“Ravyn Lenae is only 25, but her blend of delicate indie-rock and muscular R&B is masterfully self-assured. The Chicago-born, LA-based artist’s 2022 debut, Hypnos, gestured at greatness, but its follow-up, Bird’s Eye, is the real deal: a breathtaking pop suite that’s fleet-footed but rock-solid in its convictions, easily swaying between styles while always foregrounding Lenae’s gossamer voice. She ”
“Ravyn Lenae must be R&B’s best kept secret. While her contemporaries SZA, H.E.R. and Summer Walker are bona fide pop stars, for years Lenae has remained a cult favourite. But the Chicagoan’s efforts to push the boundaries of pop R&B should become more widely recognised with her second album ‘Bird’s Eye’. Like Aaliyah or even Billie Eilish, Lenae sings softly – her music fluttery and furtive. She ”
“Two years after her debut album HYPNOS, Ravyn Lenae returns with Bird's Eye. Another smorgasbord of the fluttery falsettos, iridescent vocal stacks and tender lyrics that've made Lenae a modern R&B torchbearer (and a regular on most of my playlists), Bird's Eye finds Lenae courting disruption both in life and music. Piecing together the lessons learned from strained relationships, Lenae expands he”
“The singer collaborates with Dahi for a genre-blending album that experiments within and beyond R&B—always guided by her expansive, cotton-candy soft soprano.”
