Tori Kelly Announces New Album 'God Must Really Love Me'

Official Announcement | Published: May 05, 2026 1:41 PM EDT

(Epic Records) Tori Kelly announced her sixth studio album, God Must Really Love Me, due out June 12 via Epic Records. The album marks her most intimate work yet and offers a wildly joyful and richly textured meditation on love, identity, and the quiet work of protecting your peace amid the constant noise of the outside world. Tori also teased the first two singles from the album, "Control" and "Dive," both out Friday, May 8 via Epic Records.

Within two months of giving birth to her first child, Tori found herself gripped by a rush of inspiration that reshaped her creative instincts in real time, stripping away any tendency to overthink. As a flood of new songs spilled out with an urgency she'd never experienced, Tori locked into the songwriting process with full-hearted conviction, frequently recording voice memos while nursing her son.

"Before the baby was born I'd tried to work on as many songs as possible, because I thought maybe I wouldn't want to write once I was in mom mode. But then everything just hit me at once and right away I knew what I needed to say and exactly how I wanted it to sound," Tori shares. "I really challenged myself to peel back the layers and go much deeper with my lyrics. In the past I've held back from getting too specific in my songs, but this time I just completely let go."

God Must Really Love Me moves with an unhurried ease that echoes the effortless confidence and clarity of vision that Tori brought to every step of the album's creation. With its radiant fusion of R&B, soul, acoustic pop, and gospel, the resulting body of work unveils a new dimension of her sophisticated musicality and singular voice-the outcome of a newfound willingness to let restraint carry as much impact as virtuosity.

In a meaningful departure from her previous work, Tori crafted most of the new LP's songs in solitude before heading into the studio with in-demand producers/co-writers like DIXSON (Kehlani, Vic Mensa), Nija Charles (Summer Walker, Kiana Lede), Emily Warren (Dua Lipa, Noah Kahan), and Ammo (Beyonce, Teddy Swims). Although the LP mostly came to life in Los Angeles with her two main collaborators, Tommy King (HAIM, Donna Missal) and Dan Farber (Lizzo, Alessia Cara), a number of songs surfaced while touring Europe in summer 2025 with superstar Ed Sheeran.

This summer, Tori will join GRAMMY-nominated and GMA DOVE Award-winning artist Forrest Frank for The Jesus Generation Tour. The tour will include 29 shows at arenas across the US, including Madison Square Garden in New York City, HersheyPark Stadium in Hershey, PA, Intuit Dome in Los Angeles, CA, and Moody Center in Austin, TX. The tour will kick off on June 1 in Tulsa, OK and conclude on August 1 at Globe Life Field.

THE JESUS GENERATION TOUR DATES

Mon-Jun-01 - Tulsa, OK - BOK Center

Tue-Jun-02 - Little Rock, AR - Simmons Bank Arena

Thu-Jun-04 - Rosemont, IL - Allstate Arena

Fri-Jun-05 - Milwaukee, WI - Fiserv Forum

Sat-Jun-06 - Detroit, MI - Little Caesars Arena

Mon-Jun-08 - Buffalo, NY - KeyBank Center

Tue-Jun-09 - Worcester, MA - DCU Center

Wed-Jun-10 - New York, NY - Madison Square Garden

Fri-Jun-12 - Bristow, VA - Jiffy Lube live

Sat-Jun-13 - Albany, NY - MVP Arena

Sun-Jun-14 - Hershey, PA - Hershey Park Stadium

Tue-Jun-16 - Raleigh, NC - Lenovo Center

Wed-Jun-17 - Charlotte, NC - Spectrum Center

Fri-Jun-19 - Nashville, TN - Geodis Park

Sat-Jun-20 - Indianapolis, IN - Gainbridge Fieldhouse

Wed-Jul-08 - Sacramento, CA - Golden 1 Center

Fri-Jul-10 - Tacoma, WA - Tacoma Dome

Sat-Jul-11 - Portland, OR - MODA Center

Tue-Jul-14 - Oakland, CA - Oakland Arena

Fri-Jul-17 - Los Angeles, CA - Intuit Dome

Sat-Jul-18 - Phoenix, AZ - PHX Arena

Mon-Jul-20 - Denver, CO - Ball Arena

Thu-Jul-23 - Minneapolis, MN - Target Center

Fri-Jul-24 - Kansas City, MO - T-Mobile Center

Sat-Jul-25 - St. Louis, MO - Enterprise Center

Mon-Jul-27 - Cincinnati, OH - Heritage Bank Arena

Tue-Jul-28 - Louisville, KY - KFC Yum! Center

Thu-Jul-30 - Austin, TX - Moody Center

Sat-Aug-01 - Dallas, TX - Globe Life Field