12 August 2026
US artist Ravyn Lenae has come through with her third studio album, ‘Blue Island’. The 14 track project explores complex emotions of anxiety, identity, and joy through her thoughtful and introspective lyricism.
Blue Island also contains features from the inimitable Doechii, as well as fan favourite Dominic Fike. Lenae took inspiration from key influences Santigold, Janet Jackson, and Tracy Chapman.
Speaking on her work, the artist states:
“‘Blue Island’ is a point of arrival, and feeling set in my ways and in who I am, and feeling free of any of those preconceived notions about Blackness or what I had to be in the past. So I think now it’s fun to challenge the idea of what R&B is supposed to sound like, what pop is supposed to sound like… and really say ‘fuck all of that’ and do my own thing.”