CYNTHIA ERIVO RELEASES NEW ALBUM I FORGIVE YOU OUT NOW
After building widespread anticipation for its arrival throughout culture, GRAMMY®, Tony®, and EMMY® Award winner and three-time Academy® Award nominee Cynthia Erivo proudly presents her much awaited new album, I Forgive You, out now via Verve Records/Republic Records.
She set the stage for the release with “Worst Of Me.” This standout has already amassed amazing critical acclaim. Forbes raved, “Erivo’s soaring vocals are right at home in the emotionally charged R&B ballad as she addresses a past lover who left her in pain,” and Billboard applauded how, “The artist brings out some of her deepest vulnerabilities, belting out her deepest pains in a powerful synth pop anthem.” Essence described it as a “beautiful ballad.”
This 20-track affair illuminates every side of the songstress though, coupling moments of revelation with reflections of pain, seasons of vulnerability, and a newfound confidence empowering her to elevate to another stratosphere as a vocalist, songwriter, performer, and presence.
She performed “Worst of Me” off the album during a stunning performance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert last night and this morning, performs the track alongside “Brick By Brick”, “Best For Me” and a cover of Annie Lennox’s “Why” on the TODAY Citi Concert Series.
Next up, she will host the 78th Annual Tony Awards this Sunday, June 8! She will undoubtedly captivate the audience at Radio City Music Hall in New York, NY and viewers worldwide. The ceremony broadcasts live on CBS and Paramount+.
Cynthia has carefully curated this 20-track body of work, cowriting every song and showcasing the range of her expansive, entrancing, and enigmatic vocals. Holding nothing back and opening up more than ever before, she traces a personal, poetic, and poignant journey through romance, heartbreak, love, forgiveness, rebirth, and new beginnings.
She initially teased this chapter with the release of “Replay.” Co-written by Cynthia and Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga), it has already gathered millions of streams. Listen HERE and watch the visualizer HERE. Inciting tastemaker applause, Billboard highlighted how it “delves into the emotional rollercoaster of being human”, while ELLE hailed it as “groundbreaking”, going on to proclaim, “The confessional single is transfixing.” ESSENCE named it among “Best New Music This Week”, predicting, “Cynthia Erivo looks to add her name to the Billboard charts with the new single ‘Replay’”. Plus, she broke down the song for Genius.
Earlier this year, she was nominated in the category of “Best Actress” at the 2025 Academy® Awards for her unanimously acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in last year’s blockbuster Wicked. She also took the Oscars’ stage for a showstopping performance.
TRACKLISTING
1. Why (Interlude)
2. Best For Me
3. More Than Twice
4. You First
5. Save Me From You
6. Worst Of Me
7. I Want You (Interlude)
8. She Said
9. What You Want
10. Play The Woman
11. Push and Pull
12. Until You Saw Me (Interlude)
13. Holy Refrain
14. I Choose Love
15. Be Okay
16. How I Could Fall
17. I Forgive You (Interlude)
18 Brick By Brick
19 Replay
20. Grace
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