I Hope You Can Forgive Me

The Los Angeles-based singer-songwriter’s debut builds out her production while retaining the layered harmonies of her a capella work.

A couple a cappella extended plays and a Taylor McFerrin-assisted third EP to her credit from 2016 through 2019, vocal dynamo Madison McFerrin tried her hand at production in 2020, and by the end of that year issued her promising first self-produced single.

I Hope You Can Forgive Me by Madison McFerrin album review: timeless but to-the-minute soul-infused pop music

The Brooklyn singer (and daughter of Bobby McFerrin) conjures moments of spine-tingling atmosphere, but struggles to truly distinguish herself