JAMILA WOODS DROPS NEW SONG AND VIDEO “PRACTICE” FT. SABA; WATCH
NEW ALBUM WATER MADE US OUT THIS FRIDAY OCT 13 VIA JAGJAGUWAR
“On Water Made Us she achieves her greatest synthesis yet between her voices as a poet and as a songwriter.” – THE NEW YORK TIMES
“Her best songs are like dialogues with the most compassionate voice in your head, guiding you through the tough parts of life.” – PITCHFORK
Chicago musician and poet Jamila Woods shares ‘Practice,’ the fourth and final single from her upcoming third album, Water Made Us, out this Friday, October 13, via Jagjaguwar. Funky and catchy, ‘Practice,’ produced by MCclenney, features fellow Chicago native Saba and arrives with a video that playfully constructs faces using an array of body parts.
Watch the video for “Practice” ft. Saba HERE
On “Practice,” Jamila Notes:
Practice is a song I made with Mcclenney about releasing the pressure we put on ourselves in relationships. I was trying to shift how I often evaluate relationships based on their potential for longevity rather than on how I feel in the moment. The song is about how we can learn to just enjoy ourselves and be present with someone without needing to ‘get everything right’ or ‘have everything together.’ My friend Carlos López Estrada came up with this concept of creating faces with bodies in a way that’s sensual and silly at the same time. The whole process was very playful and experimental, which suits the song perfectly.
MCclenney adds:
“Practice was such an important part of completing this album. We went through 2-3 different versions of the song to end up with the final you hear today. Where it sat in the sequence was important because it has a familiar rhythmic groove that celebrates the joy of exploring a new relationship while bookending the “honeymoon” phase of the album’s themes as the next few tracks move onto heavier & more vulnerable topics & tones. It was a puzzle piece Jamila and I spent so much time making sure we got right. Saba has been a consistent collaborator of her’s and it felt like the perfect track to capture their synergistic creative energies with something both familiar and new; he killed it.”
All Streaming to “Good News” HERE
All Streaming to “Boomerang” HERE
Watch the video for “Tiny Garden” ft. duendita HERE
Pre-save/Pre-order Water Made Us HERE
Water Made Us Tracklist
Bugs
Tiny Garden (ft. duendita)
Practice (ft. Saba)
let the cards fall
Send A Dove
Wreckage Room
Thermostat (ft. Peter CottonTale)
out of the doldrums
Wolfsheep
I Miss All My Exes
Backburner
libra intuition
Boomerang
Still
the best thing
Good News
Headfirst
