Promises

Album: Souled Out (2014)
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Songfacts®:

  • This song finds Jhené Aiko's 4-year-old daughter Namiko Love duetting with her mother. "I practice my songs in the car, and she's usually in the back seat, so she knows them," the singer told Rolling Stone. "I brought her in the studio and said, 'Remember that song we've been singing?'"
  • Norwegian electronic duo Röyksopp supplied the electric guitar-infused music backdrop to this track.
  • This song features additional vocals from Jhene's late brother, Miyagi, whom she lost to cancer on July 19, 2012.

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  • Rani from Unknownit’s a really nice song i like it
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