Masego Hits the Reset Button With Soul-Baring New ‘Fix Your Face’ Album: ‘I Was Mad at God for a Little Bit’
Categoria: Musica
The Grammy-nominated musical multihyphenate is back with his first new album in almost three years.
Por Billboard | 16/07/2026
It’s a gorgeous day in the Brooklyn neighborhood of Clinton Hill when I go to Sisters to meet Masego for lunch. Related What I Learned from Madonna & Jay-Z Shutting Down New York City With ‘Club Confessions’ & ‘Extra Innings’ This Summer PJ Morton Rings in Juneteenth with Sprawling ‘Saturday Night, Sunday Morning’ Double LP: ‘I’ve Been Auditioning for This Album My Whole Life’ Saint Harison Talks New ‘Ghosted’ EP, Touring With Sam Smith & Writing That ‘I Hate Beyoncé’ Lyric: ‘This Is the Realest S—t I’ve Ever Written’ As the Grammy-nominated musical polymath stands to greet me, I notice his particularly sporty attire: white tee, grey sweats, and an unassuming hat covering his now-bald head. Not only is he recovering from yesterday’s pickup game – he gave some finance bros the business — but Uncle Sego (which is still his X handle) is also looking kind of cut. With a new look to match his somber, seductive, soul-baring new album, Masego has clearly primed himself for a new era. “It’s like basketball — I’m focused on the next play,” he tells me. “I’m trying to understand how people are today. I don’t want to be that guy who thinks they know everything because I’ve been in the game for a while. I always see my music as life music; when you listen to me, you’re doing some life s—t. So, I wanted to answer for myself: What am I going to do with these songs? I really would drop the album today if I could.” Fix Your Face , Masego’s third studio album, instead arrives tomorrow (July 17) via EQT Recordings and Capitol Records. It’s his first studio album since his 2023 self-titled LP — and his first formal collection of new music since losing his home in the January 2025 Southern California wildfires. “Mind you, I was in Brazil at the time, and I’m watching my house burn on TV,” he remembers. “It was [very surreal], and I was in disbelief… then I started to do my I don’t care; I’m tough thing.” Before the fires, Masego lived in Los Angeles for a decade, during some of the most pivotal moments of his life and career. In that time, “Tadow,” his slow-burning, FKJ-assisted 2017 smash, brought him from Kingston-born, Virginia-bred college dropout to go-to R&B collaborator, trusted by everyone from Kaytranada to Kehlani. Masego didn’t just create memories in L.A.; he formed part of his identity there — and the things that grounded those more ethereal parts of himself in the physical world were now gone forever. He wasn’t bothered by losing his jewelry as much as he felt distraught in the wake of the destruction of his photo album — he names film photography as a hobby — as well as his vinyl collection, guitars, and his grandfather’s cufflinks. “I had to do the Who am I? thing all over again; I’m too grown for that!” he says. “I’m blessed that I was able to be on a plane a lot, going place to place, so I could process logically first before I could be present and cry. I don’t know what I would do