{"id":282228,"date":"2026-06-30T13:35:46","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:35:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282228\/"},"modified":"2026-06-30T13:35:46","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T13:35:46","slug":"baby-queen-announces-new-album-i-hope-you-dont-remember-me-featuring-members-of-qotsa-and-jack-whites-band-with-single-permanently-obse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/282228\/","title":{"rendered":"Baby Queen announces new album \u2018I Hope You Don\u2019t Remember Me\u2019 \u2013 featuring members of QOTSA and Jack White\u2019s band \u2013 with single \u2018Permanently Obsessed\u2019 and UK record store tour"},"content":{"rendered":"

Baby Queen<\/a> has announced a new album, \u2018I Hope You Don\u2019t Remember Me\u2019, and shared the single \u2018Permanently Obsessed\u2019, along with details of a UK record store tour.<\/p>\n

The new record will be the second from the South African alt-pop star, following on from 2023\u2019s breakthrough album \u2018Quarter Life Crisis<\/a>\u2019, and is set to drop on July 24 via Insanity Records. Visit here to pre-order<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Baby Queen\u2019s upcoming second album will feature the previously released singles \u2018Word Vomit\u2019, \u2018Feel Something\u2019 and the title track, as well as the newly dropped single \u2018Permanently Obsessed\u2019.<\/p>\n

That song, like the album as a whole, sees the singer, real name Bella Latham, take a step away from her signature sociopolitical commentary, and instead look inwards and write from her own personal stories.<\/p>\n

Themes include self-reckoning and heartbreak, and the album is made alongside producer Alex Casnoff and bassist Michael Shuman (Queens of the Stone Age<\/a>) and drummer Carla Azar (PJ Harvey<\/a>, Jack White<\/a>).<\/p>\n

Of the album, Baby Queen shared: \u201cThis is a story about love, rejection, ego and shame told by an unreliable narrator whose understanding of love is warped.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen I began writing for this album, I was determined to be as present as possible which meant putting down any notion of the type of song I should be creating, and simply trusting that what naturally came out of me, was what was meant for me,\u201d the singer added. \u201cThe songs I wrote seemed to reveal more about me than about the people or relationships I was writing about.\u201d<\/p>\n

Baby Queen also added that the songs put a spotlight on \u201ccorners of myself I hadn\u2019t looked at in a long time\u201d and \u201ctruths I had long been trying to avoid\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe album is an emotional journey from a type of beginning to a type of end; an almost real-time description of a behavioural pattern, but in my mind (and I think on the album too), the story remains quite unresolved,\u201d she concluded.<\/p>\n

Of the new single, Latham said that it was borne of her \u201chabit of idealising a lover\u201d and her determination to overcome \u201cself-avoidance\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis song is about a recurring pattern in my own behaviour that renders the identity of the lover redundant; something unhealed within me that yearns to recreate a particular dynamic.\u201d<\/p>\n

To celebrate the new sophomore record, Baby Queen will be embarking on a nine-date run of in-store shows at record shops across the UK.<\/p>\n

These kick off on July 21 in Oxford, and include stops in London, Brighton, Bristol, Liverpool and more throughout the remainder of the month. Find tickets here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"BabyBaby Queen in-store UK tour poster. CREDIT: Press<\/p>\n

Baby Queen\u2019s in-store shows are:<\/p>\n

JULY
21 \u2013 Truck, Oxford
22 \u2013 Rough Trade East, London
23 \u2013 Resident, Brighton
24 \u2013 Banquet \u2013 Fighting Cocks, Kingston
25 \u2013 Rough Trade, Bristol
27 \u2013 Wax & Beans, Bury
28 \u2013 Rough Trade, Liverpool
29 \u2013 Crash \u2013 Headrow House, Leeds
30 \u2013 Rough Trade \u2013 Nottingham<\/p>\n

As well as releasing new music, Baby Queen also got fans talking recently when she featured in a video with Courtney Love<\/a>, singing Geese\u2018s \u2018Au Pays Du Cocaine\u2019 together.<\/a><\/p>\n

The clip came after Love revealed that while she was initially a sceptic of the New York band<\/a>, but then added that her \u201cGeese-curious [stance] turned into Geese-blossoming-appreciation\u201d<\/a>.<\/p>\n

That collab took place after Baby Queen previously spoke about how Love supported her<\/a> when she was making her debut album. She said at the time: \u201cEveryone\u2019s been really lovely. I\u2019ve had the full rundown from Courtney Love per track. She\u2019s just really supportive, and she likes to tell me which ones she doesn\u2019t like.<\/p>\n

\u201cAnd then, you can tell which ones she\u2019s going to like. She loves the second track \u2018Kid Genius\u2019. And then, this song called \u2018Every Time I Get High\u2019, which have a rock energy to them. And they\u2019re very empowered. And she loves Baby Queen.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Baby Queen has announced a new album, \u2018I Hope You Don\u2019t Remember Me\u2019, and shared the single \u2018Permanently…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":282229,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[13097,9361,9,24,63,600,122,124,123],"class_list":["post-282228","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-queens","tag-alternative","tag-live-music-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc","tag-pop","tag-queens","tag-queens-headlines","tag-queens-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282228","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=282228"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/282228\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/282229"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=282228"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=282228"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=282228"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}