Do It Afraid - Vinyle Or

Description

"Suffering is promised to all of us, but so is joy. You have to accept that duality," says Yaya Bey, who embraces life's delights—humor, love, the power of human movement and social connection—even if she has to do it afraid. With her new album, which follows a string of critically acclaimed albums and marks her debut on the independent label drink sum wtr, the singer-songwriter from Queens, New York, blossoms through exhilarating and overflowing lyrics. Rejecting past narratives that have been projected onto her, do it afraid allows Bey to reclaim her story with resolutely fun, heartfelt, and nuanced songs that draw from R&B, hip-hop, jazz, soul, and dance music, including the soca style of her family's Bajan roots. do it afraid celebrates all facets of Yaya as part of a collective life force that doesn't subscribe to fear, but to the moments that move us.