Lucky Daye on Creating His New Album ‘Aloud’ and Collaborating With Pusha T and Muni Long: ‘It’s About the Magic’

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Lucky Daye is in a season of change. Ahead of the release of “Aloud,” out today, the Grammy-winning singer-songwriter is settling into a new label home at Warner Records, working with a wider circle of collaborators and taking more control of his creative process. Even his look signals a shift: When Variety meets him for lunch at Nobu in Atlanta, his hair is styled into a bold, sculptural frohawk that he’s described as part of the album’s new era.

The day before, on the set of the video for “Knockin,” his collaboration with Muni Long and the Black punk band Paradox, that era was taking shape in real time. Two of his managers are on set, along with his chief of staff and Susan “Susy” Oludele, the celebrated natural hair artist responsible for Daye’s evolving look. They’re part of a larger creative ecosystem that, notably, includes a team of predominantly Black women. Daye says being surrounded by them makes him “very, very happy.”

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