After a long three-year hiatus, Tremaine Aldon Neverson released his long awaited seventh studio album on March 24, 2017. With his new album, we can see a lot of maturity and as a result, he sings about wanting to leave behind his past.
At 32 years old, I think it’s safe for us to say that Trey Songz has grown out his playboy persona; at least it seems so in the album. With his last studio album “Trigga” in 2014, it featured songs such as “Foreign,” “Smartphones,” and “Cake.” In that album, Trey sang about his usual—relationships, being a playboy, and just enjoying his life with lots of beautiful women by his side. “Tremaine the Album” is a contrast to that. Tremaine represents growth—not just in his music, but also as a person.
The album features songs like “Nobody Else But You.” In this song, Trey sings about wanting to be faithful to his partner. He admits that the temptations around him make it hard for him, but regardless of these difficulties, he is determined to be faithful to his partner because he does not want anyone else but her.
He sings, “Even when I try and the hoes keep calling… it’s hard to (fall) but you got me falling.” He is letting her know that the temptations are around him and his celebrity status makes it even harder. Regardless of that, he decides he will remain faithful to her. He then ends the song by reassuring his partner that she’s the only one he wants.
“Nobody else but you, ohh ah ah, but you, ohh ah, but you.”
In the song “Playboy,” Trey is conflicted with his playboy status. He realizes that he’s getting older, and so he should have presumably outgrown his immature self.
It begins with Trey singing, “Don’t know why I’m still/still kissing girls that I don’t love/still stumbling out of these clubs… don’t know why I’m still a playboy.”
With lyrics such as, “What has become of me now?” and “I’m feeling all kinds of pressure/my momma wants another grandchild,” we know he is unhappy with the way things are. He wants to let go of this playboy image and he admits that it is hard to do so. In the song, he expresses, “I think it’s time to settle down (settle down)/but the game won’t let me out.”
In the album closer, “Break From Love,” Trey sings about mending a broken relationship. The song starts with the chorus, “I don’t want a break, I don’t want a break from us.” As he sings these lyrics, we hear the sympathy in his voice and one cannot help but feel sympathetic toward Trey. The song also seems to reflect the mood/theme of the album. Lyrics such as “I hurt you once before I hurt you again/ you lost the faith that you had, had trusted in,” causes one to wonder whether his playboy persona was what was harming his relationship. Toward the end of the song, though, he becomes a bit more optimistic. 
To be honest, I think the album was worth waiting for. Maturity is not something you can rush, and Trey Songz displays a lot in this album. He shows us another side of him, a side we haven’t seen before. It seems as if he’s ready to give up his playboy persona and take on this new and mature persona. If you haven’t already, you should go and buy or stream his new album.