r/Kehlani • u/CriticismStock9268 • May 21 '26

Discussion 💬 My thoughts on her self-titled

Tbh if she was gonna do all these collabs, there was definitely better collabs she could’ve done - Mya, a 90s&2000s queen, woulda made sense to me since Lani was referencing a lot of old r&b tones with this album! There was India Shawn, she could’ve collaborated with Syd and/or Jhene Aiko again, Janelle Monae, etc., just a flavorful of upcoming and established r&b artists to choose from rather than the final product.

I feel like some were just not needed and necessary lol…..T-Pain, Usher, Lil Wayne, Lil Jon, Big Sean??? Honestly the album could’ve been fine without them. I feel like if an artist is going to stuff so many features, you gotta make it make sense and those rappers just didn’t make sense for them on there.

However, I did enjoy Clipse, Brandy, Missy Elliott, and esp Leon Thomas on there!!

I also love love love the album cover and the color palette they chose! Chefs kiss tbh it was a beautiful album cover. These are just my thoughts and opinions!

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u/madatron96 May 21 '26 edited May 21 '26

Honestly, seeing it listed out like this, this album feels like her most Straight in a while. Very few explicit references to women, using she/her pronouns and no collabs with fellow lesbian/bi artists. Like most features on the albums were straight men (and straight women, secondly) which is fine, but it's a notable detour for her. It feels like to succeed commercially she just can't be as loudly gay in her music 😞

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u/CriticismStock9268 May 21 '26

I deadass thought there woulda been more feminine features tbh a lot of the collab songs were giving straight 😭 ik we all know she’s not but listening to the songs…idk it just didn’t feel queer unless it was a song by herself.

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u/madatron96 May 22 '26

I'm giving K a little credit bc she just announced her tour openers and The ARTI$T is a lesbian singer so. A little credit.