{"id":62079,"date":"2026-04-10T04:28:28","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:28:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/kehlani-recruits-missy-elliott-for-new-song-back-and-forth\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T04:28:28","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T04:28:28","slug":"kehlani-recruits-missy-elliott-for-new-song-back-and-forth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musicianvoice.com\/index.php\/2026\/04\/10\/kehlani-recruits-missy-elliott-for-new-song-back-and-forth\/","title":{"rendered":"Kehlani Recruits Missy Elliott for New Song \u201cBack and Forth\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/32908-kehlani\/\">Kehlani<\/a> has teamed with <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/artists\/1330-missy-elliott\/\">Missy Elliott<\/a> for a new song. Listen to \u201cBack and Forth\u201d below. The collab leads Kehlani\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/kehlani-is-releasing-her-self-titled-album-next-month\/\">self-titled album<\/a>, announced last Month and due April 24, on their birthday.<\/p>\n<p><em>Kehlani<\/em>, released via <a data-offer-url=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticrecords.com\/\" class=\"external-link\" data-event-click=\"{&quot;element&quot;:&quot;ExternalLink&quot;,&quot;outgoingURL&quot;:&quot;https:\/\/www.atlanticrecords.com\/&quot;}\" href=\"https:\/\/www.atlanticrecords.com\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Atlantic<\/a>, is the singer\u2019s follow-up to their 2024 LP <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/kehlani-crash\/\"><em>Crash<\/em><\/a>, which featured their Grammy-nominated hit \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/listen-to-kehlanis-new-song-after-hours\/\">After Hours<\/a>.\u201d At this year\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/grammy-winners-2026-see-the-full-list\/\">Grammys<\/a>, Kehlani picked up the Best R&amp;B Performance trophy for \u201cFolded.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As for Missy, \u201cBack and Forth\u201d is the latest of her sporadic forays into the studio, which have included guest spots with <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/listen-to-skrillex-missy-elliott-mr-oizo-new-song-ratata\/\">Skrillex<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/missy-elliott-joins-anitta-in-video-for-new-song-lobby-watch\/\">Anitta<\/a> in recent years. Out in the real world, however, she has had plenty going on: a 2023 <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/kate-bush-missy-elliott-rage-against-the-machine-inducted-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-class-of-2023\/\">Rock Hall<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/missy-elliott-inducted-into-rock-and-roll-hall-of-fame-2023-read-her-full-speech\/\">induction<\/a>, a record <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/missy-elliotts-the-rain-supa-dupa-fly-sent-into-outer-space-by-nasa\/\">sent into space<\/a>, a <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/president-biden-to-award-national-medals-of-arts-to-missy-elliott-queen-latifah-and-spike-lee\/\">National Medal of Arts<\/a>, and her <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/missy-elliott-announces-first-ever-tour-of-north-america\/\">first-ever North American tour<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Read Clover Hope\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/reviews\/albums\/missy-elliott-da-real-world\/\">Sunday Review of Missy Elliott\u2019s <em>Da Real World<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<figure data-testid=\"IframeEmbed\" class=\"IframeEmbedWrapper-sc-fixZhC fJBrNq iframe-embed\"\/><\/div>\n<p><br \/>\n<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/news\/kehlani-recruits-missy-elliott-for-new-song-back-and-forth\/\">Source link <\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kehlani has teamed with Missy Elliott for a new song. Listen to \u201cBack and Forth\u201d below. 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