7 piano sketches

7 Piano Sketches is the third extended play by the American musician André 3000. It was released by Epic Records on May 5, 2025. The EP, consisting of seven tracks, was recorded nearly a decade before the release of his debut studio album, New Blue Sun, and was entirely recorded with either his iPhone or laptop microphone inside a sparse Texas house André 3000 and his son had lived in. He was inspired to record voice memos of piano improvisations because the piano was one of the few objects in the home. André 3000 routinely sent these recordings to friends and family members, never intending to release them to the public. During his appearance at the 2025 Met Gala, André 3000 surprise-released 7 Piano Sketches, coinciding with his chosen outfit for the event, which featured a grand piano attached to his back. According to an interview with men's magazine GQ, André 3000 decided to release the project after spending time relistening to his old recordings, finding they were of higher quality than he had previously thought. He believed other people might want to buy the songs as well, which encouraged him to release the EP commercially. From Wikipedia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/7_Piano...) under Creative Commons Attribution CC-BY-SA 3.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/...)