{"id":268,"date":"2026-06-12T10:46:00","date_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:46:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/tori-kelly-explores-peace-and-parenthood-on-god-must-really-love-me\/"},"modified":"2026-06-12T10:46:00","modified_gmt":"2026-06-12T09:46:00","slug":"tori-kelly-explores-peace-and-parenthood-on-god-must-really-love-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thehotedit.com\/index.php\/2026\/06\/12\/tori-kelly-explores-peace-and-parenthood-on-god-must-really-love-me\/","title":{"rendered":"Tori Kelly Explores Peace and Parenthood on \u2018God Must Really Love Me\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"


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\n\tThe big guy upstairs has been looking down on Tori Kelly<\/a>, who drops her sixth and latest album God Must Really Love Me<\/em>.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new collection arrived at the stroke of midnight via Epic Records, and is home to the previously-released singles \u201cControl\u201d and \u201cDive\u201d (which she reportedly wrote while seven-months pregnant). \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe album explores love, identity<\/a> and \u201cthe quiet work of protecting your peace amid the constant noise of the outside world,\u201d and was announced some six months after the birth of Kelly\u2019s first child with husband\u00a0<\/a>Andr\u00e9 Murillo. The press release shared that Kelly experienced a creative \u201curgency\u201d like never before, as she locked into the songwriting process \u201cwith full-hearted conviction, frequently recording voice memos while nursing her son.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n\t\u201cBefore the baby was born I\u2019d tried to work on as many songs as possible, because I thought maybe I wouldn\u2019t want to write once I was in mom mode. But then everything just hit me at once and right away I knew what I needed to say and exactly how I wanted it to sound,\u201d she remarks.\u00a0\u201cI really challenged myself to peel back the layers and go much deeper with my lyrics. In the past I\u2019ve held back from getting too specific in my songs, but this time I just completely let go.\u201d<\/p>\n

\n\tIn a change of tac, Kelly developed most of its songs in solitude before heading into the studio with such producers and co-writers as\u00a0DIXSON\u00a0(Kehlani, Vic Mensa),\u00a0Nija Charles\u00a0(Summer Walker, Kiana Led\u00e9),\u00a0Emily Warren\u00a0(Dua Lipa, Noah Kahan), and\u00a0Ammo\u00a0(Beyonc\u00e9, Teddy Swims). Most of the album came to life in Los Angeles with her two main collaborators,\u00a0Tommy King\u00a0(HAIM, Donna Missal) and\u00a0Dan Farber\u00a0(Lizzo, Alessia Cara), although a string of songs emerged while touring Europe in summer 2025 with\u00a0Ed Sheeran.<\/p>\n

\n\tKelly is supporting the new album with\u00a0Forrest Frank\u00a0for\u00a0the 29-date The Jesus Generation Tour<\/a>, which continues through to\u00a0Aug. 1\u00a0at Globe Life Field.<\/p>\n

\n\tGod Must Really Love Me\u00a0<\/em>is the followup to Kelly\u2019s 2024 self-titled album,\u00a0Tori<\/em>. Stream it in full below below.<\/p>\n

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