GRAMMY nominee Sufjan Stevens released two new songs today via Asthmatic Kitty, "Love Yourself" and "With My Whole Heart," in honor of Pride Month (which begins June 1). A portion of the proceeds from the project, which features a special vinyl and T-shirt designed by Stevens, will go to two organizations supporting LGBTQ youth.

Asthmatic Kitty, the indie label co-founded by Stevens in his home state of Michigan back in 1999, explains the backstory behind the two new songs, the first of which began over 20 years ago:

"'Love Yourself' is based on a sketch Sufjan wrote 20 years ago. The original 4-track demo he recorded in 1996 is included [on the EP] as well as a short instrumental reprise. 'With My Whole Heart' is a completely new song that Sufjan wrote as a personal challenge to 'write an upbeat and sincere love song without conflict, anxiety, or self-deprecation.'"

The EP is available digitally now (listen to the two full songs below), with the limited-edition vinyl available for pre-order now, with a June 28 release date. The record is limited to 5,000 copies in the U.S and 1,500 in Europe and features a pretty rainbow-font cover designed by Stevens himself. An 800-run T-shirt, also designed by Stevens, features his name in the same rainbow font, and is the first product offered on his new merch platform, Sufjamz.

More information on the project, including where you can buy and stream, is available here.

The two non-profits Stevens will be donating a portion of proceeds to are the Ali Forney Center in Harlem, N.Y. and the Ruth Ellis Center in Detroit, Mich. Both organizations, located in his current hometown of N.Y.C. and birthplace of Detroit, directly support young LGBTQ youth and young adults with both short- and long-term support, including for those who are homeless.

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A GRAMMY veteran these days, Kendrick Lamar has won 17 GRAMMYs and has received 47 GRAMMY nominations overall. A sizable chunk of his trophies came from the 58th annual GRAMMY Awards in 2016, when he walked away with five — including his first-ever win in the Best Rap Album category.

This installment of GRAMMY Rewind turns back the clock to 2016, revisiting Lamar's acceptance speech upon winning Best Rap Album for To Pimp A Butterfly. Though Lamar was alone on stage, he made it clear that he wouldn't be at the top of his game without the help of a broad support system. 

"First off, all glory to God, that's for sure," he said, kicking off a speech that went on to thank his parents, who he described as his "those who gave me the responsibility of knowing, of accepting the good with the bad."

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He also extended his love and gratitude to his fiancée, Whitney Alford, and shouted out his Top Dawg Entertainment labelmates. Lamar specifically praised Top Dawg's CEO, Anthony Tiffith, for finding and developing raw talent that might not otherwise get the chance to pursue their musical dreams.

"We'd never forget that: Taking these kids out of the projects, out of Compton, and putting them right here on this stage, to be the best that they can be," Lamar — a Compton native himself — continued, leading into an impassioned conclusion spotlighting some of the cornerstone rap albums that came before To Pimp a Butterfly.

"Hip-hop. Ice Cube. This is for hip-hop," he said. "This is for Snoop Dogg, Doggystyle. This is for Illmatic, this is for Nas. We will live forever. Believe that."

To Pimp a Butterfly singles "Alright" and "These Walls" earned Lamar three more GRAMMYs that night, the former winning Best Rap Performance and Best Rap Song and the latter taking Best Rap/Sung Collaboration (the song features Bilal, Anna Wise and Thundercat). He also won Best Music Video for the remix of Taylor Swift's "Bad Blood." 

Lamar has since won Best Rap Album two more times, taking home the golden gramophone in 2018 for his blockbuster LP DAMN., and in 2023 for his bold fifth album, Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers.

Watch Lamar's full acceptance speech above, and check back at GRAMMY.com every Friday for more GRAMMY Rewind episodes. 

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Back in the aughts, the indie sphere fell in love with Sufjan Stevens for his fusion of jaw-dropping vistas and hyper-intimate dispatches.

Indeed, on seminal works like 2003’s Michigan, 2004’s Seven Swans and 2005’s Illinois, Stevens was just as liable to slug out heart-stopping, pindrop ballads like "Romulus" and "Casimir Pulaski Day" as he was idiosyncratic, chamber-inflected works with titles like "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!".

Often, both sides of Sufjan’s vision found themselves in the same compositions. But as of late, this duality has grown in increasingly distinct directions.

Since 2015’s acclaimed, stripped down Carrie & Lowell — which grapples with the loss of his mother, Carrie, and his relationship with her second husband — Stevens has immersed himself in a collaborator-heavy, arthouse-style approach, which has often steered him away from anything resembling the Paste Magazine mix CD era.

On the end of that arc is Javelin, Stevens’ 10th studio album, which will arrive Oct. 6 via Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Billed as a return to "full singer/songwriter mode" for the first time since Carrie & Lowell, Javelin rides a continuum of helplessness and yearning throughout songs like "Goodbye Evergreen," "Will Anybody Ever Love Me" and "So You Are Tired" — right up to its closer, a cover of Neil Young’s Harvest cut "There’s a World" stripped of its symphonic opulence.

To mark this return to the platonic ideal of a Stevens album, here’s a quick breakdown of what the GRAMMY nominee has been up to over the past eight years.

He Gave Carrie & Lowell A Live Spin

A little over two years after Carrie & Lowell was released to critical hosannas — Pitchfork declared it his finest hour — Stevens released Carrie & Lowell Live.

Captured at North Charleston Performing Arts Center in South Carolina, the recorded performance consists of further-developed renditions of Carrie & Lowell tunes, as well as oldies like Michigan’s "Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)" and, from 2010’s The Age of Adz, "Vesuvius."

Also in 2017, Stevens released The Greatest Gift Mixtape — Outtakes, Remixes & Demos From Carrie & Lowell, which provided yet another vantage on his vaunted work.

He Charted The Cosmos — With A Friend Or Three

Stevens has long been close associates with GRAMMY winners the National. Recently, Stevens appeared on their 2023 album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, and National guitarist Bryce Dessner worked on Javelin.

For 2017’s Planetarium, Stevens and Dessner were joined by composer and arranger Nico Nuhly, as well as drummer James McAlister. 

While the A.V. Club wasn’t alone in their conclusion that "It generally just plays like a wash of ideas without much of a through-line, despite its galaxy-driven conceit," other outlets had a different take: Consequence noted Stevens’ "deeply personal, grounded stories" therein.

He Helped Score A Ballet

A soundtrack to the 2017 Justin Peck ballet of the same name, 2019’s The Decalogue is a work of classical piano — composed by Stevens, performed by the Brooklyn-based, Nonesuch-signed Timo Andres.

To Allmusic, The Decalogue "sometimes feels rather incomplete, especially presented in such elemental form," noting that the score will still draw hardcore fans. "It's good to hear this unique talent willing to push his own stylistic boundaries."

He Made A New Age Album With His Stepfather

Yep, that’s Lowell Brams, of Carrie and Lowell fame. Less than two weeks into lockdown, 2020, Stevens and Brams released the well-received Aporia, a synth-driven album assembled from jam sessions between the pair.

"It tells a bigger story of stewardship and mentorship," Stevens said at the time. "He's been there since I was five. It's been a long haul ... This record is a synthesis of all of that history."

He Threw The Kitchen Sink At His Sound

From Aporia’s peaceful, ruminative meanderings, Stevens went whole hog with his next proper studio album, 2020’s The Ascension. Across 80 minutes, Stevens held nothing back, with compositions as massive as their titles: "Ursa Major," "Death Star," America."

While unwieldy and overwhelming (as even positive critical analyses noted) The Ascension felt like a summation of the thematic territory Stevens had trod to that point — God, country, the nature of connection, and just about everything in between.

Stevens Charted Three More Satellite Projects

After The Ascension, Stevens returned to a celestial, instrumental space with 2021’s Convocations — hinged on the mourning of Stevens’ biological father, who passed in 2020.

Length-wise, Convocations renders even The Ascension a dwarf planet: across five volumes, designated "Meditations," "Lamentations," "Revelations," "Celebrations," and "Incantations," Stevens takes no shortcuts on his grieving journey.

"I recorded most of this in the dead of winter and now it's coming out in the spring. And I think that really, it's a serendipity in a way, that it allows for us to receive this music with hope, you know, for the future," Stevens said at the time. "And that's I think that's something that we all deserve and need more than ever right now."

That same year, Stevens released A Beginner’s Mind, an acclaimed co-creation with the L.A. singer/songwriter Angelo De Augustine. Each track was inspired by a different film — from Night of the Living Dead ("You Give Death a Bad Name") to Mad Max ("Murder and Crime") to The Silence of the Lambs ("Cimmerian Shade").

The final ramp-up to Javelin was Reflections, another ballet soundtrack with Timo Andres — this time, with fellow pianist Conor Hanick.

After these admirable branchings into sophisticated, multimedia territory, Stevens has beat a retreat to his old formula — his crystalline voice, an unadorned guitar or piano, unforgettably incisive lyrics, a la carte. While everything Stevens touches is worth hearing, it’s good to have this permutation back with us.

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Back in the aughts, the indie sphere fell in love with Sufjan Stevens for his fusion of jaw-dropping vistas and hyper-intimate dispatches.

Indeed, on seminal works like 2003’s Michigan, 2004’s Seven Swans and 2005’s Illinois, Stevens was just as liable to slug out heart-stopping, pindrop ballads like "Romulus" and "Casimir Pulaski Day" as he was idiosyncratic, chamber-inflected works with titles like "They Are Night Zombies!! They Are Neighbors!! They Have Come Back from the Dead!! Ahhhh!".

Often, both sides of Sufjan’s vision found themselves in the same compositions. But as of late, this duality has grown in increasingly distinct directions.

Since 2015’s acclaimed, stripped down Carrie & Lowell — which grapples with the loss of his mother, Carrie, and his relationship with her second husband — Stevens has immersed himself in a collaborator-heavy, arthouse-style approach, which has often steered him away from anything resembling the Paste Magazine mix CD era.

On the end of that arc is Javelin, Stevens’ 10th studio album, which will arrive Oct. 6 via Asthmatic Kitty Records.

Billed as a return to "full singer/songwriter mode" for the first time since Carrie & Lowell, Javelin rides a continuum of helplessness and yearning throughout songs like "Goodbye Evergreen," "Will Anybody Ever Love Me" and "So You Are Tired" — right up to its closer, a cover of Neil Young’s Harvest cut "There’s a World" stripped of its symphonic opulence.

To mark this return to the platonic ideal of a Stevens album, here’s a quick breakdown of what the GRAMMY nominee has been up to over the past eight years.

He Gave Carrie & Lowell A Live Spin

A little over two years after Carrie & Lowell was released to critical hosannas — Pitchfork declared it his finest hour — Stevens released Carrie & Lowell Live.

Captured at North Charleston Performing Arts Center in South Carolina, the recorded performance consists of further-developed renditions of Carrie & Lowell tunes, as well as oldies like Michigan’s "Redford (For Yia-Yia & Pappou)" and, from 2010’s The Age of Adz, "Vesuvius."

Also in 2017, Stevens released The Greatest Gift Mixtape — Outtakes, Remixes & Demos From Carrie & Lowell, which provided yet another vantage on his vaunted work.

He Charted The Cosmos — With A Friend Or Three

Stevens has long been close associates with GRAMMY winners the National. Recently, Stevens appeared on their 2023 album First Two Pages of Frankenstein, and National guitarist Bryce Dessner worked on Javelin.

For 2017’s Planetarium, Stevens and Dessner were joined by composer and arranger Nico Nuhly, as well as drummer James McAlister. 

While the A.V. Club wasn’t alone in their conclusion that "It generally just plays like a wash of ideas without much of a through-line, despite its galaxy-driven conceit," other outlets had a different take: Consequence noted Stevens’ "deeply personal, grounded stories" therein.

He Helped Score A Ballet

A soundtrack to the 2017 Justin Peck ballet of the same name, 2019’s The Decalogue is a work of classical piano — composed by Stevens, performed by the Brooklyn-based, Nonesuch-signed Timo Andres.

To Allmusic, The Decalogue "sometimes feels rather incomplete, especially presented in such elemental form," noting that the score will still draw hardcore fans. "It's good to hear this unique talent willing to push his own stylistic boundaries."

He Made A New Age Album With His Stepfather

Yep, that’s Lowell Brams, of Carrie and Lowell fame. Less than two weeks into lockdown, 2020, Stevens and Brams released the well-received Aporia, a synth-driven album assembled from jam sessions between the pair.

"It tells a bigger story of stewardship and mentorship," Stevens said at the time. "He's been there since I was five. It's been a long haul ... This record is a synthesis of all of that history."

He Threw The Kitchen Sink At His Sound

From Aporia’s peaceful, ruminative meanderings, Stevens went whole hog with his next proper studio album, 2020’s The Ascension. Across 80 minutes, Stevens held nothing back, with compositions as massive as their titles: "Ursa Major," "Death Star," America."

While unwieldy and overwhelming (as even positive critical analyses noted) The Ascension felt like a summation of the thematic territory Stevens had trod to that point — God, country, the nature of connection, and just about everything in between.

Stevens Charted Three More Satellite Projects

After The Ascension, Stevens returned to a celestial, instrumental space with 2021’s Convocations — hinged on the mourning of Stevens’ biological father, who passed in 2020.

Length-wise, Convocations renders even The Ascension a dwarf planet: across five volumes, designated "Meditations," "Lamentations," "Revelations," "Celebrations," and "Incantations," Stevens takes no shortcuts on his grieving journey.

"I recorded most of this in the dead of winter and now it's coming out in the spring. And I think that really, it's a serendipity in a way, that it allows for us to receive this music with hope, you know, for the future," Stevens said at the time. "And that's I think that's something that we all deserve and need more than ever right now."

That same year, Stevens released A Beginner’s Mind, an acclaimed co-creation with the L.A. singer/songwriter Angelo De Augustine. Each track was inspired by a different film — from Night of the Living Dead ("You Give Death a Bad Name") to Mad Max ("Murder and Crime") to The Silence of the Lambs ("Cimmerian Shade").

The final ramp-up to Javelin was Reflections, another ballet soundtrack with Timo Andres — this time, with fellow pianist Conor Hanick.

After these admirable branchings into sophisticated, multimedia territory, Stevens has beat a retreat to his old formula — his crystalline voice, an unadorned guitar or piano, unforgettably incisive lyrics, a la carte. While everything Stevens touches is worth hearing, it’s good to have this permutation back with us.

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Fall has already begun, and 2023 enters its final act with the beginning of October. However, that doesn't mean the music has to slow down — this month offers plenty of new releases for everyone from rap fans to country aficionados.

The month starts with Sufjan Stevens and the release of Javelin, his first fully-written album in eight years. On the same day, after several postponements, Drake will finally put forth For All the Dogs. Later in the month, blink-182 will make a long-awaited return with One More Time…, their first album featuring the original members since 2011, and Migos rapper Offset will drop his sophomore record, Set It Off.

There's also new work from Troye Sivan, NCT 127, Metric, Gucci Mane, and Taylor Swift closing off the month with the re-release of 1989 (Taylor's Version).

Don't let the falling leaves bring you down — below, GRAMMY.com compiled a guide with 15 must-hear albums dropping October 2023.

Sufjan Stevens - Javelin

Release date: Oct. 6

The last time Sufjan Stevens released an album fully written by himself was 2015's Carrie & Lowell. Javelin, his upcoming tenth studio album, will finally break this spell.

Mostly recorded at Stevens' home studio and featuring contributions from several friends (including the National's Bryce Dessner), the 10 tracks of Javelin bring back sounds of "70s Los Angeles' studio opulence" and vibes of a "detailed yet plain" self-portrait, according to a press release.

The album also features a cover of Neil Young's "There's a World" and an ambitious, 48-page art book with collages and essays written by Stevens. Javelin is preceded by the soothing single "So You Are Tired" and the spaced-out "Will Anybody Ever Love Me?"

NCT 127 - Fact Check

Release date: Oct. 6

Within the NCT constellation, NCT 127 is the subgroup anchored in South Korea's buzzing capital, Seoul. Since debuting in 2016, the nine-member ensemble has been infusing the city's vibrancy with innovative EDM and hip hop mixes.

On Oct. 6, NCT 127 will return with their fifth studio album, Fact Check, bringing in another round of their experimental K-pop sound. Consisting of nine songs, including lead single "Fact

Check (Mysterious; 不可思議)," the album expresses 127's confidence.

So far, they released a wealth of teasers that are linked to NCT's overall "dream" concept, video contents, and a highlight medley of the album tracks. After the recent ronclusion of NCT Nation, NCT's first full-group concert in South Korea and Japan, fans are expecting 127 to announce tour dates.

BoyWithUke - Lucid Dreams

Release date: Oct. 6

Mysterious masked singer and TikTok phenomenon BoyWithUke will continue his dream-themed saga with the release of Lucid Dreams, his fourth studio album.

According to a statement by the Korean American star, Lucid Dreams is meant to express "my desires, my fears, my past, and my dreams." He also adds that the each song on the album is "like a different step on the path. I'm facing past traumas, making the music I want to make, and figuring out who I am."

That development can be seen on pre-releases "Migraine" and "Trauma," where he opens up about mental health and childhood struggles over signature ukulele strings. In his own words, this album is truly "BoyWithUke blossoming, spreading his wings, and finding himself."

Drake - For All the Dogs

Release date: Oct. 6

After several postponements, Drake's eighth studio album is finally ready to meet the world. For All the Dogs is spearheaded by singles "Search & Rescue" and "Slime You Out" featuring SZA.

The album's tracklist is still a mystery, but it will reportedly feature names like Nicki Minaj, Bad Bunny, and Yeat, with production credits from 40, Bnyx, and Lil Yachty, among others. For All the Dogs is also linked to the Canadian rapper's debut poetry book, Titles Ruin Everything: A Stream of Consciousness — a 168-page collection written in partnership with longtime friend and songwriter Kenza Samir.

The album follows Drake's two 2022 studio albums: Honestly, Nevermind and Her Loss, in collaboration with 21 Savage. Currently, Drake is finishing up his It's All A Blur North American tour — one of the reasons why the album has been postponed before.

Troye Sivan - Something to Give Each Other

Release date: Oct. 13

On an Instagram post, Australian singer Troye Sivan stated: "This album is my something to give you — a kiss on a dancefloor, a date turned into a weekend, a crush, a winter, a summer. Party after party, after party after after party. Heartbreak, freedom. Community, sisterhood, friendship. All that."

Something to Give Each Other is Sivan's first full-length album in five years, following 2018's Bloom. In an interview with Entertainment Weekly, he revealed many of the inspirations behind this work, including partying, movies like Lost in Translation and Before Sunrise, and simple, ice-cold glasses of beer.

The trippy atmosphere of the album can be felt through pre-release singles "Rush" and "Got Me Started" — which features a sample of Bag Raider's omnipresent 2011 hit, "Shooting Stars." 

Offset - Set It Off

Release date: Oct. 13

Migos rapper Offset said in a statement that his sophomore album, Set It Off, took over two years to finalize. "This season is personal for me. It marks a new chapter in my life," he added.

A follow-up to his 2019 debut LP, Father of 4, the album will feature appearances by stellar names such as rapper Future, Travis Scott, Chloe Bailey, and Latto, as well as Offset's wife Cardi B, who appears on single "Jealousy."

Later in the statement, Offset said he feels "like Michael Jackson coming from a successful group breaking records to superstardom on my own. This body of work is healing for me and a letter to my fans and supporters." Lead single "Fan" brings back that comparison through many Michael Jackson references in the music video — a clever choice for the rapper's keen self-awareness.

Metric - Formentera II

Release date: Oct. 13

Exactly one year after the release of Formentera, indie royalty Metric took to social media to announce their ninth studio album, Formentera II. "Sometimes I feel like I'm in a damn maze and maybe you do too, or maybe you have it totally together, or maybe you feel like you're always floating somewhere in between," they wrote. "Wherever you're at right now, I am here to guide you to the rocking️ conclusion of our Formentera I & II odyssey."

The Canadian band also shared lead single "Just the Once," which was described by vocalist Emily Haines as a "regret disco" song in a press statement. "It's a song for when you need to dance yourself clean," she added. "Beneath the sparkling surface, there's a lyrical exploration of a simple word with many meanings. Once is a word that plays a game of opposites."

In support of the release, Metric revealed another single, "Who Would You Be For Me," and will be playing special concerts in NYC, L.A., Toronto, London, Paris, Berlin, Mexico City, Monterrey, and Santiago starting Oct. 10. The concerts will also celebrate the 20th anniversary of their debut LP, Old World Underground, Where Are You?

Riley Green - Ain't My Last Rodeo

Release date: Oct. 13

Alabama country star Riley Green has a moving story behind his second full-length album. Echoing the 2019 hit "I Wish Grandpas Never Died," Ain't My Last Rodeo came from one of the last conversations the singer shared with his late grandfather, Buford Green, who was an essential figure shaping his love for music and nature.

"I was fortunate enough to grow up within about three miles of my grandparents, so they were a huge part of my growing up and who I am — and this album is a lot of who I am," Green said in a press release. "This is really the first time I was able to really take my time, write and record songs that really felt like a cohesive album."

Ain't My Last Rodeo features 12 tracks (including a cover of Tim McGraw's "Damn Country Music")  and collaborations with Jelly Roll and Luke Combs. In February 2024, Green will embark on a 34-stop tour throughout the U.S.

The Drums - Jonny

Release date: Oct. 13

As its title suggests, the Drums' upcoming sixth studio album, Jonny, dives deep into current solo member Jonny Pierce's life. According to a press release, the album mainly explores "the deep-rooted childhood trauma Pierce experienced growing up in a cult-like religious community in upstate New York."

The singer explains further: "When I finished Jonny, I listened to it, and I heard my soul reflected back at me. It is devastating and triumphant, it is lost and found, it is confused and certain, it is wise and foolish. It is male and female, it is hard and gentle.

"To encapsulate one's whole self in an album, to honor each and every part of you, even the parts that feel at odds with each other, is to make something deeply human, and because my religion is humanism, the album becomes a sacred place for me to worship. Each feeling a different pew, each song a hymn to the human heart."

In the past few months, Pierce gave insight into the 16-track, indie-pop collection through singles "I Want It All," "Plastic Envelope," "Protect Him Always," "Obvious," and "Better." Jonny is the band's first full release since 2019's Brutalism.

Gucci Mane -  A Breath of Fresh Air

Release date: Oct. 17

Following 2016's Ice Daddy, Atlanta rapper Gucci Mane's sixteenth studio album will be named A Breath of Fresh Air.

In it, Mane is likely in his most vulnerable, relatable state yet. "I kind of wanted to let people know that I go through pain," he stated in an interview for Apple Music (via Revolt). "Like I said, I didn't want to have so much just superficial topics. I hit people and let them know, 'Hey, this was going on,' but it ain't a bad thing. It's okay to be happy. You know what I'm saying?"

According to iTunes, the album is set to have two discs and 24 songs, including singles "Bluffin" featuring Lil Baby, "Pissy"  featuring Roddy Ricch and Nardo Wick, "King Snipe" with Kodak Black, and "06 Gucci" with DaBaby and 21 Savage.

blink-182 - One More Time…

Release date: Oct. 20

blink-182's newest single, "One More Time," is a hard-earned reflection about what really matters in life. The punk rock trio, which hadn't been reunited since 2011's Neighborhoods, now realizes how personal struggles impacted their friendship, and how they hope to make it different in the future.

"I wish they told us, it shouldn't take a sickness/ or airplanes falling out of the sky," they sing, referencing Travis Barker's 2008 plane crash and Mark Hoppus' 2021 cancer diagnosis. "I miss you, took time, but I admit it/ It still hurts even after all these years."

A proof of maturity since they stepped into music in 1992, the heartfelt single is also the title track off upcoming LP One More Time... Featuring 2022's "Edging" and "More Than You Know" as well, the album was recorded mostly during their reunion tour this year, and boasts 17 tracks in total.

Sampha - Lahai

Release date: Oct. 20

Lahai is Sampha's grandfather's name and his own middle name. Now, it will become part of his musical history — the singer's sophomore studio album and follow up to 2017's acclaimed Process is due Oct. 20.

Over social media, Sampha described the record through a series of words as intriguing as his music: "Fever Dreams. Continuums. Dancing. Generations. Syncopation. Bridges. Grief. Motherlands. Love. Spirit. Fear. Flesh. Flight." Featuring contributions from singers like Yaeji, El Guincho and Yussef Dayes, it will feature 14 tracks that seemingly take a more positive tone than his previous work.

In a statement about lead single "Spirit 2.0," the south London singer said "it's about the importance of connection to both myself and others, and the beauty and harsh realities of just existing. It's about acknowledging those moments when you need help — that requires real strength."

Starting Oct. 12 in his hometown, Sampha will play a string of concerts throughout the U.K., Europe, and North America, wrapping it up on December 4 in Berlin, Germany.

Poolside - Blame It All On Love

Release date: Oct. 20

"I've spent 15 years being like, 'f—your rules,' and I finally feel like I'm not trying to prove anything or anyone wrong," says Jeffrey Paradise, the man behind "daytime disco" project Poolside, in a statement about his upcoming album, Blame It All On Love.

"It's just pure, unfiltered expression, and that's why I'm really excited about this record," he adds. The album bears 11 tracks described as "funky, soulful, laidback, and full of hooks" — as can be seen in singles like "Float Away," "Each Night" featuring Mazy, and "Back To Life" with Panama. According to the same statement, "the production marks a return to his live music roots and finds ease in simple and radiant layers of sound, even as it comes face-to-face with the complex reality of one's dreams come true."

Blame It All On Love is the follow-up to 2020 and 2021's duo Low Season and High Season. Poolside is on tour across the U.S. until Oct. 14.

Black Pumas - Chronicles of a Diamond

Release date: Oct. 27

Black Pumas' long-awaited second studio album, Chronicles of a Diamond, is "wilder and weirder" than its predecessor, according to an official statement. It is also the Austin-based duo's "fullest expression" of "frenetic creativity and limitless vision."

The album contains 10 tracks that expand on their trademark psychedelic soul sounds, as it can be seen in singles "More Than a Love Song" and "Mrs. Postman." "I wanted to make something we'd be thrilled to play live 200 days a year," says singer/songwriter Eric Burton in the same statement. "I wanted to be able to laugh, cry, bob my head, do the thing: it was all very much a selfish endeavor."

After the release, the Black Pumas will embark on a U.S. tour starting Dec. 4 in Austin, Texas, and follow into an European tour starting March 15 in Paris.

Taylor Swift - 1989 (Taylor's Version)

Release date: Oct. 27

Just three months after the release of Speak Now (Taylor's Version), Swifties will be treated to the singer's fourth re-recorded album this month: 2014's 1989. "To be perfectly honest, this is my most FAVORITE re-record I've ever done because the five From The Vault tracks are so insane," she revealed over social media.

As usual with Swift, the announcement of the album was marked by a slew of hints, starting with the news' date — Aug. 9, or 8/9 — during the final U.S. stop of her Eras Tour at Los Angeles' SoFi Stadium. On that day, she also debuted new, blue outfits that alluded to 1989's assigned color. Afterwards, the discovery continued through a partnership with Google Search for fans to solve word puzzles in order to discover the titles of the five "From the Vault" tracks.

The album, which Swift said "changed my life in countless ways" will be available in digital, cassette, CD, and vinyl. She will also release deluxe versions in four different colors: crystal skies blue, rose garden pink, aquamarine green, and sunrise boulevard yellow.

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