GRAMMY®, Tony®, and EMMY® Award winner and three-time Academy® Award nominee Cynthia Erivo has just shared her new single “Worst Of Me” out now via Verve Records/Republic Records. Listen HERE.
Additionally, she has unlocked the pre-order for her anxiously awaited new full-length solo album, I Forgive You, arriving June 6. Pre-order/Pre-save HERE.
“Worst Of Me” unfolds as an emotionally charged anthem anchored by her eloquent songcraft and powerhouse delivery. On the track, claps separate swooning ethereal vocal harmonies, giving way to a climactic crescendo as she makes a statement, “You could cut me deeper than the ocean, but I refuse to drown. I’m coming up. I wanna breathe again. I gave you my all, but you took the worst of me.” Strings accent its ebb and flow, while a wailing guitar solo cries out.
It’s just one side of I Forgive You though…
Cynthia has carefully curated this 20-track body of work, cowriting every song and showcasing the range of her expansive, entrancing, and enigmatic vocals. Holding nothing back and opening up more than ever before, she traces a personal, poetic, and poignant journey through romance, heartbreak, love, forgiveness, rebirth, and new beginnings.
Check out the full tracklisting below.
She initially teased this chapter with the release of “Replay.” Co-written by Cynthia and Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga), it has already gathered millions of streams. Listen HERE and watch the visualizer HERE. Inciting tastemaker applause, Billboardhighlighted how it “delves into the emotional rollercoaster of being human,” while ELLE hailed it as “groundbreaking,” going on to proclaim, “The confessional single is transfixing.” ESSENCE named it among “Best New Music This Week,” predicting, “Cynthia Erivo looks to add her name to the Billboard charts with the new single ‘Replay’.” Plus, she broke down the song for Genius.
Earlier this year, she was nominated in the category of “Best Actress” at the 2025 Academy® Awards for her unanimously acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in last year’s blockbuster Wicked. She also took the Oscars’ stage for a showstopping performance.
Experience I Forgive You and more from Cynthia in 2025.
TRACKLISTIG
- Why (Interlude)
- Best For Me
- More Than Twice
- You First
- Save Me From You
- Worst Of Me
- I Want You (Interlude)
- She Said
- What You Want
- Play The Woman
- Push and Pull
- Until You Saw Me (Interlude)
- Holy Refrain
- I Choose Love
- Be Okay
- How I Could Fall
- I Forgive You (Interlude)
- Brick By Brick
- Replay
- Grace
ABOUT CYNTHIA ERIVO:
Cynthia Erivo’s sophomore album I Forgive You marks a bold – and vulnerable – new chapter in the Grammy®, Emmy®, and Tony® Award-winning actress, singer, author as well as SAG, Golden Globe®, and 3x Academy Award® nominee’s artistry. The tenderhearted 20-track LP is a soft testimony of her life, a haunting plea to be witnessed with an open heart. The album is split into four parts: a breakup, something new, the deepening of a connection, and acceptance. Each part is divided by haunting interludes where Cynthia’s voice is the only instrument. Blending the sounds of pop, R&B, folk, Britpop, hip-hop, wailing, and gospel, I Forgive You leaps headfirst into the most vulnerable and impassioned moments of her life, a slow-baked reminder that we’re all just flesh and bone. The good and the bad, and everything in between, make up the stories of our lives, and Cynthia Erivo is a sight to behold.
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