Ari Lennox has revealed her third album, Vacancy, will release Jan. 22, 2026, via Interscope Records.
The D.C. native took to Instagram to share the news. “My new album Vacancy will be yours on Jan 23 and my new single Under The Moon is out now,” Lennox wrote in a joint post with Vacancy Motel, an account that serves as a hub for her new era.
Vacancyis preceded by the title track and “Soft Girl Era,” both produced by Jermaine Dupri and Bryan-Michael Cox.As Lennox noted in the announcement, the album will also include the latest single, “Under The Moon,” which is out today (Oct. 23).
The vintage soul track, produced by longtime collaborator Elite, Ron Gilmore, Dave James and Tommy Parker, howls with emotion as she recounts a fatal attraction she can’t escape — one that leaves her spellbound.
“He was sweet to a tea,” she sings in the opening verse before becoming addicted to his love, even as she admits, “Know I should go, pulling me close / I don’t feel right.”
Vacancy, which consists of 15 tracks, is available for presave on digital service providers like Apple Music and Spotify. It will mark Lennox’s first body of work since parting ways with J. Cole’s Dreamville imprint, and will follow 2022’sage/sex/location.
The latter album included her No. 1 hit “Pressure,” also produced by Dupri and Cox.Age/sex/locationalso featured collaborations with Summer Walker, Lucky Daye and Chlöe. Lennox described her second LP as “the transitional space before my current eat pray love journey.”
In between eras, Lennox released standalone singles “Get Close” and “Smoke,” plus collaborated with Camper and Jeremih (“War“), Jessie Reyez (“Just Like That”) and, most recently, Eric Benét (“Gaslight“).
Stream Ari Lennox’s new song “Under The Moon” and presaveVacancybelow.
Presave Ari Lennox’s new albumVacancy, out Jan. 23, 2026, here.
