Ibeyi Release Fourth Album Offering, Their First as Independent Artists

Ibeyi have released Offering, their fourth studio album and first since leaving XL Recordings. The project arrives as a sonically expanded statement from the twin sisters, whose work has long intertwined electronic production with the musical traditions of their Yoruba and Cuban heritage.

The album’s title track establishes a conscious break from the past. “I don’t make spells anymore / Now I make offerings,” they sing, drawing a line between petition and gratitude. Where 2022’s Spell 31 channeled the Egyptian Book of the Dead as a healing mechanism after COVID, Offering trades stripped-back Afro-soul for thicker arrangements, distortion, and choral layering.

Working with outside producers for the first time—most notably Michaël Brun—the Díaz sisters build a darker, more forceful sound. “Olokun” invokes the Yoruba ocean deity over pounding drums and fervent chants. “Moshpit” layers warped 808s with stacked vocal harmonies, the voices bleeding into each other as the lyrics metamorphose through mythological figures. The song sketches power not as self-assertion but as something deeper, rooted.

The shift in method mirrors the shift in label status. Offering is self-released, a move that places its collaborative density in sharper relief. Where earlier records often featured only the sisters’ own instrumentation, this album treats outside input less as departure than as extension—a way to fill the space around voices that have always been the core.