{"id":2225394,"date":"2026-01-07T07:45:01","date_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:45:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2225394"},"modified":"2026-01-07T07:45:01","modified_gmt":"2026-01-07T07:45:01","slug":"jill-scott-announces-first-new-album-in-more-than-a-decade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/jill-scott-announces-first-new-album-in-more-than-a-decade\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Scott announces first new album in more than a decade"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<div class=\"column eleven-column byline-section\">\n<p><span class=\"author\"\/><span class=\"publication\"><span slot=\"bylineInfo\" class=\"authors\">Rosa Cartagena<\/span><br \/>\n<span slot=\"bylineInfo\" class=\"credit\">\u00a0|\u00a0 The Philadelphia Inquirer<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"videoWrap\" class=\"spacer-large videoWrap\" style=\"position:relative\"><media-video video-id=\"87896786007\" title=\"From Md. to York's streets, Open Arms Cafe wants all to get a hot meal\" poster=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/authoring\/authoring-images\/2025\/12\/23\/PPYD\/87897204007-img-2080.jpeg?crop=1267,713,x6,y0\" util-module-path=\"elements\/media\" placement=\"snow-video-story-priority\"><\/p>\n<div id=\"uwVideoPlaceholder\" slot=\"placeholder\" style=\"z-index:19;width:100%;padding-bottom:56.25%;position:relative\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"vidplaybtn\" style=\"display:-moz-box;display:-ms-flexbox;display:-webkit-flex;display:flex;background-color:rgba(0,0,0,.4);border:2px solid #fff;border-radius:80px;cursor:pointer;height:80px;width:80px;position:absolute;top:50%;left:50%;transform:translate(-50%,-50%);z-index:10\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"vidplayicon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.gannett-cdn.com\/appservices\/universal-web\/universal\/icons\/icon-play-alt-white.svg\" alt=\"play\" style=\"height:40px;margin:auto 18px auto 27px;width:40px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div slot=\"videoDetails\" id=\"videoDetails\" class=\"videoDetails\" style=\"padding-top:8px;padding-bottom:8px\">\n<div id=\"videoDetailsContainer\" class=\"videoDetailsContainer\" hidden=\"\">\n<p>From Md. to York&#8217;s streets, Open Arms Cafe wants all to get a hot meal<\/p>\n<p>Ellen Papanikos shares her homemade cooking in York City as the Open Arms Cafe nonprofit food truck serves free hot meals to the community each week.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/media-video><\/div>\n<p>PHILADELPHIA \u2014 Legendary singer Jill Scott is kicking off 2026 with a special announcement: Her sixth studio album, called &#8220;To Whom This May Concern,&#8221; will come out on Feb. 13.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"600\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\" momentum=\"\"\/>\n<p>The release marks Scott\u2019s first new album in more than a decade, following 2015\u2019s &#8220;Woman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Coinciding with last week&#8217;s announcement, Scott also dropped her new single, \u201cBeautiful People,\u201d in which she croons about the power of love: \u201cOur love is the art of war\/ Conquering all algorithms\/ And wicked, wicked systems of things.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cTHANK YOU for your patience and your listening ears,\u201d Scott wrote on\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DTAmjKogCLN\/?igsh=MTlwcnVkYjBzdGI5Ng==\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Instagram<\/a>, signing off her caption with her beloved nickname, Jilly from Philly.<\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkdispatch.com\/story\/sports\/motor\/2026\/01\/06\/york-county-racing-club-celebrates-2026-hall-of-fame-inductees-banquet-recap\/88045804007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">York County Racing Club celebrates 2026 Hall of Fame inductees<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkdispatch.com\/story\/entertainment\/2026\/01\/06\/entertainment-calendar-for-jan-8-14\/88047179007\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Entertainment calendar for Jan. 8-14<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"related-link\"><span class=\"exclude-from-newsgate\"><strong style=\"margin-right:3px\">More: <\/strong><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.yorkdispatch.com\/picture-gallery\/news\/local\/2020\/01\/21\/photos-available-adoption-spca\/4533930002\/\" rel=\"noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Available for adoption at York County SPCA<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>On &#8220;To Whom This May Concern,&#8221; the Philly native collaborates with fellow Philadelphian musicians including rapper\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/arts\/tierra-whack-cypher-cheesesteak-restaurants-20231201.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Tierra Whack<\/a>\u00a0and music producer\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/entertainment\/music\/adam-blackstone-grammys-super-bowl-halftime-show-20230131.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Adam Blackstone<\/a>. Other collaborators include rappers Ab-Soul, J.I.D., and Too Short along with producers DJ Premier, Om\u2019Mas Keith, Camper, and Andre Harris, according to\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/variety.com\/2026\/music\/news\/jill-scott-announces-new-album-to-whom-this-may-concern-1236622245\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Variety<\/a>.<\/p>\n<partner-banner util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" fluid=\"\" bottom=\"\" lazy=\"\" class=\"spacer-large\" min-height=\"390\" outstream=\"\"\/><partner-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/partner\" class=\"spacer-large\" placement=\"native-article_link\" sizes=\"[[300, 250], [3, 3]]\" min-height=\"250\" fluid=\"\" outstream=\"\"\/>\n<p>Scott has appeared in Philly several times in recent years, from\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/education\/jill-scott-girls-high-mural-philadelphia-school-district-20240530.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">singing at her alma mater Girls\u2019 High<\/a>\u00a0(where she was also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/arts\/jill-scott-mural-philadelphia-high-school-for-girls-20240530.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">honored with a mural<\/a>) to performing an\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.inquirer.com\/entertainment\/music\/roots-picnic-2024-jill-scott-nas-20240602.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">incredible set at The Roots Picnic 2024<\/a>\u00a0that Inquirer music critic Dan DeLuca said \u201cconnected with the crowd with the generosity of spirit that animates everything she does.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>During that show, Scott brought out Whack to debut their soon-to-be-released song, \u201cNorf Philly.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><media-gallery-promo asset-id=\"88016620007\" class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>The &#8220;To Whom This May Concern&#8221; album cover features a painting by Chicago artist Marcellous Lovelace and depicts a nude Black woman with large yellow earrings and a matching collar necklace that repeats the message, \u201cWe fight.\u201d The design includes affirmations like, \u201cWe can save ourselves,\u201d \u201cYou cannot touch me,\u201d and \u201cOne day we will destroy all of those who wish to harm us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><cta-atoms-container-inline util-module-path=\"elements\/cta\" class=\"spacer-large\"\/><\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a lot of living in this album,\u201d Scott said about the album in a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=poT8H8AvJ2E\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">recent interview<\/a>. \u201cIt\u2019s a lot of revelation. Musically, it\u2019s a full spectrum. Had some wonderful musicians come in. I feel touched all over, literally \u2026 The musicianship on this project and the people that gravitated towards it, I couldn\u2019t be happier. I couldn\u2019t have ever even imagined who is on this album.\u201d<\/p>\n<lit-timestamp class=\"column ten-column no-gutter spacer-small\" slot=\"timestamp\" publishdate=\"2026-01-06 17:53:40.71672759 +0000 UTC\" updatedate=\"2026-01-06 17:53:48.575872936 +0000 UTC\"\/><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.yorkdispatch.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Rosa Cartagena \u00a0|\u00a0 The Philadelphia Inquirer From Md. to York&#8217;s streets, Open Arms Cafe wants all to get a hot meal Ellen Papanikos shares her homemade cooking in York City as the Open Arms Cafe nonprofit food truck serves free hot meals to the community each week. 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