NEWARK, NEW JERSEY - AUGUST 25: Brandy attends Black Girls Rock 2019 Hosted By Niecy Nash at NJPAC on August 25, 2019 in Newark, New Jersey. (Photo by Jemal Countess/Getty Images for BET)
Today, Brandy released her new album, B7, her first in eight years. She told Billboard that she was hesitant to release the record at first: “I’m thinking, ‘My music is not about exactly what’s going on right now.'”
Happily, she reconsidered: “But then I thought, ‘But this is the time where people need to feel like they have something to just escape and just help them heal”… So that’s what made me feel better about releasing [the album].”
And clearly, her final decision was the right one. Her fans seem ecstatic about the album, and took to Twitter to say so, just hours after B7 dropped. Here’s a sample of what her fans are saying: