While no official announcement has been made, it seems likely Rihanna will grace us with a new album this year.
It has been seven years since the billionaire goddess last dropped an album — 2016’s career-best Anti — but her appearance as the halftime performer in next month’s Super Bowl suggests new material is on the way. Why take the country’s biggest stage with nothing to promote?
I scanned a list of upcoming 2023 albums and didn’t see a lot to get excited about other than the Lana Del Rey release covered earlier this week.
New titles have been announced by Sam Smith, Pink, Shania Twain, Gorillaz, and Margo Price, to name a few, but I won’t go out of my way to hear any of those.
It’s still very early, though, so I’m sure some more exciting titles will pop up on the horizon. How about a new Ben Folds album, if the universe is taking suggestions?
The title cut from Lana Del Rey’s upcoming album, featured yesterday, includes this verse:
“Harry Nilsson has a song, his voice breaks at 2:05 / Something about the way he says “Don’t forget me” makes me feel like / I just wish I had a friend like him, someone to get me by / Lennon in the back, whisperin’ in my ear / “Come on, baby, you can thrive” / But I can’t”
The song she’s referencing is Nilsson’s ‘Don’t Forget Me,’ which appeared on the John Lennon-produced 1974 album Pussy Cats.
Thank you again to Daniel for taking the blog reins over the past couple of weeks to count down his favorite 2022 albums. I’m inspired by his passion for the music that moves and excites him.
I still don’t get Drake, though.
I don’t know if I’ll do a better job this year keeping up with new music. I’ll try, but I well may be leaning on guest bloggers again 12 months from now.
However, I know there’s at least one album I’ll be firing up on day one: Lana Del Rey’s ninth studio album, titled Did You Know That There’s a Tunnel Under Ocean Blvd, is due on March 10.
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