Khalid and Normani perform onstage at the Staples Center on May 7, 2019 in Los Angeles, California. Kevin Mazur/Getty Images for AG
Khalid and Normani are back together with a new song, “Personal,” six years after having a Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit with “Love Lies.”
The pair’s fresh collab, first announced by Khalid on social media, will be released this Friday (Dec. 6).
“The door is open/ You don’t even need a key/ You’ve been pushing on me so relentlessly,” Normani sings on the track, which Khalid teased on Instagram on Sunday (Dec. 1). “12/6,” he captioned the “Personal” clip.
The Insta video is filmed on a photo shoot set, with the duo posing in front of a green backdrop. They take a break to interact with the camera, bringing the genuine vibes of the track to life.
The clip has a candid feel, with a smiling Khalid lip-syncing along to their recording: “So sensual and/ You know I can never stay mad at her,” just before turning the shot to Normani, who happens to be improvising some flawless moves to the single.
“Put your body on my body/ Get personal,” they sing together to the track that welcomes a relationship getting physical.
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‘Tis the cozy season, and the timing feels just right for “Personal,” their second duet. It follows the summer release of Normani’s debut album, Dopamine, and Khalid’s third studio album, Sincere.
Six years ago, Normani told Billboard that Khalid is “one of my closest friends.” Of “Love Lies” — which was not only a top 10 hit on the all-genre Hot 100 in 2018, but also reached No. 1 on the Pop Songs airplay chart — she said, “We knew that the song felt good, but we didn’t necessarily know… you hope for the best, but you really don’t know. So it’s just really cool to see it soaring and spreading its wings and doing so amazing and connecting with so many people.”
Watch Khalid and Normani’s cute teaser for “Personal” below. The song will be available on music streaming services on Dec. 6.
