Keni Titus, a Los Angeles based alt-pop singer-songwriter, released her sophomore album, AngelPink, on February 6th, 2026. Releasing her first song in 2020 and her first album in 2023, Titus slowly made her way up the industry ladder. Her music career really took off after she was invited to open for popular artist Beabadoobee’s 2024 album tour. After this tour, Titus released her first EP, Juliet, and continued to make music, paving the way for the release of her sophomore album.
AngelPink is a pop-alt, indie-folk album that touches on the contradictions of being young and feeling everything. During the creation of the album, Titus went through several life-altering events such as a breakup and a falling out with her good friend. These events are central to her music as she navigates the relatable journey of coming back to yourself after losing everything you’ve known.
“AngelPink is about losing yourself, then coming home — not to a person, but to yourself,” said Titus in an interview with the Luna Collective. “I went through a breakup and a friend falling out during this record. I felt really alone. Making this project reminded me that there are good, kind people who love me. And that making art is supposed to be fun. Not perfect, but fun. This album was a way of remembering who I am, and learning how to hold her gently.”
The album spans thirty minutes with a total of ten tracks, none of which are a title track, making it a relatively shorter album compared to most. Three songs were released for promotion: “man like you” released September 18th, 2025, “off day” released November 6th, 2025, and “hands to myself” released January 8th, 2026. Though every song is loveable, I will only be reviewing my top two songs today.
hands to myself
My personal favorite song, “hands to myself,” was the last promotional song released for this album. The track further explores this album’s theme of imperfect femininity, showing through the lyrics that being feminine does not mean being perfect.
“I put less pressure on myself to be this perfect, innocent, beautiful girl trying to impress everyone. Sometimes I’m [a butthole], and it’s okay to talk about that,” Titus said in the aforementioned interview. “This album taught me that both sides of femininity can coexist.”
With heartfelt lyrics such as: “I mean it, I’m mean but it’s good for my health /
Keeping my hands to myself,” demonstrating the subconscious mental defense that is distancing yourself from others in order to avoid getting hurt.
Lasting two minutes and forty seconds, with an angelic yet gut wrenching type feel to it, this song is so beautifully written and composed. The heavy use of the acoustic guitar enhances the alternative, indie-folk vibes of the song, as well as the album in general
pretty in pink
The last song on the album, “pretty in pink,” is the song with possibly the best instrumental composition of the entire album. Titus claims this is her favorite and most sentimental song, which most who have listened can definitely agree with.
On top of the sentimentality and musical composition, the track’s lyrical presence is undeniably impressive. With lyrics such as, “There’s something ’bout being half in love and half insane,” that speak to most teenage girls who find themselves listening to this album, the song stays relatable as well as interpretable. There are many different meanings to this song, each being personal to every listener, which is, in my opinion, the perfect ending to the emotionally charged album that is AngelPink.
For me, lyrics such as, “I’m pretty in pink, I look so good when I sink / No, I don’t wish that I’d stayed, it just gets cold when it rains,” represent the push and pull of loving yourself even when you relapse, as well as staying firm in your decisions even when it feels as though you made the wrong ones. This is ultimately what makes “pretty in pink” rank as my first favorite song for this album, and ninth favorite song of all time–excluding all Beabadoobee songs.
Overall, AngelPink may very well be the best album to have been released so far in 2026, and this project could be the shove into the spotlight that Titus so desperately needed and deserved. Listening to this album makes me feel so many emotions, the main one being excitement–excitement for the other beautiful songs Titus has in store. This album is definitely a 10/10: the composition, lyrics, vibes, and vocals truly bring the whole project together.
