REIYO THE GIANT UNVEILS HYPNOTIC DEBUT ALBUM ‘TRICK OF THE NIGHT’

Out now via Safari Riot, alongside a visualiser for focus track ‘Into The Wind’

Bronx-born, Atlanta-based artist Reiyo The Giant has unveiled her debut album Trick Of The Night, a mesmerising blend of soul, ambient and electronic sounds that captures the artist’s evolution through love, loss and personal transformation. Released via Safari Riot, the record arrives alongside a visualiser for focus track ‘Into The Wind’.

Built around hypnotic synths, spacious production and cinematic textures, Trick Of The Night invites listeners into a world where the familiar feels just a little off-kilter. Conceived as a journey through a house where something is never quite as it seems, the album explores how memory, fear and loss can reshape our perception of the world around us.

Reiyo approaches the record’s sequencing as a hero’s journey, opening with the electronic pulse of ‘Nu World’ before moving into more intimate, reflective territory. The album ultimately closes with ‘Lullaby’, offering a moment of calm after the emotional journey. Inspired by what she calls a “reverse Wizard of Oz moment”, the record begins in vivid colour before gradually fading into something more muted, disorienting and unfamiliar.

“This album represents a commitment to myself and the life I had to experience in order to live and write each song,” Reiyo shares. “As my debut, it feels indicative of my journey, my sound and my ability to honor every version of myself that has loved, grieved and moved through the discomfort of trying to figure it all out.”

Working closely with producer Anwar Sawyer, Reiyo shapes a spacious, mood-driven sonic landscape, with breathe. handling production on ‘Get It Together’ and ‘Lullaby’. The album marks the culmination of years of experimentation, following her self-produced 2021 EP Romeo and electronic collaborations with Airmow and breathe.

Her track ‘CARMEN’ with Airmow has surpassed 15 million streams, while her music has landed on Spotify’s New Music Friday and Fresh Finds, as well as Apple Music’s New Music Daily. With support from VICE, Ones To Watch, NOTION and KALTBLUT, Reiyo has steadily carved out a space for her distinctive, genre-blurring sound.

Now, Trick Of The Night brings those strands together in a fully realised debut: a cinematic, ever-shifting body of work that embraces the uncertainty of growing up, the complexities of change and the unsettling experience of seeing the familiar through a new lens.

Stream Trick Of The Night here: Listen to the album

Watch the visualiser for ‘Into The Wind’ here: Watch now