Normani's fans have been waiting a long time for the former Fifth Harmony member's debut album. And on Wednesday (May 22), the singer really gave them something to look forward to with the super-sexy trailer for the project titled “Dopamine (First Dose).”
The 1:52 clip opens with a series of huge doors opening to reveal Normani sitting at a desk in a spare office. Wearing a second-skin leather jumpsuit as stock images of 1960s space footage flash past, he slips on an earpiece and purrs, “Hello, Hotline 159. Yes, here to satisfy your deepest, darkest, wildest desires your. No rules, no restrictions, straight up dopamine,” as a mysterious man in an old-school phone booth breathes heavily from the other end.
As the stems of her previously released collaboration with Gunna, “1:59,” pop and she pops a red lollipop between her lips, the phone rings and footage of the pair's video streams. Cut to 'Mani performing an acrobatic dance around bra, panties and pantyhose, with subtle rocket shots taking off.
The clip ends with the phone ringing again, a close-up of Normani's face, while the camera slowly reveals her entire naked body covered in silver paint as she teases another song from the collection, “Candy Paint.”
“Bank roll, thubmin', baby you know how I'm comin'/ Booty on bubonic, and I move it how I want it/ Big girl s–t, baby I don't do no runnin'/ I can't make it boom-boom clap, like I'm drummin',” she sings as the camera pans out to reveal her stride a defiant silver rocket, which she proceeds to cram into the top.
Normani's debut album, dopamineis expected to be released on June 14. Its release comes after the singer has dropped a string of singles since leaving 5H in 2018, including Advertising sign Khalid's hot No. 100 debut solo collaboration No. 9 with Khalid, “Love Lies,” as well as 2019's No. 7 collaboration with Sam Smith, “Dancing With a Stranger.” The same year saw the release of the earworm single 'Motivation' and the Charlie's Angels soundtrack song “Bad To You” featuring Ariana Grande and Nicki Minaj, followed by tracks featuring Megan Thee Stallion (2020 “Diamonds”), Cardi B (2021 “Wild Side”) and Calvin Harris (2022 “New to You” with Tinashe and Offset).
But now is her time. As he said recently ELLE magazine about the LP she believes is the truest “representation of my resilience,” she promised herself, “If God gives me another chance to do things my way, I'm not going to take it for granted,” she said for the collection that mixes uptempo dance songs with others that dig at her struggles during and after 5H's breakup. “I think there's a false narrative that because of how long this process has taken, that means I don't care, or that it means I'm more interested in doing other things than getting this job. No one wants this project to come out more than me. I think at the end of the day, if I stand behind it wholeheartedly, it doesn't matter what people think.”
Watch the “Dopamine (First Dose)” teaser below.
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