Last month, Solange scored her very first number one album with her melodic ode to Blackness, "A Seat at the Table." Solange delivered her first televised performances in support of the project on Saturday Night Live.
She arrived in all white with band and background singers in tow to sing the closest things to singles we've gotten so far.
For "Cranes in the Sky" and "Don't Touch My Hair" the singer brought to life the album's lush instrumentation and authenticity with heartfelt performances.
She even recreated the infamous bop from the music video with British singer-songwriter Sampha for her final selection.
After the show, Solange tweeted her thanks for the opportunity. "I had a great time, even through the imperfections & nervousness!" she wrote.
Thank u @nbcsnl for having me, & to all who watched & showed love...❤️️
I had a great time, even through the imperfections & nervousness ! pic.twitter.com/HGRXrXUmx9
Solange's latest album, "A Seat at the Table," is a bonafide hit. The 21-track set has already topped the iTunes charts and it's expected to enter the Billboard album chart in the same position. This is a feat that Solange should be incredible proud of. The 30-year-old wrote, arranged and co-produced the entire album.
In a behind-the-scenes video, Solo gives us a glimpse of her creative process. She's seen jamming with studio musicians, working with engineers and producers, and penning lyrics. And intermittently, there are cute cameos from her son, Julez.
This short looks gives us a hint about why the album took years to come together. Solange was invest in building a work of art from the ground up.
She said in a statement.
"A Seat At The Table, Beginning Stages" is a look at the early days of jam sessions, experimentation, and the exploring of sounds and ideas for the album.
While some of the jam sessions featured did not make the album, they helped to create and identify the sonic tone, and the early lyrics and concepts I wrote for the project.
This video is broken up into 3 different parts. The first and second parts happened in Long Island and New Orleans where I first started to jam and collaborate on ideas with the incredible artists and musicians featured (as well as some other incredible artist and musicians who are not shown here). A lot of these days would just start with me singing a melody or someone playing a synth part or bass line, and would transition into an hour long jam.
The third part is me taking all of these jams to New Iberia, LA with just my engineers and creating the actual song structures, building the sounds, and writing the lyrics and melodies.
I later took these songs to Los Angeles to work with Raphael Saadiq to help amplify the production, as well as record the vocals alongside Troy Johnson. When I look back at the beginning stages, I remember the powerful energy that set the tone, and that I'm so grateful followed us everywhere during the creation of this record.
We're in a moment where there's lots of talk about being "unapologetically Black." And while being Black and proud is essential, if we really want things to change, we have to use our Blackness as a catalyst for forward progress. That's the project that Solange took on with her new album, "A Seat at the Table." It's emotional and vulnerable, and she's putting on for the Black girls. Watch Kim (@KimberlyNFoster) break it down.
The internet has been buzzing about Solange's latest full length album A Seat at the Table. The project has been four years in the making for the 30-year-old singer-songwriter and she didn't disappoint. She not only deliver a 12-track set with 9 interludes, but gave the world a digital book filled with images of beautiful Black people.
Tonight she released two visuals to accompany "Don't Touch My Hair" and "Cranes in the Sky." Both were directed by the singer and her husband and veteran music video director Alan Ferguson.
Solange was joined by Dev Hynes, KING and Moses Sumney as she rehearsed Donny Hathaway's version of Nina Simone original "To Be Young Gifted and Black" for a performance at FYF Fest.
Tina Knowles, the ever-so-fabulous mother of Beyoncé and Solange, discussed her youngest daughter's recent nuptials to Alan Ferguson on yesterday's Entertainment Tonight.
Solange and her husband Alan planned the heck out of their New Orleans wedding. Despite the fact that she intentionally keeps her private life low key, the bits that she's shared with the public and the ones we've been lucky enough to catch have been magnificent.
Beyoncé may be one of the most respected performers of her generation, but she seemed downright bashful as she shared some sisterly stage time with her sister during Solange's Coachella set.
The two danced up a storm to Solange's "Losing You" (which had a fantastic video by the way). After the dance break, Bey gave Solo a bear hug and rushed off the stage.
