Tori (album)

2024 studio album by Tori Kelly From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Tori (stylized as TORI.) is the fifth studio album by American singer and songwriter Tori Kelly. It was released on April 5, 2024, through Epic Records and Beautiful Mind Records. Tori follows A Tori Kelly Christmas (2020).

ReleasedApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
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Tori
Studio album by
Tori Kelly
ReleasedApril 5, 2024 (2024-04-05)
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Length40:37
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Tori Kelly chronology
Tori
(2023)		 Tori
(2024)
Singles from Tori
  1. "High Water"
    Released: February 9, 2024
  2. "Thing U Do"
    Released: April 5, 2024
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The album features guest vocal performances from Ayra Starr, Kim Chae-won,[1] and Jon Bellion.[2]

Background

In March 2023, it was announced that Kelly had signed a recording contract with Epic Records.[3] She began releasing tracks from her upcoming fifth album (including the singles "Missin U", "Cut", and "Young Gun") before compiling them on an extended play of the same title, Tori (2023).[4][5] In the fall of 2023, she embarked on the Take Control Tour in support of the EP.[2][6]

Kelly felt she had finished work on the album in early 2023 after several sessions with singer-songwriter Jon Bellion. However, she was inspired to write the lead single "High Water", after suffering a health emergency due to blood clots in her legs and lungs that July.[7][8] The track was released on February 9, 2024.[9][10][11][12]

She embarked on the Purple Skies Tour in support of the album, with the first leg starting on April 12, 2024, in Ventura and concluding on May 3, 2024, in Kansas City.[13] She started the second part of the tour on August 17, 2024, in Taipei, Taiwan and concluded on December 9, 2024, in London, England.[14]

Composition

Tori. is an R&B and pop album which heavily borrows from Y2K-inspired sounds.[4] It features powerful vocals and upbeat production as a result of Kelly being in a "happy place" during the record's conception. The album shows the influence of producers Timbaland and Darkchild who established the production style of Destiny's Child. Kelly said other influences include Missy Elliott and Aaliyah.[15]

Track listing

All tracks are written by Tori Kelly, Jason Cornet and Jonathan Bellion, and produced by TenRoc and Bellion, with additional contributors noted.

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Tori track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Thing U Do"
4:05
2."Missin U"
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
2:57
3."Diamonds" 
3:00
4."Cut"
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
2:56
5."Spruce" (featuring Kim Chaewon of Le Sserafim)
  • Lawrence
  • Cohen
  • Casey Smith
  • Cohen
  • Jonny Koh
2:43
6."Shelter"
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
2:51
7."Oceans"
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
2:38
8."Purple Skies (Interlude)"
  • Lawrence
  • Cohen
  • Isong
The Diner0:26
9."Unbelievable" (featuring Ayra Starr)
  • Kelly
  • P2J
  • The Diner
2:38
10."Shine On"
2:57
11."High Water"  2:48
12."Young Gun" (featuring Jon Bellion)
  • Lawrence
  • Cohen
  • Jonathan Simpson
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
  • Johnny Simpson
2:53
13."Alive If I Die"
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
2:34
14."Missin U" (R&B edit)
  • Lawrence
  • Cohen
  • David[a]
  • Hill[a]
  • Kelly
  • The Diner
2:52
15."Same Girl" Kelly2:28
Total length:40:37
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Tori (+ a lil more) track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Distance"
  • Kelly
  • Bellion
  • Cornet
  • Elijah Noll
  • Grace Youn
  • Kelly
  • TenRoc
3:11
2."Bottomline" (featuring JoJo)
  • Kelly
  • Bellion
  • The Monsters & Strangerz
3:22
3."U"
2:50
4."Beautiful War" (featuring Pink Sweats)
  • Dante Bowden
  • Ruffin
2:02
Total length:51:32
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Notes

  • ^[c] signifies a co-producer
  • All tracks are stylized in all lowercase letters.

Sample credits

Personnel

Musicians

  • Tori Kelly – lead vocals, background vocals
  • Jason Cornet – programming, synthesizer (tracks 1–6, 9, 11–15); guitar (1–5, 7, 11–13, 15), bass (1, 5, 11, 15), background vocals (1, 2, 13, 14), drums (3, 11, 15)
  • Jon Bellion – background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–7, 9, 13), programming (1, 2, 4–6, 9, 12–14)
  • Clyde Lawrence – background vocals (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 12, 14), synthesizer (1, 2, 4, 5, 8, 9, 12–14), guitar (13), bass (1)
  • Jordan Cohen – programming, synthesizer (tracks 1, 2, 4–6, 9, 12–14); background vocals (1, 2), horns (1), saxophone (5)
  • Jonny Koh – programming (track 1), guitar (5, 12, 13), synthesizer (5, 12)
  • Jon Batiste – background vocals (track 1)
  • Jon Lampley – horns (track 1)
  • Johnny Simpson – background vocals (track 2)
  • Timbaland – background vocals (track 4)
  • Mateus Asato – guitar (tracks 6, 7)
  • Laura Metcalf – cello (track 8)
  • The Resonance Collective – strings (track 8)
  • Tomoko Akaboshi – violin (track 8)
  • Grace Youn – violin (track 1)
  • Jeanine Cornet – trumpet (track 9)

Technical

  • Chris Gehringer – mastering
  • Serban Ghenea – mixing
  • TenRoc – engineering (tracks 1–9, 11–15)
  • Jordan Cohen – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12–14)
  • Jonny Koh – engineering (tracks 1, 5, 7, 8, 12), engineering assistance (2, 4, 6, 9, 13, 14)
  • John Arbuckle – engineering (tracks 1, 7, 10, 13)
  • Peter Enriquez – engineering (track 8)
  • Bryce Bordone – engineering (tracks 10, 11, 15), engineering assistance (2, 4, 6, 9, 12–14)

References

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