Ravyn Lenae is going on a headlining tour of the United States that will begin in July. Lenae is having a good year with the success of her single, “Love Me Not,” which is currently moving up the Billboard 100 chart. Last month she made her Coachella debut and since then she has been on a tour of Australia, including a sold-out show at the Sydney Opera House. The Chicago singer-songwriter has more international dates coming up in the UK at the Love Supreme Jazz Festival and Denmark’s Roskilde Festival. She will return to her native Chicago in August and perform at Lollapalooza. In the fall, she will support Sabrina Carpenter for some dates on her Short N Sweet Tour. Lenae’s Birds Eye album was released last year but it’s still heating up and taking her voice to places it wasn’t heard before. Tickets for Lenae’s upcoming shows can be purchased on her website. 

Ravyn Lenae’s Bird’s Eye sophomore album drops two years after her HYPNOS debut. The singer is mostly alone, except for appearances from Childish Gambino on the heartbreak ode “One Wish” and Ty Dolla, who duets with her on the new relationship aspirations of “Dream Girl.” Dahi executive produced the album that Lenae describes as deeply reflective. She says, 

“One of the most beautiful things about making ‘Bird’s Eye’ was the amount of reflection that was required to truly tell a story that felt clear and honest. Digging into the nooks + crannies of my journey so far was so rewarding in many ways, but it’s most meaningful when it manifests into tangible change in my life.”

The singer stays true to her R&B roots but the effervescent “Candy” brings reggae into the mix.  The expansion of her palette is also present in the alternative ambitions of “Genius.” Lenae’s purr charms and invites you into her world with songs that linger in memory long after ending. She is at her best on “Bad Idea,” conveying regretful love moves with pinball machine electronic blips blinking with thoughtful bars of piano in between. Bird’s Eye reintroduces Lenae as one of the more interesting R&B singers of her generation. The tour to support the album starts in September and travels through more than a dozen cities worldwide. Tickets for the tour are on sale now. 

Ravyn Lenae offers another preview of her next album with the single “Dream Girl” which has a featured appearance from Ty Dolla $ign. She also released the video for the single that follows  “Love Me Not” and “Love  Is Blind.” All three of the songs are on her forthcoming Bird’s Eye album. Lenae is going on a world tour of Europe and North America in the fall. Omar Apollo will do one performance with her at the Red Rocks Park and Amphitheatre on September 26th. Tickets for the tour go on sale Friday, June 28th at 10 AM PST and can be purchased via ravynlenae.com. 

Aminé has announced The Best Day Ever festival kicking off its first year in August. Kaytranada, Ravyn Lenae, Toro y Moi, and BADBADNOTGOOD are some of the artists on the roster. The festival takes place on August 10th and August 11th  at Edgefield Lawn in Aminé’s Portland, Oregon hometown. Tickets go on sale this Friday, May 17th at 10 AM Pacific time on the event’s website.