Ciara is back where she belongs, riding a beat with a grin, a purpose, and her foot on the gas. Her latest single, “This Right Here,” featuring Latto and produced by the ever-iconic Jazze Pha, feels like a full-circle victory lap. It’s a track soaked in Atlanta nostalgia but wired for right now, and it couldn’t have dropped on a more fitting day: the second annual Ciara Day in ATL.

The energy on “This Right Here” is pure joy. Jazze Pha brings his signature bounce — the kind of production that made the early 2000s sound like a permanent house party — and Ciara floats over it like no time has passed. “CiCi, Jazze, fly over Atlanta, we ’bout to turn it up,” she declares, like she’s flipping a switch. The track has that same skating-rink sweat as “Get Up” and “So What,” but the polish is grown, crisp, and confident.

Latto slides in for the third verse with full Southern swagger, rapping, “Throw it back on ’em like Freaknik / Do you love me like Kiki?” It’s a firecracker moment, a generational baton pass between two Atlanta women who own their lanes. There’s no forced crossover here — just mutual respect, hometown pride, and women having fun with their craft.

“This Right Here” also carries weight beyond the music. It marks Ciara and Jazze Pha’s first collaboration in nearly two decades, rekindling the magic that built Goodies and The Evolution. It also acts as another preview of CiCi, her eighth studio album, out next month via her own Beauty Marks Entertainment. And if this single is any indication, CiCi isn’t just about reminiscing — it’s about rewriting her legacy on her own terms.

With her city behind her, her sound sharper than ever, and her collaborators dialed in, Ciara sounds ready to run the table again. “This Right Here” doesn’t beg for attention — it demands it, with every bounce of the bassline.