For more than a year now, singer-songwriter Normani has been teasing fans about her highlight anticipated debut album.
After she released her first solo song "Motivation" back in 2019, the “Waves” singer has remained active in the music scene, with a few collaborations with artists like Sam Smith and Megan Thee Stallion. During that time, the release date for her long-awaited debut album has not yet been confirmed. But now, the wait might finally be over.
In her latest Twitter post, Normani shared a short clip of herself with an unreleased song playing in the background. She captioned the video: “know it’s been a while.” The song appears to be a sample of the late R&B legend Aaliyah’s 1996 single “One In A Million.”
The snippet shocked fans across the internet, as many patiently waiting for the former Fifth Harmony member to release her solo material for years
As soon as she posted the video to her social media accounts, Normani’s loyal fanbase flocked to Twitter to share their excitement:
Last November, Normani revealed that she felt immense pressure to make an album that felt authentic to her.
“For a long time, I was stressed out about checking boxes like, ‘Is this Black enough? Is this pop enough?’ But music started feeling way better when I just went into the studio with the mentality of being Normani,” she told Women’s Health Magazine.
“People will always remember how you made them feel and what a record did for them. My lyrics have more depth, and they’re more intentional and come from a more authentic place because I now feel more connected to myself than before,” she added.
She also revealed that her album will be “an opportunity for the public to be able to get to know me in a way that they haven’t been able to before.”
“I feel hurt, sad, elated sometimes. I feel like I’m in my head. I feel not so confident. I just want to be able to show not only women but people in general, that I am a human as well,” she told Teen Vogue last October.
“There’s so much expectation that I have for myself, so adding [fans’ expectations] onto that can be a lot, but it really does motivate me,” she continued. “I really want to create a body of work that’s going to count, you know? I’m never going to get my first album back.”
A release date for Normani’s solo debut album has yet to be announced.