OVERGROWN

This week I want to enthusiastically recommend the budding talent of singer-songwriter Joyce Wrice, who just released her debut album, OVERGROWN. I absolutely adore the album and her whole presence. Born to a Japanese mother and an African American father, she’s a California native raised in Chula Vista, just south of San Diego. Joyce grew up singing and was inspired to write the album by a mixture of her feelings and experiences from 2018 to 2019. 

The album is giving real Y2K energy. Her singing reminds me a lot of an early Aaliyah, Amerie, or Mya—just really soulful, sultry and moody R&B. I think she really stands out from the kind of R&B artists we're seeing today who tend to lean a little more alternative, Joyce gives us authentic soul. My stand-out tracks from the project: On One (feat. Freddie Gibbs), Must be Nice (feat. Masego), and So So Sick.

—Eden Bekele, Digital Associate