Jamila Woods is back with “Boomerang,” the second single from her upcoming album Water Made Us. Check out the track below.
“I think you really wanna dance with me,” Woods sings in her new song. With snappy percussion and thumping bass, she’s right: “Boomerang” will make even the most stoic of listeners nod their heads along to its rosy melody.
“I co-wrote this song with Nao, GRADES, and George Moore on a sweet London day last year,” the singer said of the track. “It was amazing to work with Nao and meet her longtime collaborators and feel the synergy that they have together. It’s a song about that kind of relationship that keeps popping back up throughout your life, that magnetic attachment you have to someone and the excitement and anxiety that comes with wondering ‘will we or won’t we?’”
In keeping with its title, “Boomerang” features a music video that sees Woods dance in a captivating, backwards edit. The artist explained, “The video was directed by my friends Vincent Martell and Jordan Phelps of VAM Studio. We shot it entirely in reverse at the Chicago Magic Lounge, which is known for its portals and hidden rooms. The incredible burlesque artist Po Chop directed the movement and helped me learn all the choreo forwards and backwards, quite literally.”
Woods’ third LP Water Made Us is out October 13th via Jagjaguwar, and pre-orders are ongoing. It features the previous single “Tiny Garden” and follows the artist’s 2019 release LEGACY! LEGACY!, one of the best records of the year.
