Kehlani Reveals Cover Art and Release Date for the Mixtape ‘While We Wait 2’.

Kehlani has not taken her foot off the gas all year, and after dropping a new album just a few months ago, she’s now gearing up to drop a mixtape.

Taking to Instagram on Wednesday (August 21), the Oakland native revealed While We Wait 2 – the sequel to 2019’s While We Wait – will be dropping on August 28.

She also shared the cover art, which features a very mindful, very demure Lani amid a backdrop that shares the same pattern as the original tape.

Kehlani first hinted at the tape last month by posting a photo of a journal to her Instagram Story with “While We Wait 2” written on the page.

Just two months ago in June, the singer’s released her fourth studio album, Crash. It follows 2022’s Blue Water Road, which featured appearances from Blxst, Justin Bieber, Syd, Jessie Reyez, Ambré and Thundercat. The album debuted at No. 13 on the Billboard 200, earning 22,000 album-equivalent units in its first week.

In footage shared by HipHop-N-More in 2021, the two were spotted at a club making plans for a possible LP.

Lani mentioned in the video, “I just informed Russ that I would collaborate with him on an album at the club.” To which Russ replied, “Make sure to hold her accountable, as I have my doubts.”

Following the dissemination of the clip by HHNM, it gained traction on X (formerly Twitter). In a now-deleted response to the tweet, Russ wrote, “Russ x Kehlani project,” accompanied by a pair of eye emojis.

Although no concrete plans emerged from this exchange, it was not the first instance of a potential collaboration between the two artists being discussed.

In 2020, Russ had already considered the idea of a joint project with Kehlani, although his initial concept included additional collaborators. After the release of his CHOMP EP in November 2020, he elaborated on his thoughts regarding an R&B follow-up during an interview with Ebro Darden on Beats 1, explaining why he believed it would be a suitable direction following his strictly rap-focused work on CHOMP.