Jay Som Announces First Album in Six Years, Shares Video for New Song “Float”: Watch

Jay Som is back with her first new album in six years. Belong is out October 10 via Polyvinyl. For the follow-up to 2019’s Anak Ko, Melina Duterte tapped Paramore’s Hayley Williams, Mini Trees’ Lexi Vega, and Jimmy Eat World’s Jim Adkins to contribute guest vocal turns.

Today, Duterte has shared two songs from the album: the Adkins-featuring “Float” and “A Million Reasons Why.” Watch the Nina Ljeti–directed music video for “Float,” which pays homage to Jimmy Eat World’s timeless “The Middle” clip, below. Hear “A Million Reasons Why” below, too.

“This song is about desperately trying to hold on to past versions of yourself for self preservation,” Duterte said of “Float” in a press statement. “The fear of the unknown is so overwhelming that sometimes the best solution is to sit with it instead of fighting or running from it.”

Since the release of Anak Ko, Duterte has collaborated with Troye Sivan, Anjimile, and, as Bachelor, Palehound’s El Kempner. She also worked as a producer and engineer on Boygenius’ The Record and Lucy Dacus’ Forever Is a Feeling and contributed to the soundtrack for Jane Schoenbrun’s film I Saw the TV Glow.

After supporting Dacus on tour this summer, Duterte will kick off her own run of headlining dates across Europe, North America and the United Kingdom, including stops at Pitchfork Music Festival Paris and Pitchfork Music Festival London. Find all of Jay Som’s upcoming shows below.

Read about Jay Som’s 2017 album, Everybody Works, at No. 165 in “The 200 Best Albums of the 2010s.”

Belong:

01 Cards on the Table
02 Float [ft. Jim Adkins]
03 What You Need
04 Appointments
05 Drop A
06 Past Lives [ft. Hayley Williams]
07 D.H.
08 Casino Stars
09 Meander/Sprouting Wings
10 A Million Reasons Why
11 Want It All