{"id":1961414,"date":"2026-05-29T07:00:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1961414"},"modified":"2026-05-29T07:00:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-29T04:00:00","slug":"barry-cant-swim-inks-deal-with-atlantic-records-drops-dancefloor-heater-return-to-bhibo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=1961414","title":{"rendered":"Barry Can\u2019t Swim Inks Deal With Atlantic Records, Drops Dancefloor Heater \u2018Return to Bhibo\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\n\tBarry Can\u2019t Swim has shared his first song of 2026, \u201cReturn to Bhibo,\u201d alongside news of a new record deal.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe Scottish DJ and producer has joined Atlantic Records for his forthcoming releases, having previously partnered with Ninja Tune on his first two studio albums, When Will We Land? <\/em>(2023) and Loser<\/em> (2025). The former was nominated for the U.K.\u2019s Mercury Prize, which recognizes an outstanding album by a British or Irish artist.<\/p>\n

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    \n\tBarry Can\u2019t Swim is the latest U.K. artist to sign with the iconic label following rising pop act Erin LeCount. He now joins Fred again.. as one of the label\u2019s premier dance acts.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe news comes hot on the heels of Barry Can\u2019t Swim\u2019s two recent U.S. festival performances at Lightning in a Bottle and Movement, as well as the release of his compilation for legendary mix series Late Night Tales<\/em> in March as part of its 25th anniversary celebrations. He has been teasing the release of \u201cReturn to Bhibo\u201d in a number of live sets and DJ mixes.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe Edinburgh, Scotland-born musician, real name Joshua Spence Mainnie, drew critical acclaim for his 2023 debut album When Will We Land?<\/em>, which peaked at No. 12 on the U.K.\u2019s Official Albums Chart. The following summer, he drew one of the largest-ever crowds at Glastonbury\u2019s Park Stage.<\/p>\n

    \n\tThe following summer, Barry Can\u2019t Swim headlined London\u2019s All Points East festival and curated the line-up, which included Shygirl, Avalon Emerson and Confidence Man. Loner<\/em>, his sophomore LP, included \u201cStill Riding,\u201d a remix of Kali Uchis\u2019 breakout 2015 song \u201cRiding Round\u201d.<\/p>\n

    \n\tSpeaking to Billboard<\/em> in 2025, Barry Can\u2019t Swim discussed the pressure of generating new material to satiate his growing crowds. \u201cIf you\u2019re doing these kinds of shows, you need bigger tunes,\u201d he said at the time. \u201cI\u2019ve only just gotten to that point \u2014 it\u2019s only now that I\u2019m starting to think like that a little bit.\u201d<\/p>\n

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    [analyse_image type=”featured” src=”https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Barry-Cant-Swim-2026-Rory-Dewar-Billboard-1800.jpg?w=1024″] Trending on Billboard Barry Can\u2019t Swim has shared his first song of 2026, \u201cReturn to Bhibo,\u201d alongside news of a new record deal. The Scottish DJ and producer has joined Atlantic Records for his forthcoming releases, having previously partnered with Ninja Tune on his first two studio albums, When Will We Land? […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[48,226],"class_list":["post-1961414","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-politics","tag-billboard-com","tag-crawlmanager"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961414","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1961414"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1961414\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1961414"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1961414"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1961414"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}