Jay Saint Wears His Heart On His Sleeves On New Album ‘ExCommitted’

Openly gay and passionate about music, Jay Saint has never been one to shy away from intense expressiveness. This year, NewYork based R&B artist transforms the pains of heartbreak into ExCommitted, his latest album.

The emotive 11-track project is led by the lead single, Push Away, an island-infused bop proclaiming the end of a relationship and the realization that it’s time to share your love with a partner that truly deserves it. This single sets the tone for the sound of ExCommitted. The album is a confident, bass-filled vibe with hypnotic harmonies and breakup anthem worthy lyrics.

When asked about the album, Jay Saint said, “The state that I was in when I wrote all of the records on this LP was a very vulnerable state. The sound of this body of work is…you hear a lot of ‘island’ in my tone. I’m Caribbean and Haitian and I wanted to have a lot of that influence in my music, but I didn’t want it to be on the nose. It’s a little bit of everything.”

Speaking further about influences and skills, Jay Saint spoke about how his first break in the music industry; writing for music artists at Bad Boy Records, led to him being a contributing writer on Danity Kane’s second album Welcome to the Dollhouse, which reached number one on the Billboard 200. “I remember going into a room and seeing all the writers. I had been studying all the successful writers and I remember seeing this one writer because she wrote Beyonce’s Halo, he said. “Every time I wrote in that environment I always thought about a climax – something that’s going to stick. That melody has to stick. If you didn’t remember anything, you would remember my chorus. She listened to the song that I wrote for the girls and she loved it! Everyone had a hand in it, but I remember her asking who wrote the chorus and of course I let her know. The chorus ended up being Danity Kane’s Pretty Boy. I wrote a few other things, but that’s one of my proudest moments.

Having honed his writing skills, Jay Saint wrote every song on ExCommitted. It’s a testament to his talent and commitment to articulating his authentic self through his music.