Queen Naija Drops ‘Pack Lite’ from Debut Album | Samples Erykah Badu
Today, Platinum R&B singer/songwriter Queen Naija has dropped her new single, “Pack Lite,” from her forthcoming debut album.
The track finds Queen delivering a sharp ultimatum to a lover:
“If you don’t get your act together, you might have to pack lite.”
“‘Cause I work too hard
But I love you way more harder
I done had my share of being walked all over
Now I’m smarter”
Produced by Oak, the song samples and interpolates Erykah Badu’s GRAMMY®-nominated hit “Bag Lady.”
“Pack Lite” is the follow-up to “Butterflies Pt. 2,” which has amassed over 33 million combined global streams and entered the top 15 at Urban AC radio. “Butterflies Pt. 2” is the sequel to Queen Naija’s “Butterflies,” which was one of three Platinum-certified singles from her self-titled debut EP, released in 2018 by Capitol Music Group. Wale joined Queen on “Butterflies Pt. 2 Remix,” putting a fresh spin on the story.
With the arrival of her 2018 self-titled debut EP, Queen has emerged as an unstoppable new force in the R&B world.
Having clocked over 800 million combined global streams to date, Queen Naija features three Platinum-certified singles: “Butterflies,” “Karma” and her breakthrough hit “Medicine”—an independently released smash that made its staggering debut at #45 on the Billboard Hot 100, a nearly-unheard-of achievement for an unsigned artist.
Along with debuting at #1 on Billboard’s Emerging Artists chart, Queen was hailed as “the first soul star of the social media generation” by The New York Times, and earned major recognition in the 2019 awards season with nominations for Top R&B Artist at the Billboard Music Awards, Best New Artist at the BET Awards and three nods at the iHeartRadio Music Awards. The 24-year-old Detroit-area native has amassed over a billion combined global streams to date.
