Tommy Genesis sheds her typical, loud braggadocio for something softer and more internal—a poetic unpacking of identity, heritage, and belonging on Genesis. Trading sharp trap bars for whispered monologues over dreamy guitar loops and brooding electronica, Genesis turns her childhood name into a meditation on rebirth.

Across the album, she grapples with biracial heritage, religious tension, and queer desire with unflinching honesty—on “True Blue,” she wrestles with her upbringing, while “Eve Ate the Apple” and “Butterflies & Diamond Chains” untangle family lore in mystical metaphors. Recalibrating herself in real time, Genesis cements her as an entirely new force.

— Read our interview with Tommy Genesis —