Overview

• Badu released two new songs, “Echos19 (mix122)” and “Next to You,” exclusively on Amazon Music on June 20.
• She opened her Juneteenth show at Dallas’s Bomb Factory with “Echos19 (mix122)” as part of Amazon Music’s Forever in Rotation series.
• “Echos19 (mix122)” explores religion, slavery and unity, while “Next to You” samples Mobb Deep’s “The Realest” for a hypnotic summer love track.
• Dallas rapper Tye Harris kicked off the free live-streamed concert with a piano-driven set celebrating local identity.
• Badu said the releases herald her first studio album in 15 years, entirely produced by The Alchemist, due later this summer.