Jorja Smith announces new project ‘Be Right Back,’ shares new song “Gone”

Speaking to Zane Lowe on Apple Music 1 about why Be Right Back is not necessarily her "second album," Jorja said, "I really was going to call it, 'This is not my second album.' I was actually going to call it that. Because I think, so these songs I've had, these songs are songs that I love and that I've written in the past two years and I'm not ready to do an album. I want to tour my album when I can tour my album. And also I just know that there's just another level that I feel I can get to musically in all aspects. Creatively as well, vision, everything. But this I feel like, I miss my fans, man. I miss them. I miss shows. I want to give them something. This last year and again this year has been so tough. Music's great, music's a little escape and that's why this little project, I'm calling it Be Right Back. Because I just want to dip in dip out. But I want it to be a little safe escape for right now, for my fans. Because I know they miss me. They say it all the time. Now people expect stuff. There's so much stuff, music, videos, all the time, that you expect it. And it's like, I only dropped my first album three years ago."

Jorja also released the Popcaan-featuring single "Come Over" in 2020 and she appears on the new song "Nobody But You" by Brent Faiyaz's group Sonder. Be Right Back follows her 2018 debut album Lost & Found.