Vacancy Ari Lennox

• 1 Mobbin in DC 04:25
• 2 Vacancy 03:03
• 3 Pretzel 03:23
• 4 Under The Moon 03:26
• 5 High Key 02:12
• 6 Twin Flame 03:06
• 7 Soft Girl Era 03:06
• 8 Deep Strokes 02:52
• 9 24 Seconds 02:47
• 10 Cool Down 03:05
• 11 Horoscope 04:27
• 12 Wake Up 03:30
• 13 Company 03:06
• 14 Dreaming 04:44
• 15 Hocus Pocus 03:32
• Total Runtime 50:44

Info for Vacancy

GRAMMY-nominated R&B artist Ari Lennox releases her new album "Vacancy". Marking her third full-length release since 2022. Vacancy signals a sophisticated new chapter defined by creative autonomy, confidence, and growth.

Recorded over the course of three years in Atlanta, Los Angeles, and Miami, Vacancy reflects a deeply intentional process shaped by patience, self-reflection, artistic freedom, and collaboration. Ari wrapped the album’s final sessions in summer 2025 alongside the project’s executive producer, Elite, bringing the record into focus with clarity and conviction. She co-wrote every track on the album, showcasing sharp lyricism in addition to her celebrated vocal performances.

The album opens with the Elite-produced “Mobbin’ in DC,” a soulful nod to Ari’s hometown roots. Early singles — “Under the Moon,” the title track “Vacancy”— reunited the singer with GRAMMY-winning producers Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox, the duo behind her Billboard-charting, RIAA platinum-certified single “Pressure.” Their renewed collaboration brings a timeless sensibility to the project, allowing Ari’s emotive delivery and vocal nuance to take center stage once again.

The album’s focus track, “High Key,” produced by J White Did It, demonstrates the playful vocal energy found all over the project. The latest single, “Twin Flame,” produced by Tommy “TBHits” Brown and Leather Jacket, is a tender yet intoxicating lovers’ ode that captures the thrill of emotional intimacy. The track has quickly gained momentum at radio and among fans, and Ari showcased its emotional depth with a performance on The Jennifer Hudson Show earlier this week.

Other standout tracks include “Soft Girl Era (Dupri/Cox), the retro-leaning “24 Seconds” (Trickey Stewart/Dream Sarah), the playful “Horoscope,” and the anthemic “Hocus Pocus.” The album features one guest appearance: Jamaican music icon Buju Banton on “Company,” produced by SupaDups and Stephen “Di Genius” McGregor. The track blends R&B and dancehall with effortless chemistry, resulting in a fusion that feels both timeless and contemporary.

Ari Lennox

Ari Lennox
Neo-soul singer Ari Lennox's sound and persona on the stage are simultaneously elegant and organic, both dreamy and down-to-earth. Some know her best by her 2019 hit "Shea Butter Baby," on which she paired up with her producer, R&B/hip-hop hero J. Cole, but whatever tune she lends her lungs to, Lennox breathes deep, soulful life into every single line. Her unique sound refuses to stand still long enough to be bolted into any one category; in her shows, old-school and contemporary R&B, jazz, pop and hip-hop all blend together into an amalgam unique to Lennox herself. When she communicates with the crowd in between songs, she isn't shy about speaking her mind and letting them know where her songs really come from — in the end, Lennox is all about keeping things real in every aspect of her performance.

In 2012, Washington, D.C.'s Ari Lennox began to make herself heard with a vibrant, idiosyncratic brand of R&B that combined roots-conscious, naturalistic neo-soul with a supple jazziness, undeniable pop instincts and an utterly of-the-moment quality that helped her music speak to the present moment. Like many fledgling artists of the 2010s, she started out releasing her music online herself, but by 2015 Lennox had a deal with Dreamville Records (the label owned by R&B and hip-hop star J. Cole). The first fruits of this partnership arrived in 2016 with the release of the Pho EP, with Cole acting as executive producer. After a long period of intense work, Lennox finally released her first full album, Shea Butter Baby, in 2019. The record made it to the Top 10 in the R&B charts, and later that same year, Lennox was mounting her first tour as a headliner.

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