--- description: The former Rilo Kiley frontwoman, who recently contributed a song to the latest 'Girls' soundtrack, will release 'Voyager' in July title: Jenny Lewis' returns with new album 'Voyager' image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d3a8b1a31252dcd/69868fa313c79f5b3d1921be/jenny-lewis-voyager.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Entertainment](/section/entertainment/) ## Entertainment Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Jenny Lewis' First Solo Album in Six Years Due This Summer  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 4:57 PM CUT  Jenny Lewis Jenny LewisRobb Cohen—Invision/AP  by [Nolan Feeney](/author/nolan-feeney/)  ## Nolan Feeney Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 4:57 PM CUT It’s been six years since Jenny Lewis released her second country-inflected solo album, _Acid Tongue_, and four since she and boyfriend Johnathan Rice joined forces under the name [Jenny and Johnny](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GVnVBkAdXw "undefined"). But here’s some news fans of the former Rilo Kiley frontwoman will greet [with arms outstretched](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ovuIPNJrpMU "undefined"): as suggested by her recent contribution to the _Girls_ soundtrack, “Completely Not Me,” Lewis is preparing to release a new album, _Voyager,_ [in July](http://www.aclfestival.com/2014-artist/jenny-lewis/ "undefined"). In an interview with _Charleston City Paper_ [earlier this month](http://www.charlestoncitypaper.com/charleston/jenny-lewis-preps-her-solo-return-after-a-six-year-absence/Content?oid=4915430 "undefined"), Lewis said she took time off to process some recents events in her personal life — including the death of her father — before returning to songwriting. “You’ve experienced these feelings and it feels cheap to write about them right away, so it kind of took me a moment to meditate on that,” Lewis told the paper. “I have no problem exploiting my life for my work — it’s what I’ve made my whole career on — but sometimes it takes a minute to figure out how you feel.” ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/101112/jenny-lewis-voyager/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/101112/jenny-lewis-voyager/"},"headline":"Jenny Lewis' First Solo Album in Six Years Due This Summer","datePublished":"2014-05-15T16:57:57.000Z","dateModified":"2026-02-21T07:51:55.047Z","description":"The former Rilo Kiley frontwoman, who recently contributed a song to the latest Girls soundtrack, will release Voyager in July","url":"https://time.com/101112/jenny-lewis-voyager/","keywords":["Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d3a8b1a31252dcd/69868fa313c79f5b3d1921be/jenny-lewis-voyager.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Nolan Feeney","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/nolan-feeney/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt8d3a8b1a31252dcd/69868fa313c79f5b3d1921be/jenny-lewis-voyager.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Jenny Lewis","caption":"Jenny Lewis","creditText":"Robb Cohen—Invision/AP","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/101112/jenny-lewis-voyager/","name":"Jenny Lewis' First Solo Album in Six Years Due This Summer"}}]}] ```