{"id":41696,"date":"2025-09-28T17:22:04","date_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:22:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/sunday-vibes-lady-wray-releases-new-album-north-american-tour-starts\/"},"modified":"2025-09-28T17:22:04","modified_gmt":"2025-09-28T17:22:04","slug":"sunday-vibes-lady-wray-releases-new-album-north-american-tour-starts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/site.itshrt.com\/hiphopmagizine\/sunday-vibes-lady-wray-releases-new-album-north-american-tour-starts\/","title":{"rendered":"SUNDAY VIBES: Lady Wray Releases New Album + North American Tour Starts."},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lady Wray releases her new album \u2018Cover Girl\u2019 via Big Crown Records. The album was made on her own terms, crafting her own amalgamation of \u201860s and \u201870s soul and disco, \u201890s hip-hop and gospel music in partnership with Grammy Award-winning producer Leon Michels (Clairo, Freddie Gibbs, Norah Jones). Cover Girl is the third record, following 2016\u2019s Queen Alone and 2022\u2019s Piece of Me, in a run of albums with Big Crown Records that find Nicole Wray reclaiming her musical identity. Her new album is celebratory and triumphant, refocusing her powerhouse voice and songwriting prowess on her appreciation for her family and a renewed love of herself.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"Lady Wray - Cover Girl - Full Album\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Cu_nE7hybA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><noscript><iframe title=\"Lady Wray - Cover Girl - Full Album\" width=\"800\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/6Cu_nE7hybA?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">\u201cI\u2019ve gravitated more towards love and self-care with this album,\u201d Nicole says of Cover Girl. \u201cPiece of Me was realizing that I was going to be a mother and all those feelings were on my heart. Now I\u2019m able to sit back and be a real boss. I got my career, my motherhood, and my marriage by the horns. I\u2019ve grown into this more self-aware and beautiful flower for Cover Girl.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Lady Wray\u2019s North American tour begins on Tuesday September 30th, and the tour will find her playing shows across the continent including dates in New York City, Toronto, Chicago, and LA, before concluding in Vancouver, BC on November 12th.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">Following a series of industry road bumps and the doubts that can come with finding your footing when beginning a career in music at just 16, Lady Wray reclaimed the spirit she first brought to music singing in her hometown church choir. Her two previous albums on Big Crown Records, 2016\u2019s Queen Alone and 2022\u2019s Piece of Me, saw her reimagine her identity as a musician exactly how she wanted to be seen, and the latter of which led to her late night TV debut on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert (performing \u201cCome On In\u201d) and perform a rousting NPR Tiny Desk Concert. With Cover Girl, Nicole is letting her hair down, continuing her decade-spanning partnership with Leon Michels to infuse the raw soul and gospel power in her voice with a self-assured collection of contemporary R&amp;B, soul and funk songs that speak to her joy and the revived bliss of this stage of her career.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/rapindustry.com\/sunday-vibes-lady-wray-releases-new-album-north-american-tour-starts\/about:blank\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\" data-rocket-lazyload=\"fitvidscompatible\" data-lazy-src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4SvP99rd8lr8wpDW8p55uq?utm_source=generator\"><\/iframe><noscript><iframe style=\"border-radius: 12px;\" src=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/embed\/album\/4SvP99rd8lr8wpDW8p55uq?utm_source=generator\" width=\"100%\" height=\"352\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-testid=\"embed-iframe\"><\/iframe><\/noscript><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><strong>Lady Wray 2025 Live Dates<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">9\/30 \u2013 Philadelphia, PA @ The Foundry<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/2 \u2013 New York, NY @ Music Hall of Williamsburg<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/7 \u2013 Montreal, QC @ Bar le Riz<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/8 \u2013 Toronto, ON @ Mod Club<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">10\/14 \u2013 Chicago, IL @ Lincoln Hall<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/6 \u2013 San Diego, CA, CA @ Quartyard<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/7 \u2013 Riverside, CA @ Farm House Collective<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/8 \u2013 Los Angeles, CA @ Lodge Room<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/9 \u2013 San Francisco @ The Chapel<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/11 \u2013 Portland, OR @ Aladdin Theater<\/span><br \/><span style=\"color: #000000;\">11\/12 \u2013 Vancouver, BC @ The Pearl<\/span><\/p>\n<p><!-- CONTENT END 1 -->\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<script async src=\"https:\/\/pagead2.googlesyndication.com\/pagead\/js\/adsbygoogle.js?client=ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     crossorigin=\"anonymous\"><\/script>\r\n<!-- ItShrt Hip Hop Magizine News -->\r\n<ins class=\"adsbygoogle\"\r\n     style=\"display:block\"\r\n     data-ad-client=\"ca-pub-6606220950177433\"\r\n     data-ad-slot=\"9431463036\"\r\n     data-ad-format=\"auto\"\r\n     data-full-width-responsive=\"true\"><\/ins>\r\n<script>\r\n     (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});\r\n<\/script>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Lady Wray releases her new album \u2018Cover Girl\u2019 via Big Crown Records. 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