album has been licensed Gold by the RIAA. First launched on June 19—Juneteenth—2020, The Album was the final music Taylor launched earlier than asserting her fourth album, Escape Room, earlier this month. With that announcement, Taylor launched “Long Time,” her first new tune in 5 years. Escape Room is due out in August.
Earlier this month, Taylor was offered with gold plaques for her albums The Album and 2018’s Ok.T.S.E. throughout an look on The Right now Present. “This is crazy,” Taylor stated upon receiving the plaques, after spending a second seemingly speechless. Taylor additionally acquired plaques for a few her singles, which have gone platinum.
That includes collaborations with Erykah Badu, Ms. Lauryn Hill, Kehlani, Future, and lots of extra, The Album is a sprawling mission that got here from an extended artistic course of. In 2018, Taylor launched the seven-track album Ok.T.S.E. (Preserve That Identical Vitality) which was produced by Kanye West throughout his 2018 Wyoming periods. Taylor later stated that she needed to report an extended album, which got here by way of on The Album, which finally clocked in at 23 tracks, cut up up into 5 suites, one for every letter of the phrase “album.”
Although she took years between musical releases, Taylor has saved a lot busy. The previous few years have seen Taylor put money into an appearing profession, with actual returns and acclaim. In 2023, Taylor starred in A.V. Rockwell’s movie A Thousand And One, and her efficiency was lauded, happening to win the Breakthrough Efficiency award from the Nationwide Board Of Overview. Taylor additionally appeared in 2023’s White Males Can’t Soar and the 2025 Tyler Perry movie Straw. Later in 2025, she’ll additionally star in Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After One other and can seem reverse Kim Kardashian, Glenn Shut, and Naomi Watts within the upcoming Ryan Murphy collection All’s Truthful.
Hearken to Teyana Taylor’s “Long Time” now.
