Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard

Much like the New Orleans–born artist who created it, Second Line is an unapologetic genre bender that pushes boundaries, expands possibilities, and shatters expectations. It’s more than just an album: Second Line is a cohesive sensory experience that questions traditional ideas of sound, production, and visual aesthetics as they relate to music. Its interlocking parts tell an epic story about the quest for artistic expression, with Dawn describing her project as “a movement to bring pioneering Black women in electronic music to the forefront.”

Dawn Richard (or DAWN, as she sometimes goes by) has been a lauded recording artist since she was 16, first gaining traction as a part of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records roster in the group Danity Kane. In her time with the chart-topping group, she worked with names as large as Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Rick Ross. In 2011, she began paving her solo career with a new, individual style that blurred the lines of her R&B past, mixing elements of electronic music, Afrofuturist aesthetic, New Orleans bounce culture & avant-pop impulses and collaborating with names as wide as Dirty Projectors, Frank Ocean, Zendaya & Machinemusic.

Dawn Richard

Second Line

Merge Records
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
LP

$21.99

Mirror board gatefold jacket with diecut on back of jacket

Black
Includes download code
Released 04/30/2021Catalog Number

MRG756.1

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Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
CD

$12.99

4-panel wallet printed on mirror board w/ 8-panel miniposter insert

Released 04/30/2021Catalog Number

MRG756.2

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Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
LP +

$36.99

Bonus shaped gold vinyl 12-inch

White w/ bonus shaped gold 12"

Includes download code
Released 04/30/2021Catalog Number

MRG7560.1

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Dawn Richard

Second Line

Merge Records
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
LP

$21.99

Mirror board gatefold jacket with diecut on back of jacket

Black
Includes download code
Released 04/30/2021Catalog Number

MRG756.1

Learn more
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
CD

$12.99

4-panel wallet printed on mirror board w/ 8-panel miniposter insert

Released 04/30/2021Catalog Number

MRG756.2

Learn more
Album artwork for Second Line by Dawn Richard
LP +

$36.99

Bonus shaped gold vinyl 12-inch

White w/ bonus shaped gold 12"

Includes download code
Released 04/30/2021Catalog Number

MRG7560.1

Learn more

Much like the New Orleans–born artist who created it, Second Line is an unapologetic genre bender that pushes boundaries, expands possibilities, and shatters expectations. It’s more than just an album: Second Line is a cohesive sensory experience that questions traditional ideas of sound, production, and visual aesthetics as they relate to music. Its interlocking parts tell an epic story about the quest for artistic expression, with Dawn describing her project as “a movement to bring pioneering Black women in electronic music to the forefront.”

Dawn Richard (or DAWN, as she sometimes goes by) has been a lauded recording artist since she was 16, first gaining traction as a part of P. Diddy's Bad Boy Records roster in the group Danity Kane. In her time with the chart-topping group, she worked with names as large as Missy Elliott, Timbaland & Rick Ross. In 2011, she began paving her solo career with a new, individual style that blurred the lines of her R&B past, mixing elements of electronic music, Afrofuturist aesthetic, New Orleans bounce culture & avant-pop impulses and collaborating with names as wide as Dirty Projectors, Frank Ocean, Zendaya & Machinemusic.