Bird's Eye (album)

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Bird's Eye
Ravyn Lenae - Bird's Eye.png
Studio album by
ReleasedAugust 9, 2024 (2024-08-09)
Label Atlantic
Producer
Ravyn Lenae chronology
Hypnos
(2022)
Bird's Eye
(2024)
Singles from Bird's Eye
  1. "Love Is Blind" / "Love Me Not"
    Released: May 3, 2024
  2. "Dream Girl"
    Released: June 26, 2024
  3. "One Wish"
    Released: July 26, 2024

Bird's Eye is the upcoming second studio album by American singer and songwriter Ravyn Lenae. It is set to be released on August 9, 2024, through Atlantic Records.

Contents

Background

Lenae created the record alongside executive producer DJ Dahi. In a statement, she described the album as a return "to a place of self-trust and unbending intuition" while taking "paths and turns" on the way there into consideration. [1] Announcement of the album was accompanied by the release of the songs "Love Is Blind" and "Love Me Not" on May 3, 2024. [2] Both songs observe "conflicting feelings of relational desire and dependency", "Love Is Blind" in a more "soul" and "airy R&B" [3] approach and "Love Me Not" as "bolder crossover pop". [4] The second single "Dream Girl" featuring Ty Dolla Sign was released on June 26 and contains as what Lenae refers to as "Prince drums" as well as the singer's signature "potent world-building". [5] Lenae is set to kick off a North American and European tour supporting the album on October 5. [6]

Track listing

Bird's Eye track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Genius"  2:35
2."Bad Idea"  2:14
3."One Wish" (featuring Childish Gambino) 
3:15
4."Dream Girl" (featuring Ty Dolla Sign)
3:39
5."Candy"  3:06
6."Love is Blind"
  • Washington
  • Natche
  • Aarons
  • Stewart
  • Solomonophonic
  • DJ Dahi
  • Stewart
  • Solomonophonic
3:51
7."Love Me Not"
  • DJ Dahi
  • Stewart
  • Reynolds
  • Balmoris
3:33
8."From Scratch"  3:25
9."1 of 1"  2:45
10."Pilot"  3:13
11."Days"  4:03
Total length:35:39

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