Yaya also plays live at London’s Lafayette on November 18th, and Knoxville’s Big Ears Festival in 2025

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“powerfully honest, sharp and tender” 

The Guardian

“One of the most calculating soul artists working”

NPR

“Relaxed but not reluctant”

The New York Times

“Creating a nightclub atmosphere in the daylight”

Rolling Stone

Yaya Bey partners with frequent collaborator and producer Exaktly to share a remix of ‘the evidence’ from her critically acclaimed album Ten Fold. Exaktly energises the suave stylings of the original, injecting a complementary blend of Jersey club kicks and classic breaks to make a pliable track perfect for building up the dance floor or as a lively afterword to the original. It follows the recently released ‘career day (Exaktly remix)’, with Exaktly also producing ‘eric adams in the club’ off Ten Fold and ‘ascendant (motherfxcker)’ from her 2023 EP Exodus the North Star.

Yaya’s undeniable talent has resulted in critical support from outlets like The Guardian, Wonderland, Essence, ELLE, NPR, and Pitchfork (who named Ten Fold Best New Album in their review). Beyond the music, Yaya has served as the creative director, co-director and stylist for each of Ten Fold’s visuals, utilizing her skills as a visual artist to create a cohesive vision for the album. She showcased her profound artistic presence through the live performance of ‘me and all my n****s’ at her widely lauded Tiny Desk concert and captured attention at SXSW, where Rolling Stone highlighted the dynamism of her vocal performance. Earlier this year, Yaya also starred alongside Immanuel Wilkins in an ad campaign for Converse’s collaboration with New York-based brand AwakeNY. 

On Ten Fold, Yaya delivered a free-spoken masterpiece that speaks to the intricacies of persevering through a year punctuated by grief and loss, life-altering milestones and everything in between. As a second-generation artist, Yaya’s learned the lessons to feel resolute in her relationship to music and root her songwriting in a realistic portrait of what it means to be an artist. She will be performing at Big Ears Festival next March, following live dates in Paris and London in mid-November.

Listen to Exaktly’s remix of ‘the evidence’ below and stay tuned for more from Yaya Bey.

Yaya Bey Tour Dates:

13 Nov – Badaboum – Paris, France

18 Nov – Lafayette – London, UK

27-30 March – Big Ears Festival – Knoxville, TN

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