Cynthia Erivo Announces New Album

The record's lead single "Worst of Me" arrives tonight at midnight

Embarking on a bold creative chapter, GRAMMY®, Tony®, and EMMY® Award winner and three-time Academy® Award nominee Cynthia Erivo will unveil her anxiously-awaited new full-length solo album, I Forgive You, on June 6 via Verve Records/Republic Records. Album pre-save is live now HERE.

She sets the stage for its arrival by sharing the first single “Worst Of Me” tonight at Midnight 12AM ET/9PM PT.

Cynthia has carefully curated this body of work, cowriting every song and showcasing the range of her expansive, entrancing, and enigmatic vocals. Holding nothing back and opening up more than ever before, she traces a personal, poetic, and poignant journey through romance, heartbreak, love, forgiveness, rebirth, and new beginnings.

She initially teased this chapter with the release of “Replay.” Co-written by Cynthia and Justin Tranter (Selena Gomez, Chappell Roan, Lady Gaga), it has already gathered millions of streams. Listen HERE and watch the visualizer HERE.

Earlier this year, she was nominated in the category of Best Actress at the 2025 Academy® Awards for her unanimously acclaimed portrayal of Elphaba in last year’s blockbuster Wicked. She also took the Oscars' stage for a show-stopping performance.

Cynthia Erivo’s sophomore album I Forgive You marks a bold – and vulnerable – new chapter in the Grammy®, Emmy®, and Tony® Award-winning actress, singer, author as well as SAG, Golden Globe®, and 3x Academy Award® nominee’s artistry. The tenderhearted 20-track LP is a soft testimony of her life, a haunting plea to be witnessed with an open heart. The album is split into four parts: a breakup, something new, the deepening of a connection, and acceptance. Each part is divided by haunting interludes where Cynthia’s voice is the only instrument.

Blending the sounds of pop, R&B, folk, Britpop, hip-hop, wailing, and gospel, I Forgive You leaps headfirst into the most vulnerable and impassioned moments of her life, a slow-baked reminder that we’re all just flesh and bone. The good and the bad, and everything in between, make up the stories of our lives, and Cynthia Erivo is a sight to behold.