Kehlani serves pure millennium-era soul on “Out The Window,” a track that resurrects the golden age when JoJo’s runs made you cry and Mariah owned the airwaves.
Produced by Khris Riddick-Tynes and Antonio Dixon, this yearning ballad strips back the defences and exposes raw vulnerability in ways we haven’t heard since Usher’s “Confessions” made grown folks weep.
The Oakland singer pleads for redemption over church-organ warmth and strings that shimmer like rain-slicked pavement.
Her vocal delivery glides between breathy confession and soaring desperation, channelling that specific ache Ashanti perfected in 2002.
When she admits “I played in your face, it’s too little, too late,” the production swells with enough melodrama to soundtrack your heartbreak on repeat.
The visual treatment, directed by Gabe Phoenix and Travis Colbert, goes full Y2K nostalgia. Kehlani rocks leather fits, sings into a payphone (remember those?), and dances in the rain with choreography straight from the Aaliyah playbook. Mini-world sets and bottom-corner video credits complete the time capsule aesthetic.
What separates this from simple cosplay is Kehlani’s maturity. She told REAL 92.3 that she missed R&B’s “less jaded” energy, explaining how relationships deserve more nuance than the “I don’t need y’all” attitude her generation adopted. That wisdom seeps through every note.
The track debuted at No. 63 on the Hot 100, following her Grammy-nominated smash “Folded.” While some might call it retro, Kehlani proves that begging for second chances never goes out of style when the vocals hit this hard.
The production bathes in vintage warmth, and her performance balances strength with surrender.
“Out The Window” doesn’t reinvent R&B, but it reminds us why we fell for the genre’s emotional honesty in the first place.
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