The singer steps out of the EDM rocket she rode on her last LP, 2010's Flesh Tone, in favor. Kelis: Food review 'Pop's perennial outsider fuses soul and cooking' (Ninja Tune) An artist at ease Kelis. It’s been a minute since we heard anything new from Kelis, whose last full-length album was 2014’s Food. Last year she also appeared on the new Disclosure album, ' ENERGY', alongside the likes of Fatoumata Diawara. Art-pop pioneer Kelis has never been more soulful or more intimate than she is on her sixth album. New Music Octo12:04 AM By Rachel Brodsky. Kelis' debut album, 'Kaleidoscope', was 20 years old in 2020. It's funny to me, but I like the fact that you can take sex and food, and you can put these two things together, and they’re totally interchangeable. "The FaNaTix were like, what are you talking about? And I was like, it makes you feel like a midnight snack! And that was it. "I heard the beat, thought it was dope, and the first thing that came to mind was 'Midnight Snacks'. It’s very human, it’s sensual, it’s something that you crave. The song was the lead single for Tasty, which was released in December 2003. The song reached number three on the Billboard Hot 100, becoming her best-charting single to date. "The idea is just that food is a very carnal thing. In 2003, Kelis signed to Arista Records and released the single 'Milkshake'. Keeping with the gastronomic theme, Kelis - perhaps best known for the single 'Milkshake' - also launched a weed-focused Netflix cooking show last year, logically entitled 'Cooking With Cannabis'. It's the first new music we've had from the US singer and songwriter since 2014's 'Food', her sixth album, which was followed by the release of a cookbook, 'My Life On A Plate'. Kelis has shared a new single, 'Midnight Snacks', and unveiled the accompanying video.