Song of the Day: Lady Wray - Joy & Pain

Big Crown Records released Lady Wray's new retro-soul single Joy & Pain, from her forthcoming new album Piece Of Me, out on 28th January 2022.

This is something of a homecoming for Nicole Wray. Where her 2016 solo debut Queen Alone leaned more towards Soul and R&B with tinges of hip-hop, this record changes the mixture. It’s still R&B with the textures of analog Soul, but there is a heavy Hip Hop influence that brings the sum of Nicole’s career together in a new sound that will define her future. Boom-bap drums and chunky bass lines are front-and-center creating a perfect head-nodding backdrop for Lady Wray to take on the good, the bad, the difficult, and the joyful on her most personal collection of songs to date.

Listen to Lady Wray new single Joy & Pain, from her forthcoming new album Piece Of Me:

With past albums like the Lady project and Queen Alone, it’s hard to not acknowledge that Lady Wray plus Leon Michels production equals magic. But this magic is also coming from the fact that Lady Wray is now squarely herself, calling her shots, and singing to help heal first—everything else is secondary. It’s a beautiful thing I’ve always wanted in my career, and now I have it, Lady Wray says. They encourage me to be me all day long. This is Lady Wray at her finest, and she’s giving us all a piece of where she’s at these days.

Watch below Lady Wray new single Joy & Pain, from her forthcoming new album Piece Of Me: