While 2021’s Dawn was Yebba’s introduction to the musical world as a solo artist, the Arkansas-born songwriter was plenty familiar to listeners before it arrived thanks to collaborations with PJ Morton, Mark Ronson, and Drake. Dawn found the singer putting her unique gift for melody and otherworldly voice on full display, and on its follow-up, 2026’s Jean, she hones in on the parts of her identity that make her one of one. Jean, named after the singer’s late grandmother, is deeply intimate, a reflection of love and growth that centers on self-belief: musically, personally, romantically. On the shuffling folk ballad “Yellow Eyes,” the singer details the cycles of a relationship that slowly shape everyday life—until the relationship dissipates, and one can see the patterns and the harm they caused. “And it seems like we’ve been here before/But I don’t come around anymore,” she sings, sounding a little broken, sure, but relieved and excited too.