While We Wait 2

In February 2019, Kehlani released their third mixtape While We Wait, which was to bridge the gap between their debut album SweetSexySavage and their upcoming sophomore album at the time, which would become It Was Good Until It Wasn't. On July 17, 2024, a month after the release of their fourth album Crash, Kehlani started to tease the mixtape's sequel via Instagram.{{cite web |title=Kehlani {{!}} 🎵 🕰️ 🎵 |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C9gW-rwPJcv/ |via=Instagram |access-date=23 August 2024}} Kehlani then revealed 10 days later on July 26 that the mixtape was completed and was moving onto the mixing process.{{cite web |title=Kehlani {{!}} done. 2 week tape done at home. now we mix. ready? @jaycenjoshua yes, im singing this on tour. tickets on sale now at kehlani.com/tour... |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C95s_-zyepd/ |via=Instagram |access-date=23 August 2024}} They also played a preview of the track "Know Better", which had been in the works since 2019.{{cite web |title=Kehlani {{!}} yall been asking since 2019. summer not over! @musicbydtb @thelilmoshow @vincestaples 🥰 having fun widdit! |url=https://www.instagram.com/kehlani/p/C96C8MHvt6w/?img_index=1 |via=Instagram |access-date=23 August 2024}} Kehlani continued to share snippets from the mixtape, including a song titled "First Life".{{cite web |title=Kehlani {{!}} i promised a new snippet every wednesday till the tape drop. First Life 🍯 produced by @scribzriley |url=https://www.instagram.com/kehlani/reel/C-G_YT3v6T8/ |via=Instagram |access-date=23 August 2024}}

The mixtape's cover and release date was revealed on August 21, 2024, with the track listing being revealed two days later on August 23.{{cite web |title=Kehlani {{!}} WWW 2. Wednesday. 🪐 |url=https://www.instagram.com/kehlani/p/C_BPSzePunp/ |via=Instagram |access-date=23 August 2024}}

Kehlani released the first single "When He's Not There" featuring American singer Lucky Daye on August 26, 2024, two days prior to the mixtape's release.{{cite web |last1=Iahn |first1=Buddy |title=Kehlani unveils 'When He's Not There' |url=https://themusicuniverse.com/kehlani-unveils-when-hes-not-there/ |website=The Music Universe |date=26 August 2024 |access-date=26 August 2024}}

{{Track listing

| headline = While We Wait 2 track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Love Like

| writer1 = {{hlist|Kehlani Parrish|Darius Dixson Scott|David Phelps|Shawntoni Nichols}}

| extra1 = {{hlist|D. Phelps|Dixson|Mamii}}

| length1 = 2:08

| title2 = When He's Not There

| note2 = featuring Lucky Daye

| writer2 = {{hlist|Parrish|David DeBrandon Brown|Dustin Bowie|Mike McGregor|Dylan Wiggins|Benjamin Oldman|Morgan Belanger|Mathias Daniel Liyew|Nik Dejan Frascona}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|Dillon|Ambezza|Nik D}}

| length2 = 4:28

| title3 = Clothes Off

| note3 = featuring Kwn

| writer3 = {{hlist|Parrish|Khy Wilson}}

| extra3 = Kwn

| length3 = 3:49

| title4 = S.I.N.G.L.E

| writer4 = {{hlist|Parrish|Scott}}

| extra4 = Dixson

| length4 = 3:56

| title5 = Know Better

| note5 = featuring Lil' Mo and Vince Staples

| writer5 = {{hlist|Parrish|David Obata Teel|Faraji Wright|Vincent Staples}}

| extra5 = {{hlist|DBT|XJD}}|XJD

| length5 = 3:22

| title6 = Border

| writer6 = {{hlist|Parrish|Jack Rochon|Wilson|Morgan Belanger}}

| extra6 = Jack Rochon

| length6 = 3:14

| title7 = Form of You

| note7 = featuring Destin Conrad and ChildofNines

| writer7 = {{hlist|Parrish|Darhyl Camper, Jr.|Destin Conrad|Diovanna Frazier|Tyanna Braswell}}

| extra7 = Camper

| length7 = 4:22

| title8 = Let Me Down

| note8 = San Diego Interlude

| writer8 = {{hlist|Parrish|Scott|Conrad|Nichols}}

| extra8 =

| length8 = 3:30

| title9 = Around

| writer9 = {{hlist|Parrish|Teel|AJ Tucci|Benjamin Oldham}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|AJ Tucci|DBT|Nick}}

| length9 = 3:36

| title10 = Ballin'

| writer10 = {{hlist|Parrish|Camper, Jr.|Klara Mkhatshwa Munk-Hanseb|Marteen|Nichols}}

| extra10 =

| length10 = 2:59

| title11 = First Life

| writer11 = {{hlist|Parrish|Wilson|Michael Orabiyi|Belanger}}

| extra11 = {{hlist|Scribz Riley|Budde|Gabriel Labrinth|Saxon}}

| length11 = 4:14

| title12 = Slow Dance

| note12 = featuring Dixson

| writer12 = {{hlist|Parrish|Camper, Jr.|Scott}}

| extra12 = {{hlist|Camper|Dixson}}

| length12 = 5:43

| title13 = 8

| note13 = Remix, featuring Flo

| writer13 = {{hlist|Parrish|Scott|Anthony Clemons Jr.|Jorja Douglas|Renée Downer|Stella Quaresma}}

| extra13 = Dixson

| length13 = 2:51

| title14 = After Hours

| note14 = remix, featuring Ludmilla

| writer14 = {{hlist|Parrish|Ludmila Oliveira da Silva|Khristopher Riddick-Tynes|Alex Goldblatt|Daniel Upchurch|Frazier|Cordel Burrell}}

| extra14 = {{hlist|Khris Riddick-Tynes|Goldblatt}}

| length14 = 3:27

| total_length = 51:46

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