Tori Kelly has launched her eponymous EP, tori, by way of Epic Data.

The seven-track EP was preceded by the lead single, “missin u,” which arrived in March. The undertaking additionally contains options from Ayra Starr and Jon Bellion. 

Among the many undertaking’s standouts is the opening monitor, “minimize,” which sounds prefer it was created on the peak of the Y2K R&B motion — contributions from Timbaland and Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins are the icing on the cake.

On “Shelter,” one other spotlight on the undertaking, Kelly assures her lover that she will probably be by his facet by means of the ups and downs. 

“If you received one life left inside you / And you bought an excessive amount of in your plate / What you want is somebody to hold you I’ma maintain it down for ya / I might be your shelter,” Kelly sings. 

Tori arrives simply days after the singer was hospitalized for blood clots after passing out at a restaurant. Regardless of her well being scare, Kelly didn’t wish to delay her deliberate undertaking’s launch. 

She shared a handwritten letter to her followers by way of Instagram. “After all, I’m heartbroken about all of the issues I had deliberate for this week of releasing my EP, however I do know my well being should come first. I gained’t let this hurdle stop the music from being yours on Friday!” Kelly wrote. 

Tori is Kelly’s first undertaking since her 2020 vacation album, A Tori Kelly Christmas. It was launched three months after her Solitude EP. Earlier than that, she launched her third album, Impressed by True Occasions, in 2019. 

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