Amaarae Announces New Album Black Star, Shares Video for New Song “S.M.O.”

Amaarae Announces New Album Black Star, Shares Video for New Song “S.M.O.”

The Fountain Baby follow-up arrives August 8

Amaarae Is Ready to Release a New Album — and Take Over the World

When you meet Amaarae, it’s hard not to notice how much deeper her speaking voice is compared with the sweet falsetto she constantly deploys in her music. It’s all intentional: “There’s a sensitivity and a vulnerability that I get to tap into in my music that isn’t very easy for me to express,” she tells me under the shade of a teahouse at the Japanese Garden outside of Los Angeles. “Deep down, I’m a sensitive and mushy person.” Amaarae has be…

Amaarae ignites her Black Star era with sultry new single 'S.M.O'

Ghanaian-American alt-pop sensation Amaarae has officially kicked off her Black Star era with the release of her bold new single, S.M.O.

Amaarae Announces Bold New Era With New Album BLACK STAR And Single 'S.M.O'

Amaarae is back and she’s ready to redefine the soundscape once again. The Ghanaian-American artist, celebrated for her genre-bending fusion of alternative, pop, R&B, and Afrobeats, has officially announced her highly anticipated new album: BLACK STAR on August 8th.

Amaarae Announces New Album Black Star, Shares Video for New Song “S.M.O.”: Watch - Los Angeles Weekly Times

Amaarae’s Fountain Baby follow-up is on the way. Black Star arrives August 8, via Interscope, and you can watch the video for Ghanaian highlife–inspired single “S.M.O.” below. The Ghanaian American singer shot the video in Ghana with director Omar Jones. Check out the new album’s cover artwork below, too. In a press release, Amaarae said of the single: For as long as I’ve made music, fusion has been my strength, and I think this comes to full fr…