Jessie Reyez put out her fourth studio album, A LITTLE VENGEANCE, on 12 June 2026, giving listeners a new full-length set built around heartbreak, self-checking and the kind of sharp-edged honesty that has become her calling card. The album arrived through FMLY / Island Records and comes with guest turns from Ty Dolla $ign, Muni Long, D Smoke, Lekan and RAAHiiM, plus a Bob Marley sample.
The release landed on the same day Reyez was set to perform in her hometown of Toronto at the FIFA World Cup 2026 Opening Ceremony, putting one of her biggest career moments on the same date as a major album rollout. Reyez, who is Grammy-nominated and has won six Junos, has built the record around three interludes and songs that move between love, yearning, self-discovery and reckoning with former lovers.
She also framed the project in terms that cut against the usual breakup-era promotion. Reyez told listeners the album is not a cue to get back in touch with an ex, warning that if someone has already done the hard work of looking inward, the better move may be to mourn it properly rather than go back and try to save what is already gone. In her words, you can miss something and still leave it alone, and the safest course is to vibe, cry and leave people alone.
That blunt advice sits alongside a softer edge in the same message. Reyez said there can be room for apology if someone knows they were wrong and has done the self-inventory to understand it, which gives A LITTLE VENGEANCE a more complicated emotional center than its title might suggest. The record is less about revenge than the uneasy space between closure and regret, and that is where it is likely to resonate most.
Outside the album, Reyez is also moving ahead with the Jessie Reyez Fund, launching it with strategic partner PLUS1 to widen access to opportunities in the music industry for women and historically underrepresented communities. The fund is meant to back music-focused work in education, wellbeing, cultural connection and preservation, and some of that effort has already started through select tour and partnership integrations, including a collaboration with Nando's that led to 500 donated meals.
What remains unanswered is how much of the fund’s planned support will be financed and when the full launch details will be made public. For now, Reyez has a new album in the market, a hometown stage on one of the year’s biggest nights and a message that is as much about leaving the past alone as it is about making peace with it.
