On her debut studio album, released in mid October, 2018, R&B songstress Ella Mai weaves a narration of her identity as a follow up to her 2017 work, Ready. She uses her name as an acronym to convey the eponymous album’s meaning:
E – Emotion
L – Lust
L – Love
A – Assertive
M – Mystery
A – Aware
I – Inner
The album features the hit song “Boo’d Up” which peaked at No. 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 – Ella’s first appearance in the Top 10. Other notable songs include the sensual track “Trip” and the honest narrative of “Naked.”