Khaliyah X – What’s My Name (Single)

Taking a Look Into Khaliyah’s Next Chapter Here we have the very talented Khaliyah X making her return to the TGF page, with her latest single “What’s My Name.” In the time since last being featured on the page, Khaliyah has released two singles and an EP that came out in January of 2022. “What’s My Name” was released as a combo pack with explicit and clean versions of the song on May 31st, 2023.

It’s a quick listen as the song comes in at two minutes and 20 seconds. Diving into the song we immediately hear the sample of Alicia Keys's “You Don’t Know My Name.” In the song, Khaliyah showcases her amazing vocals as she sings about wanting a man to who she doesn’t have to be a mother to and to teach them how to act. The song is very catchy as Khaliyah sings “What’s My Name” as a hook as the song comes to an end. The listen definitely gives off the late 90s to early 2000s vibe especially since the Alicia Keys version came out in 2003. Given the big gap between Khaliyah’s EP “Just for the Summer” which came out in early 2022 and not releasing another song until the “What’s My Name” single, one can only hope that Khaliyah can stay more active so she can fully bloom into the artist she is supposed to become.

It’s going to be interesting to see how Khaliyah capitalizes from the hype of “What’s My Name” in the coming months because as someone who primarily grew up on R&B, Khaliyah is someone who fills that classic R&B void so many people have been searching for.