{"id":44549,"date":"2026-08-14T14:55:26","date_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:55:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44549"},"modified":"2026-08-14T14:55:26","modified_gmt":"2026-08-14T09:55:26","slug":"erykah-badu-and-the-alchemist-announce-long-awaited-joint-album-with-soothing-single-witch-doctor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/usnews-14267fa.ingress-comporellon.ewp.live\/?p=44549","title":{"rendered":"Erykah Badu and The Alchemist announce long-awaited joint album with soothing single &#8216;Witch Doctor&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><script>\r\n  atOptions = {\r\n    'key' : '644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6',\r\n    'format' : 'iframe',\r\n    'height' : 90,\r\n    'width' : 728,\r\n    'params' : {}\r\n  };\r\n<\/script>\r\n<script src=\"https:\/\/www.highperformanceformat.com\/644b717812d811d6a1c1fc5b6ccd6fa6\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/erykah-badu\">Erykah Badu<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-alchemist\">The Alchemist<\/a> have announced their long-awaited joint album \u2013 listen to new single \u2018Witch Doctor\u2019 below.<\/p>\n<p>The Texas singer-songwriter has teamed up with the Californian producer, DJ and rapper on the collaborative self-titled record, which is released on Friday August 28 via Control FREAQ\/Young. <a href=\"https:\/\/abiandalan.ffm.to\/btwb\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Pre-order\/pre-save here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Co-produced by the pair, the forthcoming project was recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>The LP is described as \u201cthe inevitable collision of two iconoclasts: hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorise neatly\u201d, per a press release.<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Witch Doctor\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jiRnCJjrDbI?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<p>Badu and The Alchemist have previewed the album with the soothing sounds of \u2018Witch Doctor\u2019, following on from the previous single <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=jDYg3Opm6lw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u2018Next To You\u2019<\/a> and Amazon Music exclusive \u2018Echos 19 (Mix 122)\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>A tracklist for the upcoming record has not yet been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>The duo are scheduled to embark on a UK and European tour this autumn, including two shows at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/legendary-blue-note-jazz-club-to-open-first-uk-location-in-london-next-month-with-robert-glasper-3961176\">the new London jazz cafe Blue Note<\/a>. This leg will follow a North American trek throughout next month. <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster-uk.tm7559.net\/c\/2862475\/431519\/7559?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.co.uk%2Ferykah-badu-tickets%2Fartist%2F781503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Find tickets here<\/a> (UK) and <a href=\"https:\/\/ticketmaster.evyy.net\/c\/2862475\/264167\/4272?sharedid=NME&amp;u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ticketmaster.com%2Ferykah-badu-tickets%2Fartist%2F781503\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a> (North America).<\/p>\n<p>Badu\u2019s most recent studio album, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/reviews-erykah-badu-2-11204-311309\">\u2018New Amerykah Part Two (Return Of The Ankh)\u2019<\/a>, was released back in 2010. Last year, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/erykah-badu-confirms-shes-working-on-her-first-album-in-15-years-3847702\">she confirmed that she was finally working with The Alchemist on the project\u2019s long-awaited follow-up<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><br \/>\n<br \/><script async=\"async\" data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/pl30214220.effectivecpmnetwork.com\/9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\/invoke.js\"><\/script>\r\n<div id=\"container-9ab3d4df8a7e1a6171e16ddbf732cc19\"><\/div>\r\n<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Erykah Badu and The Alchemist have announced their long-awaited joint album \u2013 listen to new single \u2018Witch Doctor\u2019 below. The Texas singer-songwriter has teamed up with the Californian producer, DJ and rapper on the collaborative self-titled record, which is released on Friday August 28 via Control FREAQ\/Young. Pre-order\/pre-save here. 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