“Before this album I did a three-part series called “Last Year Was Weird” and that was me reintroducing myself to everyone in the world. Post-EPs is the best place I’ve been in my life, I finally can leave my parent’s house and be an adult. I just wanted the album to be a victory lap of the EPs, just to further cement what I have been doing. With this new album, it was interesting because I started off with one producer and then I had a whole set of life issues happen which forced me to venture out, I had to find new managers and lean into my support system.”

Artist Tkay Maidza has been having a well-deserved break from releasing fully-formed projects. But with a new era setting on her horizon, she is gearing up to deliver her latest album, Sweet Justice, celebrating the 50th anniversary of Hip-Hop’s inception by making her own mark on the coveted genre—recruiting the likes of Kaytranada, Flume and Duckwrth in the process. Covering our Autumn/Fall 23 issue, Maidza sits down with album collaborator and fellow songstress, Amber Mark, to detail the process behind the new cut, and how infiltrating the L.A. music scene led her to a”holy grail” list of collaborators on the new project. Pre-order at wonderlandshop.com.

Tkay Maidza wears Kenzo.