The limited edition color vinyl analog record of "self," the new album by soul singer Nao Yoshioka, who is active worldwide, will be released on August 7, 2026 (Fri). Performers active in the global soul scene gather Philadelphia's neo-soul legend Bilal, Grammy-winning producer Peter CottonTale, world-renowned trumpeter Keyon Harrold, Chicago's poet/singer Jamila Woods, Emmy Award-winning and Grammy-nominated Khari Mateen, leading figure in the indie R&B scene Devin Morrison, Australian genius MXXWLL, UK's beautiful-voiced vocalist Sam Wils, Dutch artist with Ghanaian roots Bnnyhunna, Vietnam's rising star Mỹ Anh, Nordic R&B scene's new talent Misha, Germany's LoFi legend Shuko, and Taiwan's vibraphonist Chien Chien Lu. Performers from America, Europe, and Asia gather for one work. This is also the culmination of the "WORLD SOUL COLLECTIVE" philosophy that SWEET SOUL RECORDS has embodied for many years. Crossing the boundaries of genre, country, and race, it resonates the current state of soul music on a global scale. While traversing neo-soul, indie R&B, Afrobeats, house, and spiritual jazz, Nao Yoshioka's voice connects them all with a single thread. The network and trust built through the tour that visited 11 countries with her previous album "Flow" made this album possible. About the new album "self" "self" is a work that delves deeply into the "inner self" that Nao Yoshioka has not shown before. After touring 11 countries with the world tour for her previous album "Flow," Nao Yoshioka arrived at a certain emotion beyond great achievement. That was the feeling of "it's just the beginning." Loneliness and struggles that she had overcome by continuing to move forward. However, in this work, she re-examines them not as things to "overcome," but as things to "accept as part of herself." The title "self" embodies the meaning of embracing the "true self," including not only strength but also weakness and hesitation. In this work, Nao Yoshioka confronts her own "shadow