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SOURCE: al.com/Cover art for Jill Scott’s 2026 album, “To Whom This May Concern.”(Marcellous Lovelace)
Jill Scott’s fans may wonder why it took her 11 years to release a new album, but the neo-soul queen has a simple answer for that.
“I’ve been livin’, honey,“ Scott said in a recent interview with Elle magazine. ”That’s what it is.”
Taking a break from the studio gave her more family time, Scott said, and she continued to develop her acting career, working on projects such as the BET series “First Wives Club.” Now, though, Scott has returned to the music world with her sixth studio record, “To Whom This May Concern.”
“There’s a lot of soul, a lot of passion, a lot of honesty in this music,” Scott told Elle. “It’s all been spirit-driven and organic.”
The 11-track collection was released on Feb. 13 by Scott’s label, Blues Babe Records, and distributed by Human Re Sources and The Orchard. Scott is an independent artist these days, and she creates music on her own timetable.
“It was necessary to take a long break,” Scott said via a question-and-answer session posted by The Guardian. “I don’t think you can create art without having some living in between and there were reasons to make some major changes. I cut some people out of my life, some ideas … I was paying attention to social media and people have got angrier. There are a lot of reasons for that and a lot of what’s happening is unsettling, but I wanted to present a private or personal revolution.”
Two singles from the album have been released this year, “Beautiful People” and “Pressha.” Scott also performed “Beautiful People” for her five-song Tiny Desk Concert, which made its debut on Monday via National Public Radio.
Trombone Shorty is a featured artist on “To Whom This May Concern,” as well as rappers Too Short, Tierra Whack, Ab-Soul and JID. Several producers worked on the record, including Seige Monstracity and DJ Premier.
Scott, 53, is three-time Grammy winner with 14 nominations to her credit, famed for songs such as “Golden,” “Cross My Mind,” “So in Love,” “Whatever” and “Blessed.”
Her 2000 breakthrough album, “Who Is Jill Scott?: Words and Sounds Vol. 1,” sold more than 2 million copies, according to the Recording Industry Association of America. Scott followed that with successful albums such as “Beautifully Human: Words and Sounds Vol. 2″ and “The Real Thing: Words and Sounds Vol. 3.”
Scott showcased songs from “To Whom This May Concern” on Feb. 14 at the Blue Note jazz club in New York City, celebrating the project on Valentine’s Day. It’s unclear, however, if she’ll hit the road to promote the new album. Right now, the only concert date on Scott’s agenda is March 26 at State Farm Arena in Atlanta, as a headliner for HBCU Aware Fest.
