Jean<\/em>, her first LP in five years.<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cSay, what if I forgave it all\/I\u2019d be the laughing stock of every guard at every wall\/But what if I let the river through\/And whatever else just might belong to you,\u201d she sings on the opening track, \u201cForgiveness.\u201d It\u2019s a quiet prayer delivered in a tender tone over a delicate piano melody. Leaning into faith over fear, the 31-year-old starts to learn how to let go. In some moments, it\u2019s easier said than done. She calls back to \u201cForgiveness\u201d as she approaches the end of the album with \u201cSeven Years.\u201d The refrain \u201cMaybe that\u2019s how forgiveness feels\u201d returns, only this time there\u2019s an added weight of uncertainty. \u201cSeven years of rage\/Did I lose my mind?\u201d she sings. \u201cTears strike the page\/Will I waste my life?\u201d Yebba wants to know if it\u2019s possible to keep anchors in the past, but also move forward without being weighed down by them. She asks, \u201cWill it all wash away, or can I keep you forever in my mind?\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n
\n\tYebba named Jean <\/em>after her late grandmother, and she\u2019s thinking of her hometown on \u201cWest Memphis,\u201d which rides a slick country arrangement right back to Arkansas. She spent some time there while making this album, and made note of the cyclical routines that the lives there have followed for as long as she can remember. \u201cIt was TBN and praise the Lord\/Then Powerball was on by four,\u201d she sings. \u201cGranny said to trust the Lord\/He\u2019ll heal the sick and settle every score.\u2019\u201d But in her assessments of what stayed the same, Yebba notices that she really hasn\u2019t at all. She\u2019s older, but not entirely wiser, which she seems to embrace \u2014 the idea that there\u2019s always more to learn and experience is a source of excitement, rather than alarm. The realization follows her across the album in both sound and context.<\/p>\n\n\n
\t\tEditor\u2019s picks<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
\n\tYebba has the kind of voice that doesn\u2019t typically have to compete for attention. \u201cDifferent Light,\u201d for example, operates in her most classic mode \u2014 it\u2019s a stripped-back ballad, both haunted and haunting, and entirely arresting. The hazy, synth-filled \u201cDelicate Roots\u201d feels similarly designed for closed-eyes listening. There\u2019s nothing else to do but give into the aching feeling she evokes. Most of the album ventures beyond the R&B pockets Yebba usually resides in. Still, her gospel influences remain intact, like on the amorous \u201cWaterfall (I Adore You),\u201d which first arrived in 2023 after being sampled on \u201cPolar Opposites\u201d from the Drake album For All the Dogs. <\/em>There\u2019s a recurring lyrical theme about change and distinction that might have informed her yearning for exploration. She\u2019s always \u201csinging away,\u201d but she fulfills the \u201chaving fun\u201d element of that parting wish from Dawn<\/em> when she tries on new approaches to the way she molds her voice around her words.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\t\u201cAggressive\u201d is a rock song about all-consuming want and desire. Her emotion is mirrored by raging guitars that fight to overtake her voice and nearly win. Yebba mellows out on \u201cEarth, Wind, & California,\u201d though only in the sense that her assessment of rapid trend cycles and the music industry (\u201cThe real ones are gone\/Prolonging death\/To suck dick for the man\/That only makes us come\/To meetings\/About meetings\/We\u2019re fucked\u201d) is set against a breezy surf-rock backdrop. \u201cOf Course,\u201d the album\u2019s skittering mid-point, distorts Yebba\u2019s pristine vocals through glitching hyper-pop verses. The song is peppered with quick-witted one-liners, from \u201cI\u2019m thick as fuck and fine as hell\u201d and \u201cI hope that he kiss and tells\u201d to \u201cHe\u2019s a fan in my DMs, so I report his ass for spam\u201d and \u201cAll these men are fuckin\u2019 scams.\u201d In the background of one verse, Yebba lets out a bellowing laugh.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
\n\tThe balance Jean <\/em>strikes between devastation and liberation emphasizes the appreciation one brings to the other. When she sings about hating L.A. and missing her mother on \u201cAlright,\u201d she paints a raw portrait of her greatest hopes and the grief, fear, and purpose that keeps her moving forward against all odds. \u201cYellow Eyes,\u201d a folky record pierced with thunderous claps, was co-produced by Yebba and John Rooney, who helped craft the album alongside composer James Francies. Her melodic flow switches a handful of times across the song as she builds towards an outro carried by bluesy harmonies. \u201cWhen you think it\u2019s over\/Look over your shoulder\/The way that it was\/It\u2019s all waiting for you,\u201d she sings. \u201cDon\u2019t come undone\/The way that it was\/We were just getting started, so lost\/So long, the way that it was\/And when I come home I\u2019ll remember the way that it was.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n
\t\tRelated Content<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n
\n\tJean<\/em> is an enthralling account of an artist learning to be less precious about linear healing and emotions that don\u2019t lend themselves to that process. These songs hold the weight of the past while clearing a path forward. Yebba remembers the way that it was, but also sees how she has grown beyond those restraints. \u201cNo more time for severed answers, second glances and baited questions or playing it small,\u201d she sings on \u201cWater and Wonderlust,\u201d the album closer. \u201cThat\u2019s how it goes.\u201d The years since we last heard from her have been full of expansion and exploration. It\u2019s good to have her back.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.rollingstone.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Back in 2021, Yebba closed out her debut album, Dawn, with well wishes from her mother, whose death she grappled with across the grief-consumed record. At the end of \u201cParanoia Purple,\u201d a voice note played: \u201cHope you\u2019re having fun, and I hope you\u2019re singing away.\u201d Yebba puts these words into practice on Jean, her first […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2315765,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[448660],"class_list":["post-2315764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-yebba"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Yebba-Returns-After-Five-Years-With-Jean-New-Music-Review.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315764","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2315764"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315764\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2315766,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2315764\/revisions\/2315766"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2315765"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2315764"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2315764"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2315764"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}