{"id":54808,"date":"2026-01-02T21:50:48","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:50:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/jill-scott-announces-comeback-album-to-whom-this-may-concern\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T21:50:48","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T21:50:48","slug":"jill-scott-announces-comeback-album-to-whom-this-may-concern","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/02\/jill-scott-announces-comeback-album-to-whom-this-may-concern\/","title":{"rendered":"Jill Scott Announces Comeback Album &#8216;To Whom This May Concern&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLast week, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/jill-scott\/\" id=\"auto-tag_jill-scott\" data-tag=\"jill-scott\">Jill Scott<\/a> checked in with fans on Instagram, sharing the message: \u201cThe inspiration has finally manifested, and the countdown to greatness has officially begun.\u201d Now, the countdown has a date. On Feb. 13, Scott will release <em>To Whom This May Concern, <\/em>her first full-length LP in more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tScott previews the record with the newly-released single \u201cBeautiful People,\u201d an homage to the people who supported her in her years away from music. \u201cCreating takes a village,\u201d she wrote on Instagram on Jan. 2. \u201cI\u2019m sharing my beautiful people most literally.\u201d <\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Beautiful People\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/v-Cq_ZqXbd8?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><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tThe cover artwork for the single features an image of her mother, Joyce Alice. \u201cShe gave me creativity like you hand somebody an embroidered napkin,\u201d Scott wrote. \u201cShe taught me how to hold given flowers. She showed me how to feel music. She shared her imagination.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\t<em>To Whom This May Concern <\/em>follows 2015\u2019s <em>Woman <\/em>and recruits collaborators Andre Harris, Adam Blackstone, Darhyl Camper, DJ Premier, and Trombone Shorty. Scott shared that the record \u201chad and has a bevy of thoughtful, talented and focused folk to assist me on my work. Sometimes musician, sometimes, just a releasing friend to laugh with. We had fun!!!\u201d Scott also shared thanks to her audience \u201cfor your patience and your listening ears\u201d as she makes her return. <\/p>\n<section class=\"brands-most-popular \/\/ recirculation-modules trending-in-article lrv-u-margin-tb-2 lrv-u-border-a-2 u-box-shadow-5-5 lrv-u-padding-lr-1 a-span1 u-padding-b-1@tablet u-overflow-hidden\">\n<h2 id=\"section-heading\" class=\"c-heading larva  lrv-u-text-align-center u-border-color-black a-font-theme-primary-xxs lrv-u-color-black lrv-u-text-transform-uppercase u-letter-spacing-0063 lrv-u-padding-t-050 u-padding-b-0375@tablet lrv-u-padding-b-050@mobile-max lrv-u-border-b-2\">\n<p>\t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n<\/h2>\n<\/section>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-instagram wp-block-embed-instagram\"\/>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tLast year, Scott\u2019s debut album, <em>Who Is Jill Scott?, <\/em>turned 25. In 2015, she reflected on the album in an interview with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jill-scott-on-country-songwriting-and-loves-hard-knocks-58673\/\"><em>Rolling Stone<\/em>.<\/a> \u201cThey\u2019re stories I love to tell. The Giving Tree \u2014 what a wonderful story. I loved it at the time, but when I read it to my son, I have an understanding of it that I didn\u2019t when I read it to myself or when my mom read it to me when I was younger,\u201d she said. \u201cSomebody will relate to [Who Is Jill Scott] at some point in their lives, and a lot of people have fond memories of that time. It\u2019s the same for me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"paragraph larva \/\/ lrv-u-line-height-copy  lrv-a-font-body-l   \">\n\tWith <em>To Whom This May Concern<\/em>, Scott will introduce another batch of music to tell stories through in hopes of connecting on a greater scale.  <\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/jill-scott-comeback-album-release-date-1235493535\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week, Jill Scott checked in with fans on Instagram, sharing the message: \u201cThe inspiration has finally manifested, and the countdown to greatness has&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":54809,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-54808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pop","article","has-excerpt","has-avatar","has-author","has-date","has-comment-count","has-category-meta","has-read-more","thumbnail-"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}