Teyana Taylor Shares ‘Escape Room’ Track List
The R&B star’s new album features artists like Jill Scott, Tyla, and more.
Teyana Taylor continues the rollout of her upcoming album Escape Room, unveiling the star-studded tracklist.
The R&B star and multi-hyphenate entertainer’s album (which drops August 22) includes guest features like Jill Scott, Tyla, Lucky Daye, and Kaytranada. The family-oriented singer also includes her children, Rue Rose and Junie Shumpert, on the album’s closing track. Taylor showcases her passion for acting on the album, adding narrative interludes from award-winning actors Taraji P. Henson, Sarah Paulson, La La, Niecey Nash, Tasha Smith, Jodie Turner-Smith, Issa Rae, Kerry Washington, and Regina King. The track list announcement shows Taylor’s brain and body connected to multiple wires, teasing the album’s cinematic experience.
Escape Room features lead single ‘Long Time,’ a fitting title as the album marks Taylor’s first LP in five years. Taylor announced Escape Room with a trailer for the album’s accompanying short film, which co-stars Lakeith Stanfield and Aaron Pierre. The artist wrote, directed, and produced the film alongside her all-female production company, the Aunties.
Escape Room follows 2020’s The Album, which received a RIAA gold certification back in June. During an appearance on The Today Show, Taylor was given gold plaques for The Album and 2018’s K.T.S.E., along with platinum plaques for a couple of her singles.
While Taylor took a brief pause from music, she became even more active in her acting career, starring in 2021’s Coming 2 America. In 2023, she appeared in A Thousand and One, White Men Can’t Jump, and The Book of Clarence. This year, her projects include Tyler Perry’s Straw (which premiered on Netflix in June) and Paul Thomas Anderson’s One Battle After Another. Set for a September release, she’ll star opposite Leonardo DiCaprio, Benicio Del Toro, and Sean Penn. She’s also set to join Matt Damon and Ben Affleck in The Rip on Netflix and is part of Ryan Murphy’s All’s Fair alongside Kim Kardashian, Naomi Watts, Glenn Close, and Sarah Paulson.
