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) Adele – TBA. Britain’s biggest pop star
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takes her time between albums. Rumours of a new record have been doing the rounds for quite some time. Former Pearl Jam drummer Matt Chamberlain confirmed that he was working in the studio with Adele. He described hearing her voice in the headphones: “It was just so powerful and emotive. You know her voice, but to be across the room from somebody doing that, it’s just insane.”
2020 saw a somewhat paradoxical disco rival. Albums by Dua Lipa, Lady Gaga and Kylie Minogue summoned us to dance floors that no longer existed. Sophie Ellis-Bextor brought the disco to our living rooms via her Kitchen Discos. Jarvis Cocker released a song that acquainted house music with dancing in your actual house – “We are one nation under a roof” he sang, and such we were ) As live gigs are unlikely to return anytime
) Billie Eilish – TBA. Billie Eilish is the first
soon, you’ll have to make do with your Chromatica Oreos for now. There are, however, plenty of exciting albums to expect in 2021...
artist born after the Millennium to top the Billboard chart. Feeling old yet? Her debut album, When We Fall Asleep, Where Do We Go?, established her as the biggest pop star of her generation. Since releasing the album, she’s dropped a number of incredible singles, including No Time To Die, My Future and Therefore I Am. With three new bangers under her belt, she’s highly likely to release her second studio album this year.
) Madonna – Madame X Live. Madge’s last
studio album had its moments, both good and bad. The accompanying tour was the most troubled of her career with persistent injuries forcing her to cancel a number of dates. Madame X was not her finest hour, sadly. That BILLIE EILISH
) Lana Del Rey – Chemtrails Over the
Country Club. This brilliantly titled album will be out on March 19 and follows her 2019 album, Norman Fucking Rockwell, which was hailed as her best album by fans and critics. Lana Del Rey is a creature out of time. She’s kind of like a throwback to an imagined American Golden Age. She has a knack for writing about romance tinged with obsession, even violence. Jump off the edge of the Hollywood sign indeed!
