Ella Mai celebrated her 30th birthday on November 3, 2024 with the release of 3, a three-track EP that yielded the singers fifth entry on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. That single, the pleasant slow jam "Little Things," reappeared as a central track on Do You Still Love Me?, and though it was well over a year old at the time, its romantic view of domesticity is most emblematic of the album. Stylishly produced by the ever-supportive Mustard, Do You Still Love Me? is more assured than its title suggests, even when Mai deals with her mans betrayal and is irked by calls made to her man by his ex. Mai deploys her elongated notes and vibrato with such grace that, when she claims she will "burn this whole thing down," its hard to discern whether the threat is idle or serious. The loved-up material, from "Little Things" to the devotional "100" to the churchified "No Angels," wins out with ease. ~ Andy Kellman
Rovi