Shenseea’s new eight-track EP, Catalyst, landed Friday on Columbia Records and UK imprint Since '93 under license from Shenyeng Inc. Running 21 minutes, it marks her first collection of new music since 2024's Never Gets Late Here picked up a Grammy nomination for Best Reggae Album.
The tracklist keeps guest spots down to three names. The clear anchor is "Talk To Me Nuh", a Rvssian production that puts Shenseea back in the booth with Vybz Kartel. A full decade after their breakout on "Loodi", the link-up puts any debate about her dancehall footing to rest before she branches outward.
The other two features push across borders. Nigerian artist Asake joins her on "Playtime", riding a clean Afrobeats pocket that comes with a London-shot visualizer. Florida rapper Loe Shimmy steps onto "Private", dragging the tempo into sluggish Southern trap.
The remaining five solo tracks give her room to breathe. On "Vulnerability", which arrived as a single back in September, she writes openly about losing her mother and navigating industry distrust. "Body Language", produced by London on da Track, leans into mid-tempo R&B, while "Garden" and "2 Face Gyal" stick strictly to uptempo Kingston club bounce.
It is a compact, focused drop that shows Shenseea can work international rooms without flattening the sound that got her there.
Track & Credit Breakdown
- Project: Catalyst
- Label: Columbia Records / Since '93 / Shenyeng Inc.
- Length: 8 Tracks (21 minutes)
- Featured Artists: Vybz Kartel, Asake, Loe Shimmy
- Key Producers: Rvssian, London on da Track, Dwayne Chin-Quee
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