Kehlani’s Missy collab
Kehlani dropped a new single, “Back and Forth,” featuring Missy Elliott as she rolls toward a self‑titled album due April 24. (x.com) The track and the clear album date make this one to watch for mainstream and playlist attention next week. (x.com)
Kehlani didn’t just drop another teaser single on April 10. She brought in Missy Elliott for “Back and Forth,” then tied it to a hard release date for a self-titled album arriving April 24 through Atlantic Records. (billboard.com) That pairing matters because Missy Elliott is not a routine feature. Early coverage of the song pointed to an Aaliyah nod in the record, which puts the track in a very specific lane of sleek, radio-ready rhythm and blues instead of a throwaway album cut. (billboard.com) Kehlani is also packaging this as a full album era, not a loose single run. Their official store lists the self-titled album in physical formats including a signed compact disc for $14.98 and a marble-violet vinyl package, both marked to ship on April 24, 2026. (store.kehlani.com) The album title is doing some work here too. A self-titled record usually signals a reset or a statement of identity, and in Kehlani’s case it follows 2024’s “Crash” after a stretch of singles that kept them active between projects. (store.kehlani.com) (kehlani.com) “Back and Forth” was not kept totally under wraps before release. REVOLT reported that Kehlani had already performed the song live at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Super Saturday Concert, giving fans a preview before the official midnight drop on Friday, April 10. (revolt.tv) The rollout now has at least three visible pieces on the board. REVOLT described “Back and Forth” as arriving after “Folded” and “Out The Window,” which means Kehlani is building the album with multiple entry points instead of betting everything on one song. (revolt.tv) (kehlani.com) The immediate numbers are still early, but the official audio upload was already showing tens of thousands of views within about 10 hours of posting on April 9. That is the kind of first-day traction labels watch when they decide where to push a song next. (youtube.com) So the story is not just that Kehlani released a new track. It is that a self-titled album now has a fixed April 24 date, a Missy Elliott co-sign, physical preorders already live, and a lead single built to travel fast across streaming playlists and mainstream rhythm and blues coverage. (billboard.com) (store.kehlani.com)
