My (Jamala album)

My
Studio album by
Released12 March 2021
StudioJenny Records (Lviv)
Genre
Length32:13
Language
  • Ukrainian (1–7)
  • Russian (7)
  • English (8)
LabelEnjoy! Records
Producer
  • Mykola Usatiy
  • Dmytro Nechepurenko
Jamala chronology
Svoi
(2020)
My
(2021)
5:45
(2021)
Singles from My
  1. "Вдячна"
    Released: 26 February 2021

My (Ми) (We) is the fifth studio album by Ukrainian recording artist Jamala, released on 12 March 2021. It contains eight songs in Ukrainian, English, and Russian, written by the singer in collaboration with other songwriters. The album was presented live on 21 October 2021, at the October Palace in Kyiv.[1]

Background and promotion

The album "My" was recorded in the summer of 2020 at the Jenny recording studio in Lviv. Due to quarantine restrictions, the album's release, scheduled for the fall of the same year, was postponed to the following year. Jamala worked on the album in collaboration with Oleksandra Makarovska, Darya Fedorenko, Tetyana Mylymko and Andriy Chmut. The music producers were Mykola Usatiy and Dmytro Nechepurenko.[2]

The album included eight songs in Ukrainian, English and Russian. The song "Kohayu", released as a single in 2019, was originally included in the album "Vykhod v свет" by Kazakh rapper Jah Khalib.[3] "Like A Hero" is a foreign-language version of the song "The Price of Truth", which became the soundtrack to the film Mr. Jones by Polish director Agnieszka Holland.[4] "Grateful" was released as a single on 26 February 2021 in support of the upcoming album.[5]

According to Jamala, the driving force behind the new album is love, strength, gratitude, faith, and forgiveness: "...the leitmotif of almost all the songs is that we need to be grateful, believe in ourselves, believe in our children, so that they can grow into real people".[6]

Commercial performance

After its release on 12 March 2021, the album "My" entered the "Ukraine Top 100 Pop Albums" chart on the Apple Music streaming service. In its second week on the chart, it reached the eighth position.[7]

Track listing

No.TitleLyricsMusicLength
1."Вірю в тебе"S. Jamaladinova, D. FedorenkoS. Dzhamaladinova, A. Chmut4:15
2."Вдячна"S. Jamaladinova, D. FedorenkoS. Dzhamaladinova, O. Makarovska3:56
3."Ми"S. Jamaladinova, D. FedorenkoS. Dzhamaladinova, A. Chmut3:31
4."Сила"S. Dzhamaladinova, D. Fedorenko, T. MylymkoS. Dzhamaladinova, O. Makarovska3:48
5."Вогонь і вода"S. Dzhamaladinova, D. Fedorenko, T. MylymkoS. Dzhamaladinova, A. Chmut3:55
6."Загадка"S. Dzhamaladinova, D. Fedorenko, T. MylymkoS. Dzhamaladinova, A. Chmut, D. Nechepurenko3:57
7."Кохаю" (featuring Jah Khalib)S. Jamaladinova, B. Mamedov, O. ZhvakinS. Jamaladinova, B. Mamedov4:38
8."Like A Hero"Z. Zheleznov, O. MakarovskaS. Jamaladinova4:10
Total length:32:13

Release history

Country Date Label Format
Ukraine 12 March 2021 Enjoy! Records Digital download

References

  1. ^ "Сольний концерт Джамали у «Жовтневому палаці»". jetsetter.ua (in Ukrainian). 26 October 2021. Archived from the original on 25 November 2021.
  2. ^ Ірина Саннікова (23 March 2021). "Jamala: Інколи здається, що у світі все жахливо, але все одно знаходиш, за що бути вдячною". nrcu.gov.ua (in Ukrainian). Радіо «Промінь». Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  3. ^ "Неочікуваний дует: Джамала і репер Jah Khalib випустили двомовну пісню «Кохаю»". elle.ua (in Ukrainian). Журнал «Elle Україна». 29 October 2019. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  4. ^ "Джамала випустила саундтрек до фільму "Ціна правди"". vogue.ua. Журнал «Vogue Україна». 21 November 2019. Archived from the original on 15 August 2020.
  5. ^ Орися Маркевич (26 February 2021). "Слухайте новий сингл Джамали «Вдячна»". the-village.com.ua (in Ukrainian). «The Village». Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  6. ^ "Слухаємо новий альбом Джамали – "Ми"". vogue.ua (in Ukrainian). Журнал «Vogue Україна». 14 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.
  7. ^ "Ukraine Apple Music Top Albums". top-charts.com. Apple Music. 15 March 2021. Archived from the original on 19 April 2021. Retrieved 19 April 2021.