Normani Prioritizes Vibe on Long-Awaited Debut ‘Dopamine’: Album Review
variety.comSteven J. Horowitz Senior Music Writer It’s been a very long, very arduous road for Normani to release her debut album “Dopamine.” On social media, the Nation — her anointed fandom name — pleaded for the record for so many years that when the former Fifth Harmony member finally announced it in February, she did so with a wink-nod, rolling it out with the accompanying website wheresthedamnalbum.com.
But in a career plagued so often by delays and false starts, the path from that announcement was characteristically uneven. At first, she didn’t give a release date.
Then, a month later, she announced that the lead single, “1:59” featuring Gunna, would come in another month. Right up until release date, there was no music video, no tracklist reveal until the day before, no nothing.
All of this would be understandable if “Dopamine” presented Normani with her wings spread, fully formed as an artist, one who’s publicly grappled with the creative direction of her solo career.
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