Yaya Bey - Do It Afraid (2025) (CD)

"Suffering is promised to us all, but so is joy. You have to find peace in that duality," says Yaya Bey, who commits to life's delight - humor, love, the power of human movement and connection - even if she has to do it afraid. With her new album, which follows a run of critically acclaimed releases and marks her debut on art-forward indie label drink sum wtr, the Queens, New York singer-songwriter thrives across uplifting, effervescent material. A rejection of past narratives projected onto her, 'do it afraid' finds Bey reclaiming her story with resolutely fun, full-hearted, and nuanced songs that pull from R&B, hip-hop, jazz, soul, and dance music, including the soca stylings of her family's Bajan roots. Do it afraid celebrates all sides of Yaya as part of a collective lifeforce that doesn't subscribe to fear but to the moments that move us.
 
 FORMAT: Compact Disc
 CONDITION: Brand New
 GENRE:  R&B
 UPC:  617308097221
 LABEL:  Drink Sum WTR
 NO. OF DISCS:  1
 
 TRACKLIST:
 1 Wake Up B*TCH
 2 End of the World
 3 Real Yearners Unite
 4 Cindy Rella
 5 Raisins
 6 Spin Cycle
 7 Dream Girl
 8 Merlot and Grigio
 9 Breakthrough
 10 A Surrender
 11 In a Circle
 12 Aye Noche
 13 No for Real, WTF?
 14 Blicky
 15 Ask the Questions
 16 Bella Noches Pt. 1
 17 A Tiny Thing That's Mine
 18 Choice