Water Made Us is the third studio album by Jamila Woods. It was released on October 13, 2023, through record label Jagjaguwar. Water Made Us was born out of a period of "intense self-reflection and creative expression" during the COVID-19 pandemic. As she "sat in the house for 2 years" she became her own "source material", of which she loves to draw inspiration from. In a statement, Woods described the project as "the most personal and vulnerable piece of art" she has ever created. She personally wished for the album to become a playlist that carries one through a "life cycle of a relationship", as she and co-producer Chris McClenney tried to narrow the tracklist down to 17 tracks. McClenney praised her "amazing sense of language and a way with words" that puts "so much weight" on every lyric of the album. The project was described as her own "search for love". While the first few tracks capture the "fluttery apprehension of a new connection", the ballads "Wreckage Room" and "Thermostat" reflect on motifs such as "conflict" and heartbreak. Finally, the songs concluding the album are seen as "mantra songs" by Woods due to their "expressions of accumulated wisdom". User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.