Baby Queen Announces Debut Album 'Quarter Life Crisis' And Autumn UK Tour
Friday, 11 August 2023
Written by Laura Johnson
Photo: Nicole Ngai
Baby Queen has announced her debut album.
'Quarter Life Crisis' will arrive on October 6 via Polydor Records, following up her 2021 mixtape 'The Yearbook' and 2020 EP 'Medicine'. It will feature her previously shared songs Dream Girl and We Can Be Anything. Introducing it, she said:
“This album tells the story of my journey through my early 20s - leaving my childhood and my adolescence behind but never really losing my childlike wonder and never quite growing up. The songs are all facets of what early adulthood has been like for me while discovering new parts of myself, my sexuality, my past and my place in this world.
"It has been lonely, chaotic, beautiful, devastating and inspiring and I think these songs reflect that, creating a space in which innocence and experience can live side by side as two conflicting entities. I've always been really inspired by the dichotomy and tension between two opposite things - hence the name Baby Queen.
"Human beings are complex, and life and growth are complex and nuanced. I'm not sure anybody ever truly feels like they have it all figured out - I certainly don't, but it has been the greatest joy of my life to be able to share my experiences with those willing to listen to my stories. I really want this album to leave people feeling hopeful, because there is so much beauty to live through and look forward to and it truly is magical and extraordinary to be alive and to have the very short opportunity to experience every emotion imaginable.”
Alongside the announcement of the record, 23-year-old Bella Latham has shared the track All The Things, an emotionally candid indie-pop number. It will appear on the deluxe edition of her new album, and the soundtrack for the latest series of the Netflix show Heartstopper, to which she's contributed a total of six songs. She said:
“All The Things draws inspiration from the relationship between two of the main characters in Heartstopper called Tao and Elle, but also encapsulates the emotions I was feeling very strongly at the time of writing it, so it's a very personal song to me. It's about being so enamoured with a person that the things that once brought you happiness don't hit or affect you in quite the same way because all the things you used to want to do, you now want to do with that person by your side.”
The singer-songwriter will support the record with a tour of the same name that will head across the UK this autumn and to the US for two shows in November. Tickets go on general sale at 10am local time on August 18.
'Quarter Life Crisis' artwork:
Baby Queen Upcoming Tour Dates are as follows
Tue October 31 2023 - BRIGHTON Concorde 2
Wed November 01 2023 - NORWICH Waterfront
Fri November 03 2023 - BIRMINGHAM O2 Academy2 Birmingham
Sat November 04 2023 - SHEFFIELD Leadmill
Sun November 05 2023 - NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE Newcastle University
Tue November 07 2023 - GLASGOW Saint Luke's
Thu November 09 2023 - MANCHESTER Manchester Academy 2
Fri November 10 2023 - LIVERPOOL O2 Academy Liverpool
Sat November 11 2023 - LEEDS Leeds University Stylus
Mon November 13 2023 - NOTTINGHAM Rescue Rooms
Tue November 14 2023 - BRISTOL Trinity Centre
Wed November 15 2023 - LONDON O2 Forum Kentish Town
Mon November 27 2023 - NEW YORK New York - Bowery Ballroom (USA)
Wed November 29 2023 - LOS ANGELES California - Echo (USA)
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