Tinashe - Joyride (2018)

Joyride is the upcoming third studio album by American singer-songwriter Tinashe. It is scheduled to be officially released through RCA Records on April 13, 2018.The album has been supported by three singles: "No Drama" featuring Offset, "Faded Love" featuring Future, and "Me So Bad" featuring French Montana and Ty Dolla $ign.

The writing and recording for the album has went through several phases. In late January 2015, Tinashe was reported working with writers and producers from Prescription Songs (Cirkut, Ammo, Rock City, Jakob Kasher, Chloe Angelides), Max Martin and Taylor Parks on her upcoming second studio album.After months of silence after the release of the album's latest lead single "Flame," Tinashe on July 11, 2017 confirmed that she was still working on her new album with producers Mike WiLL Made It, TM88, Metro Boomin, Diplo, Boi-1da, Charlie Handsome and others.

After the release of three intended lead singles for the project – "Player" in late 2015, "Superlove" in summer 2016, "Flame" in early 2017 – nearly a year went by without any new releases. Yet Tinashe was still hard at work recording and writing new music through the summer of 2017. In an April 5, 2018 article in Vulture, Tinashe points to that summer as a turning point in the album's creation, for that is when she built a studio house in the Hollywood Hills, her "creative sanctuary where [she] honed in on finishing the project." She said, "Once I brought in producers and writers, we were in there every day being creative . . . We set the vibe, had Taco Tuesday parties. That was a huge turning point for me. Once that summer happened, I regained a huge sense of confidence and purpose: Okay, I’m doing this. I really made this happen. I’m gonna make my best music ever. That’s what we did." In this Vulture article, Tinashe admitted that "three [different] versions of this album exist" and that there "are probably 200 songs" total that were recorded over the course of a three-year period.

Tracklist:
1. Keep Your Eyes On the Road (Intro)
2. Joyride
3. No Drama (feat. Offset)
4. He Don't Want It
5. Ooh La La
6. Me So Bad (feat. Ty Dolla $ign & French Montana)
7. Ain't Good For Ya (Interlude)
8. Stuck With Me (feat. Little Dragon)
9. Go Easy On Me (Interlude)
10. Salt
11. Faded Love (feat. Future)
12. No Contest
13. Fires and Flames