07/18/2025
For immediate release:
YOLA RELEASES NEW SINGLE, MANIFESTING HEALTHY RELATIONSHIPS WITH APTLY TITLED NEW SONG,
“AMAZING”
OUT TODAY VIA S-CURVE RECORDS
LISTEN HERE / WATCH VISUALIZER HERE
YOLA SPEAKS EXCLUSIVELY TO PEOPLE.COM ABOUT NEW SINGLE, ROMANTIC MANIFESTATION, BECOMING HER OWN ‘RICH DADDY’, PORTRAYING A “THICK AND CHOCOLATELY” PERSEPHONE IN ‘HADESTOWN’ AS WELL AS FORTHCOMING TOUR WITH MAXWELL AND MANIFESTING A COLLABORATION WITH PRODUCER D-MILE
THE GREATEST VOCALIST OF OUR GENERATION WILL OPEN FOR R&B LEGEND MAXWELL ON TOUR THIS SEPTEMBER, WITH DATES INCLUDING WASHINGTON, DC SEP 18-20 AND BROOKLYN NY SEP 28
RECENT PERFORMANCE AT ESSENCEFEST, JOINING INCREDIBLE FESTIVAL LINE UP THAT INCLUDED JILL SCOTT, ERYKAH BADU, MUNI LONG, JAZMINE SULLIVAN, MAXWELL AND PATTI LABELLE
ALSO APPEARED ON PANEL DISCUSSING THE IMPORTANCE OF HER ROLE AS PERSEPHONE IN HADESTOWN AND BLACK FEMALE REPRESENTATION ON BROADWAY
MAREN MORRIS AND SPECIAL GUEST, YOLA, TO PERFORM AT STEPHEN TALKHOUSE IN EAST HAMPTON, NY, ON AUGUST 25. THE SOHO SESSIONS EVENT WILL BENEFIT: MUSIC WILL AND IS SPONSORED BY THE FLAG ART FOUNDATION
“Her blend of ‘90s R&B…soulful pop and neo-soul has found her fans in Elton John, Chaka Khan and Joni Mitchell along the way”
“In the world of entertainment, Yola is a one-of-one.”
“Refreshing blend of progressive R&B and soulful pop ”
– VIBE
“Eighties-tinged pop-R&B”
“Chunky, slow-building soul-rock that has her wailing and rasping and leaping up to her soprano”
July 18, 2025 – Today, Yola released her “AMAZING” high octane new single released via S Curve Records. It draws on progressive R&B, rock, 80s soul and electronica, and is yet another genre-fluid sonic statement from the great vocalist of our time.
The song finds Yola manifesting healthy relationships following a series of dating nightmares, she states, “Amazing” was written as I began dating in the US and imagining my future partner. I was visualizing the kind of person I’d meet and the strength we’d need to make it a healthy and happy relationship. “Amazing” is a wish in a song that came true, so I’m putting it out for everyone else to see that manifestation works!”
Listen to HERE / Watch visualizer HERE
Yola spoke exclusively with PEOPLE.com about the single release, her appearance at Essence Festival, her forthcoming tour with Maxwell and dream collaborators, including manifesting a collaboration with producer D-Mile. She stated to PEOPLE.com, “There’s lots of dreams, but my pinnacle dream of every single dream is writer and producer D’Mile. You’ll know him from the dope ass production and writing on Victoria Monét’s album Jaguar and obviously Silk Sonic. He’s so busy. Everyone loves him. They never want to work with anyone else, and this is a real curse because you’re just so delightful that no one leaves. Yola’s dream of dreams is working with D’Mile. We’re going to manifest it.”
Yola recently appeared & performed at Essence Festival, which featured an all star line up that included Patti LaBelle, Jill Scott, Erykah Badu, Muni Long, Jazmine Sullivan and R&B legend Maxwell – who Yola will also open for on tour this September. The run includes Washington, D.C on September 18-20th and for the Brooklyn, NY show on Sep 28th.
Discussing her upcoming tour, exclusively with PEOPLE.com, Yola stated, “Maxwell hears my music, DMs me once we follow each other, and the show is confirmed to be happening and we’re about to announce, and it’s like, “You are the best artist I have heard in a decade, at least. Anything you need, you are so dope. Keep doing what you’re doing.” My jaw was on the floor of such a considerable cosign. That process found me through me telling my whole story musically, and that’s always been my mission.”
Yola also appeared on Essence Festival’s Musical is Ours panel discussing the importance of her role as persephone in Hadestown and Black female representation on Broadway. Discussing the importance of that role, Yola stated exclusively to PEOPLE.COM,
“It was really important for Black female representation on Broadway, because they hadn’t had a plus-size Persephone before. And although I’m not the biggest girl in the whole wide world, I’m thick enough, thank you very much. I ate my meals, and I did my squats in the right way to be thick, and that’s what I want to be. They just hadn’t had a thick Persephone. I’m like, “It’s time you had a thick and chocolatey Persephone for the win.” So, I got to do these kinds of things that you do on Broadway in this body. [It] is a very physical role. People have had injuries in this role. To go into it, knowing that and thriving in it and representing in that way is so positive for young people to see in music, for our younger Gen Zs [and] Gen Alphas to see. Fitness comes in lots of different shapes and sizes. I still get to get calls to represent [Hadestown] because I did a good job. Especially in the Hadestown cast, you see so many different kinds of [people] from so many different backgrounds, it’s great that we also included an intersection that is often disrespected. There’s the intersection of Blackness and femininity. There’s the intersection of dark skin Blackness and femininity, but there’s also the intersection of dark skin Blackness, plus-sized femininity. All of those have their different spikes of why it’s different to see someone that looks like that versus someone else. Everyone that’s in any one of those intersections then gets the opportunity to see themselves in you.”
Yola will also perform on August 25 at Stephen Talkhouse in East Hampton, NY, featuring as part of Maren Morris’s headline performance, with Yola joining as a special guest. The Soho sessions event will benefit Music Will and is sponsored by the FLAG Art Foundation.
Yola recently concluded her Sovereign Soul Tour, which celebrated her critically acclaimed EP My Way. The EP was produced by Yola, GRAMMY Award-winning producer Sean Douglas (Lizzo, Chris Brown, Madonna, Selena Gomez, and Sia), and producer Zach Skelton (Lil Nas X, John Legend, Paul McCartney) and marked a new direction, and moment of creative agency. Intentionally titled as a nod to her unique genre-fluid ethos, it drew from a range of Yola’s influences that include progressive R&B, 70-80’s soulful pop, 90’s R&B and neo soul and a showcase of Yola powerhouse vocals which have been praised by media and fans (Elton John, Chaka Khan, Joni Mitchell included) as singular and the best of her generation.
Yola is also a true multi-hyphanate, exploring acting in recent years Yola reached a whole new audience portraying Sister Rosetta Tharpe in Baz Luhrmann’s musical drama, ELVIS, which earned her a NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Breakthrough Performance in a Motion Picture, and recently she made her Broadway debut as Persephone in Hadestown. Through whatever medium Yola chooses to share her gifts, she remains an unstoppable force, and remains one of the most exciting and dynamic artists in music today.
BET put it best, “In the world of entertainment, Yola is a one-of-one.”
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