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Cryingg typing this rn, Normanitweetedon February 21.
Aware of the mass pleas to drop her debut project, she cheekily created a promotional website calledwheresthedamnalbum.com.
cryingg typing this rn.
I cant wait for everybody else to hear it, and we have a few surprises, too.
October 2, 2018:She gives a status update on the album.
Ive been in the studio for the last few months just really starting from the ground up, shetellsBillboard.
Its like a kid in a candy shop.
October 22, 2018:She dropsNormani x Calvin Harris, a two-track EP.
One year after Normani says she has an album title.
September 23, 2019:Sheconfirmsher album is halfway done on theZach Sang Show.
Two years after Normani says she has an album title.
When God tells me that its done, then itll be done.
Ill feel it, you know?
I really want to create a body of work thats going to count, you know?
Im never going to get my first album back.
November 17, 2020:Describesthe album as empowering in aWomans Healthspread.
May 21, 2021:Normani says finishing her album helped her get through hard times.
Three years after Normani says she has an album title.
Yes, the summers gonna be lit.
December 30, 2021:NormaniappearsonThe Ellen DeGeneres Showand tells guest host Ciara that her album is almost done.
March 18, 2022:Drops Fair, her third single as lead artist.
I had a lot of growing to do, NormanitellsBustle.
I had a lot of artist development, which I feel like people dont take seriously.
They throw artists onstage completely unprepared.
And for me, that mentality was very important.
Now, Ive also been very critical of myself.
So I think its been a combination of things, but its definitely going to be worth the wait.
Four years after Normani says she has an album title.
Five years after Normani says she has an album title.
February 20, 2024:X users accuse Normani of running her own stan account.
The tweet from Normani Nation was promptly deleted.
No word yet on the release date.
March 23, 2024:Normani teases the pre-release single, titled 1:59, featuring Gunna.
Its due out 4/26, she claims.
Her site is also officially now promising thatDopaminewill release on June 14.
Of this year, we hope!
We guess Normani didnt want to get whacked for procrastinating one last time.
Anyway,Dopaminehas 13 tracks, including prerelease singles Wild Side (feat.
Cardi B), 1:59 (feat.
Gunna), and Candy Paint.
James Blake and Starrah assist on Tantrums and Big Boy, respectively.
She did it, yall.
This post has been updated.