{{Infobox album | name = Through The Wall | type = studio | artist = Rochelle Jordan | cover = Through the Wall.jpg | alt = | released = {{Start date|2025|09|26}} | recorded = | venue = | studio = | genre = {{hlist|House|alternative R&B|dance-pop}} | length = {{Duration|m=59|s=58}} | label = Empire | producer = {{hlist|Rob Araujo|Byron the Aquarius|Dam-Funk|Hamdi|Terry Hunter|Initial Talk|Jimmy Edgar|Kaytranada|Kingdom|KLSH|Machinedrum|MpH|WaveIQ|Paris Williams}} | prev_title = Play with the Changes | prev_year = 2021 | next_title = | next_year = | misc = {{Singles|name=Through The Wall|type=studio|single1=Crave|single1date=May 30, 2025|single2=TTW|single2date=July 11, 2025|single3=Doing It Too|single3date=August 8, 2025|single4=Sweet Sensation|single4date=September 12, 2025}} }}
'''''Through the Wall''''' is the third studio album by British-Canadian singer Rochelle Jordan. It was released on September 26, 2025, via Empire, and was supported by the singles "Crave", "TTW", "Doing It Too", and "Sweet Sensation".
==Release and promotion== Jordan came up with the album's title in 2022,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Brown |first=Evan Nicole |date=2026-03-03 |title=Cover Story: Rochelle Jordan’s slow burn |url=https://www.thefader.com/2026/03/03/rochelle-jordan-through-the-wall-album-cover-story |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=The Fader |language=en}}</ref> stating that it signified "breaking down the walls of her own mind to understand that I deserve to be here, and I am here, and I’m an icon."<ref name=":3">{{Cite web |last=Jardim |first=Douglas |date=2025-12-19 |title=Sweet Sensation: Rochelle Jordan Interviewed |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/features/sweet-sensation-rochelle-jordan-interviewed/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Clash Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> Jordan released the single "Crave" on May 30, 2025. On July 11, 2025, she announced the album and released its title track, "TTW".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Strauss |first=Matthew |date=2025-07-11 |title=Rochelle Jordan Announces New Album Through the Wall, Shares New Song |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rochelle-jordan-announces-new-album-through-the-wall-shares-new-song-listen/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rochelle Jordan Returns with New Album 'Through the Wall,' Shares Title Track |url=https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rochelle-jordan-returns-with-new-album-through-the-wall-shares-title-track |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20250807061617/https://exclaim.ca/music/article/rochelle-jordan-returns-with-new-album-through-the-wall-shares-title-track |archive-date=2025-08-07 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Exclaim! |language=en-US|date=Jul 11, 2025|last=LaPierre|first=Megan|url-status=live}}</ref> "Doing It Too" was released as the album's third single on August 8, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-08-08 |title=Rochelle Jordan shares new single, 'Doing It Too': Listen |url=https://djmag.com/news/rochelle-jordan-shares-new-single-doing-it-too-listen |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=DJ Mag |language=en|last=Eede|first=Christian}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Rochelle Jordan presents new single, "Doing It Too" |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/news/rochelle-jordan-presents-new-single-doing-it-too |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US|date=11 August 2025|last=Damara Kelly|first=Tyler}}</ref> Jordan released the album's fourth single, "Sweet Sensation", on September 12, 2025.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hussain |first=Shahzaib |date=2025-09-12 |title=Rochelle Jordan Taps Into Cali Sensuality On 'Sweet Sensation' |url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/rochelle-jordan-taps-into-cali-sensuality-on-sweet-sensation/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Clash Magazine |language=en-GB}}</ref> The album released on September 26, 2025.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Hussain |first1=Shahzaib |title=Rochelle Jordan Unveils New Album 'Through The Wall' |date=September 26, 2025|url=https://www.clashmusic.com/news/rochelle-jordan-unveils-new-album-through-the-wall/ |website=Clash |access-date=26 September 2025}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-09-26 |title=Rochelle Jordan Drops ‘Through The Wall’ |url=https://www.mixtapemadness.com/blog/music/rochelle-jordan-drops-through-the-wall |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Mixtape Madness |language=en|last=Simpson|first=Joe}}</ref>
She performed the song "Ladida" on ''Good Morning America'' in her national television debut.<ref name=":3" /> She toured North America in the autumn of 2025 in support of the album.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |date=2026-01-09 |title=Rochelle Jordan Rules the Dance Floor |url=https://www.harpersbazaar.com/culture/art-books-music/a69929859/rochelle-jordan-through-the-wall-album-interview-2026/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Harper's Bazaar |language=en-US|last=Boyd-Griffith|first=Shelton}}</ref> The tour sold out,<ref name=":4" /> prompting her to expand the tour to Europe in February 2026 and to North America from March to April 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2025-12-10 |title=Rochelle Jordan announces 2026 tour dates |url=https://www.treblezine.com/rochelle-jordan-announces-2026-tour-dates/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Treble |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2025-12-10 |title=Rochelle Jordan Announces 2026 Tour of North America |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rochelle-jordan-announces-2026-tour-of-north-america/ |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> She released a music video for "Doing It Too" on April 1, 2026.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Monroe |first=Jazz |date=2026-04-01 |title=Rochelle Jordan Shares Chic “Doing It Too” Video |url=https://pitchfork.com/news/rochelle-jordan-shares-chic-doing-it-too-video/ |access-date=2026-04-23 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref>
==Critical reception== {{Music ratings | rev1 = AllMusic | rev1score = {{Rating|4.5|5}}<ref>{{cite web |last=Kellman|first=Andy |title=Through the Wall - Rochelle Jordan |work=AllMusic |url=https://www.allmusic.com/album/through-the-wall-mw0004573591 |access-date=2026-03-05 |language=en}}</ref> | rev2 = ''The Line of Best Fit'' | rev2score = 9/10<ref name = "Line"/> | rev3 = ''Pitchfork'' | rev3score = 8.3/10<ref name = "Pitchfork"/> | MC = 90/100<ref name = MC/> }}
{{Metacritic album prose|Through the Wall|Positive|90|5}}<ref name = MC>{{cite web|title=Through The Wall by Rochelle Jordan |url=https://www.metacritic.com/music/through-the-wall/rochelle-jordan |access-date=2026-03-05 |language=en|work=Metacritic}}</ref>
Kiana Fitzgerald of ''Consequence'' praised the album as a "daring fusion of alt-R&B and pulsating house/electronic".<ref>{{Cite web |last=Ragusa |first=Paolo |date=2025-10-01 |title=Staff Picks: Favorite Albums of September 2025 |url=https://consequence.net/2025/10/best-albums-september-2025-staff-picks/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Consequence |language=en}}</ref> ''The Fader''<nowiki/>'s Shamira Ibrahim praised the album as having a "a sleekly produced sound that braids together dance music and R&B via the funk and soul that anchor both genres."<ref name=":0" /> Melody Lau of CBC wrote that the album "evokes the cool confidence of Janet Jackson, the buttery smooth vocals of Mariah Carey and combines it with R&B, electronic and house influences."<ref name=":1" /> Writing for ''Vogue'', Liam Hess praised the album as a "a ravishing love letter to house music artfully braided with odes to the cream of '80s pop and '90s R&B."<ref name=":2" /> ''The Line of Best Fit''<nowiki/>'s Sam Franzini described the album's production as "vigorous" and "fierce".<ref name = "Line">{{Cite web |last=Franzini|first=Sam |date=October 2, 2025 |title=Rochelle Jordan: Through The Wall review - house voice |url=https://www.thelineofbestfit.com/albums/rochelle-jordan-through-the-wall-introduces-new-club-diva |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=The Line of Best Fit |language=en-US}}</ref> Writing for ''Pitchfork'', Gio Santiago described the album as having "controlled tempos, velvet hooks, and a vocal style that prefers precision to pyrotechnics".<ref name = "Pitchfork">{{Cite web |date=October 2, 2025 |last=Santiago |first=Gio |title=Rochelle Jordan: Through the Wall |url=https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/rochelle-jordan-through-the-wall/ |access-date=2026-03-05 |website=Pitchfork |language=en-US}}</ref> Double J's Dan Condon praised the album's lyricism as "straightforward but emotive — often deeply relatable."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Condon |first=Dan |date=2025-10-19 |title=Rochelle Jordan — Through The Wall |url=https://www.abc.net.au/listen/doublej/featured-music/feature-albums1/rochelle-jordan-through-the-wall-review/105905918 |access-date=2026-03-06 |website=Double J |language=en-AU}}</ref>
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== Track listing == {{Track listing | extra_column = Producer(s) | total_length = 59:58 | all_writing = | title1 = Grace | length1 = 0:58 | writer1 = {{hlist|Rochelle Jordan|Rochelle Fearon|Travis Stewart|Kelvin Montgomery|Rob Araujo|KLSH}} | extra1 = {{hlist|KLSH|Machinedrum|Rob Araujo}} | title2 = Ladida | length2 = 3:43 | writer2 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Montgomery|River Jason Moon}} | extra2 = KLSH | title3 = Sum | length3 = 4:09 | writer3 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Byron Blaylock|Montgomery}} | extra3 = {{hlist|KLSH|Byron the Aquarius}} | title4 = The Boy | length4 = 3:34 | writer4 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Louis Kevin Celestin|Chieli Minucci}} | extra4 = Kaytranada | title5 = Doing It Too | length5 = 3:26 | writer5 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Blaylock|Masaaki Asada|Montgomery}} | extra5 = {{hlist|Initial Talk|KLSH|Byron the Aquarius}} | title6 = Never Enough | length6 = 4:00 | writer6 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Blaylock|Paris Alexa Williams|Montgomery}} | extra6 = {{hlist|KLSH|Byron the Aquarius}} | title7 = Words 2 Say | length7 = 3:50 | writer7 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Stewart|Laurence Reading|Montgomery}} | extra7 = {{hlist|KLSH|Machinedrum}} | title8 = Bite the Bait | length8 = 4:06 | writer8 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|James Edgar}} | extra8 = Jimmy Edgar | title9 = On 2 Something | length9 = 2:23 | writer9 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Stewart|Williams|Tavon Thompson}} | extra9 = {{hlist|Machinedrum|WaveIQ}} | title10 = TTW | length10 = 3:57 | writer10 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Blaylock|Williams|Montgomery}} | extra10 = {{hlist|KLSH|Byron the Aquarius}} | title11 = Crave | length11 = 3:27 | writer11 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Terry Hunter|Williams}} | extra11 = Terry Hunter | title12 = Get It Off | length12 = 4:00 | writer12 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Williams}} | extra12 = KLSH | title13 = Sweet Sensation | length13 = 3:43 | writer13 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Williams|Damon Garrett Riddick|Montgomery}} | extra13 = {{hlist|KLSH|Dam-Funk}} | title14 = Eyes Shut | length14 = 3:09 | writer14 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Williams|Philip Gamble|Ezra Maxwell Rubin}} | extra14 = Kingdom | title15 = Close 2 Me | length15 = 4:01 | writer15 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Myles Fairbairn}} | extra15 = MpH | title16 = I'm Your Muse | length16 = 3:35 | writer16 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Stewart|Williams|Montgomery}} | extra16 = {{hlist|KLSH|Machinedrum}} | title17 = Around | length17 = 3:50 | writer17 = {{hlist|Jordan|Fearon|Alexander Hamdi}} | extra17 = Hamdi }}
==References== {{reflist}}
Category:2025 albums Category:Rochelle Jordan albums Category:Empire Distribution albums