Ayra Starr’s New ‘Starrgirl’ Vinyl Is a Limited-Edition, Anime-Inspired Release

Ayra Starr will release a limited-edition vinyl of her album Starrgirl in collaboration with Crunchyroll, Billboard reports. The vinyl starts at $40, with presales beginning today exclusively through the Crunchyroll store.

The release features original manga-style artwork inspired by the album’s sci-fi visual world and the Grammy-nominated Afro-pop singer’s interest in anime. The collaboration also includes a custom animated visualizer and content on Crunchyroll platforms, including animated clips set to Starr’s music, a Crunchyroll News interview and exclusive media on Crunchyroll’s and Starr’s social accounts.

“The Starrgirl character we created for the album cover has such a bold yet simple statement,” Starr said. “I think it blends modern fashion with traditional dress in a way that says, I am here today because of all the women that came before me.”

Starrgirl arrived Aug. 14 via Mavin and Republic Records. Its featured artists include kwn on “Amazing,” ZAYN on “Heaven Baby” and Danny Ocean on the “Hot Body” remix. The album also includes the previously released singles “Who’s Dat Girl” with Rema and “Gimme Dat” with Wizkid, as well as the electro-pop midtempo song “Where Do We Go” and “Misunderstood.” It reached No. 4 on the World Albums chart, Starr’s second consecutive top-five entry after 2024’s The Year I Turned 21.

“In making this album, I started to understand that I exist in multitudes, and the only way for me to show that was through an album,” Starr told Billboard last month, on Sept. 23. “I can’t show that in just one song. Trying to limit myself to just one thing or one sound made me lash out even more, [whether] that’s cutting my hair or changing my whole aesthetic to black or just doing a sound that was different for me. This album is me allowing myself to be different forms and different things.”

The Crunchyroll collaboration follows the announcement of Starr’s Starrgirl World Tour. Its European leg begins Jan. 20, 2027, at Cologne’s Live Music Hall, with stops in Paris and Milan before it ends Feb. 2 at London’s Shepherd’s Bush Empire. The North American leg begins March 18 at Houston’s House of Blues, with stops in Atlanta, Brooklyn and Toronto before concluding April 5 at Denver’s Summit Music Hall.

Last month, Starr headlined halftime at the London NFL game between the Philadelphia Eagles and Jacksonville Jaguars.

Source: Billboard