GENA, the duo of Liv.e and Karriem Riggins, announces their debut album The Pleasure Is Yours, out February 27th via Lex Records. Liv.e & Karriem first hinted at the idea of a thorough collaboration during several one-off live performances under the mysterious moniker GENA at New York’s Nublu and the Detroit Jazz Festival earlier this year. The duo officially cemented their pairing last month with their first single as GENA, “Circlesz”.

 

 

Along with the album announcement, the duo are also sharing a new offering from the forthcoming album with new single “HOWWEFLOW” and its accompanying music video, directed by Mackai Sharp. One of the more subdued tracks on the album, “HOWWEFLOW” draws on the hip-hop inspirations behind GENA with a looped, echoing chorus that captures the lightning in a bottle moment of Liv.e & Karriem meshing their styles together seamlessly.

On January 31st, GENA will be playing a live show in London at ICA (tickets HERE), following early performances together in New York, Detroit, and Karriem also popped out as a special guest with Liv.e for her set in New York on Earl’s 3LW tour.

The Pleasure Is Yours is a byproduct of kinetic collaboration, with the album serving as the document of a conversation between two kindred musical spirits finding each other in real time. Together as GENA, the duo crafted an imaginative, amorphous body of work that overflows with silky melodies and a warm nostalgia for soul, hip-hop and R&B, while leaving space for futuristic ideas and the alchemy of those genres being experimented with and innovated upon. The album is simultaneously analog and ethereal, mirroring how it was made over a series of virtual sessions with contributions from guest musicians like Isaiah Sharkey, James Francies and Telemakus.

 

GENA
The Pleasure Is Yours
February 27, 2026
Lex Records

1. Who’s Got a Problem With Gena
2. Theybetterbegladihavetherapy
3. Left The Club Like “Really Nigga!”
4. You’ve Outdone Yourself Today
5. Unspokern
6. TGD
7. readymade
8. Douwannabwithastar
9. This Is So Crazy
10. Lead It Up
11. HOWWEFLOW
12. Doobie Doo Wew
13. Circlesz
14. Dream a Twinkle
15. Thatsmyluvr
16. omo iya ati baba