Erykah Badu and The Alchemist today officially announce their highly anticipated joint album will be released digitally on Friday 28 August 2026 via Control FREAQ Records / Young Recordings. The co-produced album was recorded over 18 months in Dallas and Los Angeles, and is the inevitable collision of two iconoclasts: hypnotic, funny, blunt, deeply personal, and impossible to categorize neatly.

The album date arrives today alongside the new single "Witch Doctor," following the previously released single "Next To You" and Amazon Music exclusive "Echos 19 (mix 122)," which debuted during Badu Presents: Echos 19 Juneteenth concert celebration in Dallas.

The Abi and Alan Experiment began after Badu told partner Cold Cris she'd always wanted to rap over Mobb Deep's "The Realest," a gritty Alchemist production.