--- title: Solange Knowles Says New Album is a "Tribute" to her Parents description: Solange's third full-length studio album is a study in identity, much of which she attributes to her family, especially her parents. canonical: https://time.com/4515377/solange-knowles-on-family/ author: Cady Lang article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-09-30T22:08:15.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:37:13.928Z og:title: Solange Knowles Says Her New Album Pays Tribute to Her Parents og:description: "A huge part of the record is just honoring and giving a tribute to my parents." og:url: https://time.com/4515377/solange-knowles-on-family/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt673100725f598b64/6988a84b0a4a2258d69cb784/solange-a-place-at-the-table-tribute-to-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: 2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola Ernest N. Morial Convention Center - Day 4 og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Solange Knowles Says Her New Album Pays Tribute to Her Parents twitter:description: "A huge part of the record is just honoring and giving a tribute to my parents." twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt673100725f598b64/6988a84b0a4a2258d69cb784/solange-a-place-at-the-table-tribute-to-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Solange Knowles Says Her New Album Pays Tribute to Her Parents  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 30, 2016 10:08 PM UTC  Tina Lawson Knowles and singer Solange Knowles speak on stage at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival) Tina Lawson Knowles and singer Solange Knowles speak on stage at the 2016 ESSENCE Festival in New Orleans, Louisiana. (Photo by Paras Griffin/Getty Images for 2016 Essence Festival)Paras Griffin—Getty Images for 2016 Essence Fe  by [Cady Lang](https://time.com/author/cady-lang/)  ## Cady Lang Sep 30, 2016 10:08 PM UTC Solange Knowles dropped [her third full-length studio album, _A Seat at the Table_](http://time.com/4511121/solange-knowles-album-beyonce/), early on Friday morning and the singer’s latest offering might be the most personal project she’s put out yet. Knowles described the project as “a project on identity, empowerment, independence, grief, and healing” and _A Seat at the Table_ tackles topics like race and identity politics, and her relationship with her family. In conversation with her mother, Tina Knowles Lawson and writer Judnick Mayard, shared on her website, [Saint Heron](http://saintheron.com/featured/a-seat-with-us-a-conversation-between-solange-knowles-mrs-tina-lawson-judnick-mayard/), she gives much of the credit for becoming who she is to the foundation and the support that her parents gave her. --- > “” --- Knowles later closed the conversation by telling her mother that she created the project with the values that they instilled her as parents. --- > “” --- ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4515377/solange-knowles-on-family/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4515377/solange-knowles-on-family/"},"headline":"Solange Knowles Says Her New Album Pays Tribute to Her Parents","datePublished":"2016-09-30T22:08:15.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:37:13.928Z","description":"\"A huge part of the record is just honoring and giving a tribute to my parents.\"","url":"https://time.com/4515377/solange-knowles-on-family/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Entertainment","Music","celebrity","Culture","solange knowles"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt673100725f598b64/6988a84b0a4a2258d69cb784/solange-a-place-at-the-table-tribute-to-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Cady Lang","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/cady-lang/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt673100725f598b64/6988a84b0a4a2258d69cb784/solange-a-place-at-the-table-tribute-to-parents.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"2016 ESSENCE Festival Presented By Coca-Cola Ernest N. 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