WE NEED TO TALK: LOVE

R&B / Soul · 2025 · 9 tracks · 33m

WE NEED TO TALK: LOVE

A patient, mid-tempo return defined by warm analog textures and intimate vocal arrangements. Keri Hilson trades chart-ready gloss for deep, soulful self-reflection.

It's the intimate, soulful comeback we waited fifteen years for, and she sounds more like herself than ever.

A warm, mature meditation on intimacy and self-reclamation after a long period of silence.

WE NEED TO TALK: LOVE · vs · Keri Hilson

Candlelit+2.0σ

Candlelit saturates this record far more than the artist's norm.

Tracklist · 9 Tracks · 33m

01

Grateful (Intro)

0:57

02

Naked (Love)

4:16

03

Searchin

4:15

04

Somethin (Bout U)

6:13

05

Bae

2:56

06

Scream

4:45

07

Whatever

3:37

08

Weigh Me Down

3:18

09

Say That

2:57

Moments Worth Waiting For

The six-minute sprawl of Somethin (Bout U) where the beat dissolves into a lush, ambient synth wash.

The transition from the brief Grateful intro into the startlingly close-mic'd intimacy of Naked (Love).

The way the vocal harmonies stack into a dense, cathedral-like wall during the bridge of Scream.

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