A queen abroad.
Mary J. Blige, Queen of Contemporary Soul and Keeper of ~The Feels~, is having a bit of a renaissance thanks to a fruitful collaboration with London's best and brightest purveyors of modern R&B.
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Her 13th album, The London Sessions, was largely co-written with real-life cherub Sam Smith and his right-hand-man Jimmy Napes, with production help from Disclosure and Naughty Boy, among others.
Brit Award-winner Emeli Sandé co-wrote the previously released and exquisitely vulnerable "Whole Damn Year."
Disclosure-produced lead single "Right Now" — an impressively seamless blend of fizzy, deep house music and vintage, midtempo balladry — gets an appropriately slick video, premiering right here on BuzzFeed.
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In the clip, Queen Mary hits the streets of London — Land of Royals — and naturally feels at home.
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