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Sperisen is Arts senior staff and an Opinion, News, Podcasts and PRIME contributor. He was previously the 2024-2025 music | fine arts editor and an Arts contributor from 2023-2024. Sperisen is a fourth-year communication and political science student minoring in professional writing from Stockton, California.
Sperisen is Arts senior staff and an Opinion, News, Podcasts and PRIME contributor. He was previously the 2024-2025 music | fine arts editor and an Arts contributor from 2023-2024. Sperisen is a fourth-year communication and political science student minoring in professional writing from Stockton, California.

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Jan. 24, 2026 2:34 p.m.

Album Review: Ari Lennox’s “Vacancy” brings R&B to 2026 with sultry, upbeat songs

This post was updated Jan. 25 at 8:21 p.m.
Ari Lennox is leaving no vacancy for R&B music in 2026.
The neo soul songstress released her third album, “Vacancy,” on Friday – one of the first major R&B releases of the new year and her first LP since 2022’s “age/sex/location.” The 15-track, 51-minute album leans heavily upon Lennox’s past lyrical themes about sex and relationship woes while adopting a more jazzy sound than her previous work, complete with rich saxophone throughout.

By Reid Sperisen

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