Kareen Lomax announces debut album NAJI; shares new single 'OFFLINE'

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Kareen Lomax announces debut album NAJI; shares new single ‘OFFLINE’

Kareen Lomax, the Atlanta-raised and LA-based alternative R&B artist, has announced her debut album, NAJI, due September 18 via Music is Fun (a division of Seeker Music). Now, Lomax has shared the project’s first single, ‘OFFLINE.’

The forthcoming LP is Lomax’s first opportunity to tell her own story after years of lending her voice and songwriting to some of music’s biggest artists. Named after her first name, which she spent much of her life not publicly leading with, NAJI was born from a period of profound personal loss and reflection. Following the deaths of her adopted sister in 2020 and her father in 2021, Lomax found herself confronting questions of identity, belonging, grief, and self-worth that she had long kept at arm’s length.

Created over several years between Los Angeles and New York alongside producer Daoud, the album gradually evolved into a body of work about the collision of two sides of herself: Kareen and Naji. The project came together following Lomax’s move from Georgia to Los Angeles, another period of transition that prompted her to reflect on the values and experiences that shaped her upbringing, including growing up in a strict Southern Baptist household.

Lomax shares her newest single, ‘OFFLINE’, which represents the more direct and unapologetic “Naji” side of the project. The song is a boundary-setting anthem about stepping away from the noise and choosing yourself in a world constantly competing for your attention.

Much like the themes explored throughout the album, the creative process itself was intentionally personal. Lomax recorded the entire project herself, working primarily from home studios rather than traditional recording spaces. The result is a project that feels handmade, human, and deeply lived-in.

At its core, NAJI is Lomax’s reflection on life after loss and the journey toward becoming whole. It is about choosing yourself, reclaiming the parts of you that have always been there, and telling the world who you are instead of letting the world tell you.

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