Ari Lennox Is In Her “Soft Girl Era” with New Album ‘Vacancy’
- Monica Soriano
- 1 day ago
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The R&B singer released a 15 track album oozing with attractive melodies and risque lyrics that are easy to gravitate to.
Article Contributed by Monica Soriano
A Strong 3rd Studio Album
Ari Lennox’s 3rd studio album ‘Vacancy’ is a real gift to listeners. With only one feature on the entire project, everything relies solely on Lennox’s vocals. This is an album that can be played in the background for ambience or with headphones on to grasp every detail indulging in a full escape. Ari Lennox has proven herself over and over through her various musical projects including mixtapes, EP’s and full-length albums. The entirety of ‘Vacancy’ is full of her lyricism and beautiful vocals. The input she had in the project goes beyond just recording the songs - she spent 3 years crafting this album and co-writing every single song. It is a piece of herself she is sharing with the world and it’s easy to be drawn to her sweet voice.
Riveting Songs That Stand Out
The 15 songs felt intentional which made the project as a whole cohesive. While the album is worth listening to in its entirety, there were a few songs that stood out more than others but it was rather difficult to pick favorites.
“High Key” may be a short track but it’s easy to remember due to the catchy chorus and overall fun appeal. “Soft Girl Era” is equally as lively with an upbeat and relatable context. With these two tracks Ari Lennox demonstrates she can do Pop R&B well.
Sitting next to each other on the album “Cool Down”, “Horoscope” and “Wake Up” are deserving of attention. Ari Lennox makes it sound easy, the way her voice glides through the tracks perfectly forming a balance between showing her internalized feelings and her musical abilities.
Her only feature on this album is Jamaican musician Buju Banton on the song “Company”, a perfect blend of both artists' styles coming together. He influences the song heavily thus making it stand out, in a good way.
Vacancy & Beyond
As Ari Lennox continues to release music and experiment with sounds past R&B or rather blending genres with R&B, she grows beyond what she herself may have thought possible. Every single piece of work she releases is proof that she’s here and her name holds more weight in this industry each time.
She has been releasing lyric videos for her songs as well as a fun mini series titled ‘Vacancy Motel’ with each episode being under 2 minutes. “Under The Moon”, “Vacancy” and “Soft Girl Era” all have music videos released on youtube and “Under The Moon” even has a couple live sessions by Lennox!
‘Vacancy’ marks the first full-length album since parting ways with Dreamville making this an important shift in her career. The album is superb, it is dripping in R&B vocals but delicately blends other genres when it makes sense to do so. Although nothing has been officially announced, there are high hopes for an Ari Lennox tour this year!
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