Sela Sue untangles a knot of personalities on new album Persona

Today, multi-Platinum Belgian pop star Selah Sue releases her new record "Persona", tackling the many identities that make up her multi-faceted personality: perfectionist and people pleaser, mother and melancholic, self-critic and attention craver alike. Atop technicolor production that runs the gamut from classic R&B balladry to fizzy disco-pop concoctions, Selah unspools her internal contradictions in this testament to the untidy business of human existence and self-definition.

Today’s release accompanies a new video for “Wanted You To Know” featuring Belgian rap superstar Damso. Together, the two embrace the power of independence while firing crossbows like they’re auditioning for a new Blade sequel. The video premieres at 4pm today, watch HERE.

Selah Sue has long been candid about her struggles with depression, but "Persona" finds her being more honest than ever, vocalizing her day-to-day challenges and unpacking her experience in Voice Dialogue Therapy. Whether she’s defying faulty advice to bury her emotions (“There Comes A Day”), finding solace in sexual communion (“Celebrate”), or confronting the darker sides of herself (“Twice a Day”), Persona deftly maneuvers through a remarkably varied set of musical environments — from spritely disco-pop to jazzy lullabies, sweeping neo-soul, and more — while maintaining a conceptually clever, empathetic, and deeply personal narrative voice throughout. It’s a powerful portrayal of her experience – often witty and never overdone.

Selah Sue first broke out in 2011 with her platinum-selling self-titled debut album. Millions of streams and a whirlwind musical journey later, Selah had wracked up collaborations with Childish Gambino and J Cole, star treatment in France and the Benelux region, and, the ultimate seal of approval: props from Prince himself. After making a reintroduction last year with the lush, largely acoustic The Bedroom EP, Persona is her return to the global pop scene and from the crippling depression that followed her meteoric rise to fame — and it’s a triumphant return indeed.

PERSONA TRACKLIST

1. Kingdom
2. Hurray (feat. TOBi)
3. Try To Make Friends
4. Pills
5. Wanted You To Know (feat. Damso)
6. There Comes a Day
7. All The Way Down
8. Catch My Drift
9. Twice A Day
10. Celebrate (feat. Mick Jenkins)
11. Karma
12. Full of Life
13. Hurray (feat. Benjamin Epps)
14. Free Fall
15. Hurray (Black Dive Remix)
16. You - Rework

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