22 tracks · 70 min
Khalid’s journey into the music industry began at 19 with the release of his acclaimed debut album American Teen—a coming-of-age story filled with the trials and tribulations of burgeoning adolescence. Khalid’s unfiltered lyricism and earnest portrayal of adolescent frustrations and anxieties resonated with many and propelled him to stardom. At 21, he released Free Spirit, a soulful meditation that saw the singer-songwriter shedding the naivety of his teenage years and marking his first step into adulthood. Half a decade after Free Spirit, Khalid is back and better than ever and ready to show his fans his growth with the release of his third studio LP, Sincere. “I needed to take that break,” he tells Apple Music. “I needed to stop. And I don’t look at it in a place of being afraid to come back. If I’m going to take this break, when I come back, I’ll come back with more clarity. I’ll come back with a better choice of decisions, more maturity, more knowledge.” On Sincere, Khalid proudly shows off that new knowledge, drawing inspiration from life experiences over five years and showcasing his evolution not only as an artist but as a person as well. “It was a very difficult process in…
