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| Released | April 5, 2024 | |||
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Tori (stylized as TORI.) is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Tori Kelly. It was released on April 5, 2024, through Epic and Beautiful Mind Records. It is her first studio album in four years, following A Tori Kelly Christmas (2020).
The album features guest vocal performances from Ayra Starr, Kim Chae-won, [1] and Jon Bellion. [2]
In March 2023, it was announced that Kelly had signed a recording contract with Epic Records. [3] She began releasing tracks from her upcoming fifth album (including the singles "Missin U", "Cut", and "Young Gun") before compiling them on an extended play of the same title, Tori (2023). [4] [5] In the fall of 2023, she embarked on the Take Control Tour in support of the EP. [2] [6]
Kelly felt she had finished work on the album in early 2023 after several sessions with singer-songwriter Jon Bellion. However, she was inspired to write the lead single "High Water", after suffering a health emergency due to blood clots in her legs and lungs that July. [7] [8] The track was released on February 9, 2024. [9] [10] [11] [12]
She embarked on the Purple Skies Tour in support of the album, with the first leg starting on April 12, 2024, in Ventura and concluding on May 3, 2024, in Kansas City. [13] She started the second part of the tour on August 17, 2024 in Taipei, Taiwan and will conclude on December 9, 2024 in London, England. [14]
Tori. is an R&B and pop album which heavily borrows from Y2K-inspired sounds. [4] It features powerful vocals and upbeat production as a result of Kelly being in a "happy place" during the record's conception. She cited Missy Elliott, Timbaland, Aaliyah, and Destiny's Child as influences. [15]
All tracks are written by Tori Kelly, Jason Cornet and Jonathan Bellion, and produced by TenRoc and Bellion, with additional contributors noted.
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Thing U Do" |
| 4:05 | |
| 2. | "Missin U" |
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| 2:57 |
| 3. | "Diamonds" |
| 3:00 | |
| 4. | "Cut" |
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| 2:56 |
| 5. | "Spruce" (featuring Kim Chae-won of Le Sserafim) |
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| 2:43 |
| 6. | "Shelter" |
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| 2:51 |
| 7. | "Oceans" |
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| 2:38 |
| 8. | "Purple Skies (Interlude)" |
| The Diner | 0:26 |
| 9. | "Unbelievable" (featuring Ayra Starr) |
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| 2:38 |
| 10. | "Shine On" |
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| 2:57 |
| 11. | "High Water" | 2:48 | ||
| 12. | "Young Gun" (featuring Jon Bellion) |
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| 2:53 |
| 13. | "Alive If I Die" |
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| 2:34 |
| 14. | "Missin U" (R&B edit) |
| 2:52 | |
| 15. | "Same Girl" | Kelly | 2:28 | |
| Total length: | 40:37 | |||
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Producer(s) | Length |
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| 1. | "Distance" |
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| 3:11 |
| 2. | "Bottomline" (featuring JoJo) |
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| 3:22 |
| 3. | "U" |
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| 2:50 |
| 4. | "Beautiful War" (featuring Pink Sweats) |
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| 2:02 |
| Total length: | 51:32 | |||
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