Watch Floetry’s Tiny Desk Concert [Video]

Floetry perform “Big Ben,” “SupaStar,” “Butterflies,” “Say Yes,” “Getting Late,” and “Floetic” for NPR’s Tiny Desk Concert series.

Floetry brought the full grown-soul warmth to NPR’s Tiny Desk, stepping into the Black Music Month spotlight with a set that honors both their own catalog and the wider BET-era legacy NPR is celebrating this June.

Marsha Ambrosius and Natalie Stewart have always made Floetry feel like more than a standard R&B duo. One voice floats, the other speaks in rhythm, and together they built a lane where poetry, neo-soul, quiet storm energy, and Philly-rooted musicianship could breathe in the same room. At the Desk, that chemistry feels lived-in rather than nostalgic. “Big Ben” opens the performance with a nod to their London roots, before “SupaStar” and “Butterflies” pull the set deeper into the group’s smoothest textures.

Naturally, “Say Yes” becomes one of the room’s centerpieces. It is still one of those records that does not need much movement around it; once the groove settles, the audience knows exactly where to meet them. “Getting Late” keeps that intimate charge in place, while “Floetic” closes the performance by reaching back to the duo’s debut single and the moment they first introduced their blend of spoken word and soul to a wider R&B audience.

Coming during Floetry’s first tour in a decade, the Tiny Desk appearance feels less like a simple archive moment and more like a reminder of how distinct their pocket remains. No overproduction, no unnecessary reinvention — just two voices, a sharp band, and songs that still know how to slow the room down.

Watch Floetry’s Tiny Desk Concert below.

Setlist:

1. Big Ben
2. SupaStar
3. Butterflies
4. Say Yes
5. Getting Late
6. Floetic