Living

Living is the third studio album by American recording artist Kenya, released on December 28, 2015 by Blacklight Records. Kenya collaborated with several producers on the album including Arca, Boots, Illangelo, Girl Unit, Emile Haynie and Devonté Hynes.

In contrast with the minimalist "PBR&B" elements of Romanticism (2014), Living features more sonically experimental material, which combines R&B with electronic and alternative music. Its dark, intimate material includes themes of excess, with transparent lyrics expressing emotional extremes, uncertainty, and references to sex and drug use. Its subject matter also explores celebrity and race.

Background and production
Kenya released her second studio album Romanticism in 2014, three years after her debut solo album Harlem Renaissance (2011). The album garnered critical acclaim and was certified diamond for selling over 1.5 million copies. It spawned a string of top five hits – "I Been On That", "We're Already There", "Northern Star", "Candlelight" and "Sleep Alone Tonight". Kenya continued recording new material even as her second studio album Romanticism was finalized. After nixing plans to re-release the album with new material, Kenya revealed that her third solo album would be released in 2015. Following the release of single "Atlantis", which was originally to feature on the new record, Kenya and Blacklight Records confirmed that the album had been pushed back to the first quarter of 2016.

"Na$$$ty" and "Atlantis" were written as early as July 2014, with "AHHHHH!" coming to fruition in recording sessions around a month later. The rest of the album was not written or recorded until 2015, with sessions lasting through September 2015. "Run Deep" was the final song to be completed for Living.

Singles and promotion
"Atlantis" was released as the first single from the album on July 20, 2015 after being performed on Kenya's Romance World Tour. "AHHHHH!" was released as the second single from the album on October 26, 2015.