Pre-order buy pre-order buy you own this wishlist in wishlist go to album go to track go to album go to trackĬase in point: Lacey has an onstage persona that she calls “Priscilla” who makes a cameo in “Bad Company.” “A demon on my shoulder/ She’s smoking all my weed/ Before we went to shoot, she told me she’s prettier than me/ Think I’m flirting with bad company.” “Priscilla is all of my extremities as a character: the best, best, best bits and the worst, worst, worst bits of me, and I’m OK with all of that,” she says. I don’t take life that seriously unless I have to.” I know I write a lot of melancholic stuff, but I actually crack jokes quite a lot. “‘Bad Company’ is one of my favorite things I’ve written, because I tried something new. Lacey describes the second track “Bad Company” as a personal favorite and “spark point” for the entire album. I feel like voice notes are your first impression, your first response to things, and that’s also how I make music.”Īt the heart of Voice Notes is the idea of self-discovery. “My work is always slightly raw in its delivery-whether that’s lyrically or vocally. The immediacy of the memos matches the immediacy of the music. On Voice Notes, Lacey uses the phone memos that give the album its title as building blocks for its themes of staying present, honoring yourself, and being a lifelong learner.

“ is about the yearnings and learnings of a 34-year-old Black woman who’s living in London, just trying to live and enjoy life amongst some fuckery and my immediate responses to that,” says Yazmin Lacey of her first full-length album.

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