BEY,YAYA - DO IT AFRAID Vinyl LP

"Suffering is promised to us all, but so is joy. You have to find peace in that duality," says Yaya Bey, who commits to life's delight - humor, love, the power of human movement and connection - even if she has to do it afraid. With her new album, which follows a run of critically acclaimed releases and marks her debut on art-forward indie label drink sum wtr, the Queens, New York singer-songwriter thrives across uplifting, effervescent material. A rejection of past narratives projected onto her, 'do it afraid' finds Bey reclaiming her story with resolutely fun, full-hearted, and nuanced songs that pull from R&B, hip-hop, jazz, soul, and dance music, including the soca stylings of her family's Bajan roots. Do it afraid celebrates all sides of Yaya as part of a collective lifeforce that doesn't subscribe to fear but to the moments that move us.

Track List:

1.1 wake up b*tch
1.2 end of the world
1.3 real yearners unite
1.4 cindy rella
1.5 raisins
1.6 spin cycle
1.7 dream girl
1.8 merlot and grigio
1.9 breakthrough
1.10 a surrender
1.11 in a circle
1.12 aye noche
1.13 no for real, wtf?
1.14 blicky
1.15 ask the questions
1.16 bella noches pt. 1
1.17 a tiny thing that's mine
1.18 choice

Label: Drink Sum WTR