Jai'Len Josey - Playground

What this video is

Released October 20, 2023, 'Playground' arrives as the second track of Josey's 'Conversations From a Payphone' double single on Hillman Grad Records / Def Jam — her first new music following the Southern Delicacy EP released earlier that spring. The song sits within a broader artistic arc Josey has described as a form of 'time travel,' using the payphone as a conceptual throughline connecting her Illustrations EP,…

Why it matters

Represents the emotionally candid, self-produced Southern R&B micro-era anchored in Atlanta's soul-pop underground. Josey's identity as a triple-threat singer-songwriter-producer — who co-wrote Ari Lennox's gold-certified 'Pressure' — situates 'Playground' within a lineage of confessional,…