The wait for new music from Tweet has officially come to an end. She returns to rotation with “Toot Toot,” the lead single from her next album Memoirs Of A Southern Hummingbird, which is on the horizon for a 2026 release. And the beloved singer-songwriter has something to say.
“I’ve always wanted to set the record straight about the hiatus. [I have] So many unreleased records,” Tweet said in a press statement. “I never stopped creating. I kept recording, kept writing, kept living. Now I’m finally in a space to give my fans the real story,” she went on to clarify. “All the true gems that never made the cut.”
“Toot Toot” is one of those jewels that Tweet has unearthed and polished up. Word has it that “Toot Toot” was recorded for her 2005 sophomore album It’s Me Again, but it didn’t make the final tracklist. It should come as no surprise that the song, which she co-wrote back in the day with its producer Walter W. Millsap III, Erick Walls and James Owens Jr., sounds like vintage Tweet.
The songbird lays down her burdens over a bluesy sound bed of bass, guitar, keys and drums. She sweetly sings to a lover whom she has to let go of despite their connection. She begins the song with a nod to Prince’s “Adore” before letting the one know that she’s not the one.
“From the first moment I saw ya / I knew I had to have ya / Big, strong spell you put on me,” Tweet coos on the first verse. “And it’s each day that I fear ya / I want more of ya / But you keep raising hell / So I’ll let you be,” she sings to end the verse and the relationship, resolving herself to move on. She rolls out by the chorus with the cheeky goodbye, “Toot toot / I gotta go.”
We’re elated that Tweet decided to spin the block on this record and release it from her stash. We cannot wait to hear more previously unreleased jams like this from her vault on Memoirs Of A Southern Hummingbird. There’s no release date for the album yet, but the collection is already at the top of our 2026 wish list.
Catch a nostalgic vibe when you press play on “Toot Toot” below.
