The opening track to her ninth studio album is called ‘the Grants’, and it features her in the studio( you can hear interactions between her and the production crew) that leads into a gospel intro with backing vocals. As with most of the record, it is her usual piano ballad. From what I listened to, this is the only track that slightly deviates away from the typical piano ballad. Don’t get me wrong, it wasn’t a boring listen because she has plenty of conscious lyrics to compensate, but there is little regarding the instrumentation. The strings give some flesh to the ballads.

Song recommendations: ‘A&W’, ‘Candy Necklace’, ‘the Grants’