The R&B superstar will releasedย Beloved this summer
Multi-platinum, seven-time Grammy-nominated R&B superstar Giveon has formally announced his second studio album, Beloved, on July 11th via Epic Records. The forthcoming release is led by the hit single โTwenties,โ and the albumโs second single, โRather Be,โ released this month.
Beloved marks the end of a multi-year hiatus for Giveon, whose proper debut album, Give or Take, released in 2022. Beloved features production from Matthew Burnett, Jahaan Sweet, Gitty, Sevn Thomas, Maneesh and more.
โTwenties,โ the lead single, has shot up the charts and gotten Giveon’s Beloved era off to a hot start. The cathartic ballad earned Giveon the fourth Billboard Hot 100 hit of his career earlier this year and has peaked inside the Top 10 of the Hot R&B Songs Chart and the Top 20 of the Hot R&B/Hip Hop Songs Chart. It has generated over 13 million YouTube views, a New York Times co-sign, and Giveon performed the record at a pre-Met Gala even for Prada. โTwentiesโ has already become the latest of an impressive line of signature performances in Giveon’s career.
The success of โTwentiesโ was followed by the sleek single and music video, โRather Be,โ which earned a โSongs You Need This Weekโ nod from Rolling Stone upon release. Momentum has continued to abound for Giveon.
During his groundbreaking debut and star turn from 2020 to 2021, Giveon released two full-length projects, When Itโs All Said and Doneโฆ Take Time and Give or Take, as well as four smash hits, including the triple platinum โLike I Want Youโ and the six-time platinum โHeartbreak Anniversary.โ As a result, the Long Beach, California native ascended to bonafide R&B superstardom. He performed two headlining tours, Timeless Tour and Give or Take Tour, in 2021 and 2022, and expanded his musical portfolio to include signature collaborations with Afrobeat star Arya Beats, โLast Heartbreak Song,โ and breakthrough R&B star Teddy Swims, โAre U Even Real.โ
