To Whom This May Concern is the sixth studio album by Philadelphia singer, poet, and actress Jill Scott, released February 13, 2026 on Blues Babe Records/Human Re Sources/The Orchard — her first full-length project in eleven years, following 2015's Woman. Announced on January 2, 2026 alongside lead single "Beautiful People," the album arrives as a 19-track, 58-minute statement of artistic confidence and personal reckoning, drawing on collaborations with an expansive roster that includes Trombone Shorty, Tierra Whack, Too $hort, Ab-Soul, and JID, with production from longtime associates Andre Harris and Camper alongside DJ Premier and Adam Blackstone. It debuted at number 33 on the Billboard 200 and reached number six on the Independent Albums chart, according to Wikipedia.Musically, the album is Scott's most genre-ranging work to date, moving fluidly across neo-soul, cocktail jazz, big-band, trip-hop, New Orleans rhythm and blues, go-go, and disco within a single sequencing, drawing comparisons from Variety to the expansive vision of Erykah Badu's New Amerykah series. Scott shifts between singing, spoken word, and rapping across the record — taking on corrupt institutions with Too $hort on "BPOTY," reflecting on self-worth on the tempestuous "The Math," celebrating ancestry on "Àṣẹ," and delivering a gospel-infused go-go anthem on "Liftin' Me Up." Thematically, the album is candid and self-assured, with Scott addressing the aftermath of personal relationships, reclaimed independence, and a declaration — as Rolling Stone noted — of her "adventurous spirit" after more than a decade away from the studio.
