About Coffee

"Coffee" is a song recorded by American singer Kelly Rowland from her upcoming fifth studio album. It was released on April 17, 2020, by Rowland's own label KTR Records and Roc Nation's Equity Distribution. "Coffee" a bedroom-themed uptempo pop song that was written by Rowland, alongside Nick Green, Syd the Kid and Marcos Palacious from Da Internz, who also produced the song. Rowland released and promoted fourth album Talk a Good Game throughout 2013 with Republic Records. In 2018, she self-released the song, "Kelly", featured on Busta Rhymes' song "Get It" with Missy Elliott, and performed with Beyoncé during the latter's set at Coachella 2018. The following year, Rowland released the song, "Crown", as part of an anti-bullying campaign with Dove. During this period, Rowland appeared as a mentor on The Voice Australia in 2017, and released the book Whoa, Baby!: A Guide for New Moms Who Feel Overwhelmed and Freaked Out (and Wonder What the #*$& Just Happened). She also supported Jennifer Hudson as an advisor during the thirteenth season of the American adaptation of the competition series.

Rowland then announced new music was arriving in 2020; in the days and weeks preceding the song's release, she had been hosting "Coffee with Kelly" chats on Instagram Live. Then, in the week commencing April 13, Rowland began teasing new music. Her social media accounts were updated to promote a new release called "Coffee". This was followed by links for the release on digital outlets, alongside the artwork for the song. Idolator's Mike Wass pointed out that it was not certain whether "Coffee" was the first single from Rowland's fifth album which has been in the works since at least 2017. During an Instagram live interview on April 20, 2020, Rowland announced that "Coffee" was the first single from her forthcoming album, and was being released independently.