Four months after its original release, Jhené Aiko is back with a deluxe edition of her third studio album, Chilombo. It includes nine additional tracks with new features from Kehlani, Chris Brown, Snoop Dogg, Wiz Khalifa, and Mila J.
The original version of Chilombo featured appearances by Future, Big Sean, Ab-Soul, Nas, H.E.R., Miguel, John Legend, and Ty Dolla $ign. It debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 152,000 album-equivalent units, and spawned Hot 100 hits like “Triggered (Freestyle),” “None of Your Concern,” “P*ssy Fairy (OTW),” “Happiness Over Everything (H.O.E.),” and “B.S.”
In a February 2020 Billboard interview, Aiko revealed how she used crystal alchemy sound bowls while making the album.
“I basically was recording and had a session at my house where I just played different bowls to the music; every chakra has a note that corresponds with it,” she said. “For instance, on ‘P*$$Y Fairy (OTW),’ there’s actually two bowls in there: There’s a D bowl and there’s an A bowl, and they’re both playing and resonating within your body when you’re listening to that song.”
