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Yola Unveils New Sonic Era On Her Creatively Unbound New EP ‘My Way’

Drawing influence from progressive R&B, classic funk and soulful pop

Highly-acclaimed singer Yola has released her new EP My Way, released via S Curve Records. Drawing influence from progressive R&B, classic funk and soulful pop, it marks a new era for the six-time GRAMMY-nominated artist. 

“My Way is not about creative dictatorship.” Yola states, sharing, “It’s about being free to do what the songs need, because I don’t need to guide people towards allowing me agency, free of any restriction so I can tell my story more fully than ever before. This is me at my most musically free, and maybe a little nostalgic.”

Lead single “Temporary” is a hypnotizing disco, rare groove gem, with Yola delivering a sparkling vocal (which would make Donna Summer and Minnie Riperton proud) all while cheekily putting no-good men in their place. It’s an ode to fuck boys and their necessary but limited purpose. 

Says Yola about lead single “Temporary,” “It is in part an ode to fuckboys, but it is also a verbal dagger in the side to the most vapid of daters. I wrote this song while I was single and dating, because I’d find after an intense period of serious dating, I’d get dating fatigue and that would start playing games on your mind. You are tempted to smash guys prematurely who you are dating for serious purposes, you create crushes that shouldn’t exist. So, fuckboys were a good tool to chemically manage pent up hormones, so I could focus. As you can tell I’m a highly strategic person, ha.”

My Way was produced by Yola, GRAMMY Award-winning producer Sean Douglas (Lizzo, Chris Brown, Madonna, Selena Gomez, and Sia), and producer Zach Skelton (Lil Nas X, John Legend, Paul McCartney) and marks a new direction, and moment of creative agency. 

Yola also announced her Sovereign Soul Tour, which will see Yola perform across the USA, beginning on May 10 in Denver, with performances in Nashville, Atlanta, Washington, DC, New York, and more – full dates and details below. Details will be at: https://www.iamyola.com/tour.

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