
Released: 2019
Fifteen years after her explosive debut, <i>Goodies</i>, the pop star embarks on a new, good-vibes-only chapter with album seven. <i>Beauty Marks</i>—the first release on her own imprint, Beauty Marks Entertainment—is a slick collection of empowering R&B-pop that reframes perceived faults and failures as sources of strength. “Damn right, yeah, I love myself/And I can have it all because I love myself,” she chants on the album opener while Macklemore spits bars about sobriety, good parenting and self-respect. Elsewhere, she links up with Kelly Rowland for the swaggering squad-goals smash “Girl Gang”, which channels classic Destiny’s Child and Ciara circa 2004 (the year of her iconic hits “Oh” and “1, 2 Step”). Just try not to wag your fingers along to these one-liners: "He try to hit it without committing/Tell him ‘Hell no’/He asks your favourite position/Tell him CEO."