Madison Mcferrin Releases Highly Anticipated Sophomore Album Scorpio

Fiercely independent artist, producer, and musician Madison McFerrin shares her highly anticipated sophomore album SCORPIO. Her first full-length project since her critically acclaimed debut, I Hope You Can Forgive Me, SCORPIO leans into Madison’s singular sound where intimate vocal layering, warm harmonies, and minimalist production meet the emotional depth of soul and the exploratory edge of electronic music.

McFerrin says, “SCORPIO is by far the most personal music I’ve ever written, and I couldn’t be more grateful for it. There’s nothing like a breakup to get the best out of you—it was as if the music demanded it of me. SCORPIO is for everyone who has ever felt lost, fought like hell to find themselves, and for those who are still summoning the strength to do so.”

For Madison, love—specifically self-love—is a teacher, a revealer of truths. It’s this album’s inspiration and, ultimately, her savior. “I went through what I went through to emerge on the other side of it of a better person and to find love,” she confides. I truly believe that I went through it because I've created art that's going to change my life.” SCORPIO is what it sounds like when the stars align.

Leading up to its release, Madison delivered a soulful preview of the album’s sonic world for NPR’s Tiny Desk, performing songs from SCORPIO. Her unique display of live vocal looping, a gospel-inspired call and response sequence, with the support of a 7-piece Chicago-based band has reached over 500,000 YouTube views. On June 27, she will bring SCORPIO to the stage in New York City at The Rockaway Hotel to celebrate its release, and in September she will kick off a North American headline tour, hitting major US markets including San Diego, Los Angeles, Atlanta, and Philadelphia, making its way to wrap up in Chicago.

Known for her singular sound where intimate vocal layering, warm harmonies, and minimalist production meet the emotional depth of soul and the exploratory edge of electronic music, Madison McFerrin’s music floats at the intersection of soul and spirit, where the human voice becomes both instrument and incantation.

his year ahead of the album, Madison delivered singles “I Don’t”, a hypnotic, heart-spilled elegy for a love unraveled co-produced by WILLOW, and “Ain’t It Nice”, a sultry and enigmatic track that delves into themes of deception and the complexities of relationship. With little more than breath, tone, and looped whispers, McFerrin can weave cathedrals of sound—hymns to vulnerability, resilience, and grace. Her style, dubbed “future soul,” feels less like a genre and more like a celestial language: rooted in the echoes of jazz and gospel, but pulsing with the shimmer of tomorrow. Each track is an offering, intimate as a secret, expansive as a sky—music that doesn’t just ask to be heard, but felt, deeply and wholly.

Across her fruitful independent career, spanning three EPs, a debut album and multiple collaborations, Madison has earned accolades from the likes of The New York Times, Billboard, NPR, FADER, Nylon, Vulture, BET and Pitchfork, who named her a Rising Artist in 2018. Her artistry has led to Questlove dubbing her early sound “soul-appella.”

In addition to stirring performances on the renowned COLORS series and KEXP’s Live on KEXP series, Madison has also performed at Lincoln Center, The Kennedy Center, Joshua Tree Music Festival, Central Park SummerStage and BRIC Celebrate Brooklyn, and shared stages with the likes of Robert Glasper, Jamila Woods, De La Soul, Gallant, and The Roots.

Off the stage, Madison’s music has been featured in one of this year’s most celebrated films thus far One of Them Days, as well as episodes of Comedy Central’s Broad City and HBO’s Random Acts of Flyness. Over the course of her career, she has mesmerized crowds at packed out shows nationwide and overseas, which she will continue this month in NYC on June 27 at The Rockaway Hotel to celebrate the highly anticipated release of SCORPIO, and this summer at Seattle’s Bumbershoot Festival on August 30.