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Mýa Announces 'Retrospect,' Her First Album in Eight Years, Set for Spring

The project comes via her Planet 9 label in partnership with Virgin Music.

Overview

  • She unveiled the tenth studio set on Sherri Shepherd’s daytime show, her first full-length since 2018.
  • Lead single "ASAP" arrived Jan. 30, co-produced by LaMar "MyGuyMars" Edwards and Mýa.
  • Confirmed guests include 21 Savage and Joyner Lucas.
  • She credited Prince with encouraging her independent path, which she says provides creative freedom.
  • Mýa says the album channels 1970s–1980s funk-soul influences including Prince, Rick James, Stevie Wonder, Teena Marie, the Gap Band and the S.O.S. Band, framing it as a bridge between past and future with sessions dating to 2016.