{"id":2020402,"date":"2026-06-30T12:45:09","date_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:45:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2020402"},"modified":"2026-06-30T12:45:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-30T09:45:09","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:\/\/analyse.optim.biz\/?p=2020402","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":"<p>[analyse_image type=&#8221;featured&#8221; src=&#8221;https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/baby-queen@2000&#215;1270.jpg&#8221;]<\/p>\n<article id=\"template-id-2749694\" class=\"post-2749694 tdb_templates type-tdb_templates status-publish post\">\n<div id=\"tdi_65\" class=\"tdc-zone\">\n<div class=\"tdc_zone tdi_66  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div id=\"tdi_67\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_68  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_70  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_breadcrumbs tdi_71 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-breadcrumbs \" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_71\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span>News<\/span><i class=\"tdb-bread-sep td-icon-right\"><\/i><span>Music News<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_title tdi_72 tdb-single-title td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_72\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">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<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_subtitle tdi_73 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_73\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>The alt-pop star says that the album puts a spotlight on \u201ccorners of myself I hadn&#8217;t looked at in a long time\u201d and \u201ctruths I had long been trying to avoid\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_author tdi_75 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_75\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-author-name-wrap\"><span class=\"tdb-author-by\">By<\/span> Liberty Dunworth<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_date tdi_76 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 tdb-post-meta\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_76\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><time class=\"entry-date updated td-module-date\" datetime=\"2026-06-30T13:45:09+01:00\">30th June 2026<\/time><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p> <!-- .\/block --><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tdi_77\" class=\"tdc-row stretch_row_1400 td-stretch-content\">\n<div class=\"vc_row tdi_78  wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column tdi_80  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-column td-pb-span8\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_featured_image tdi_81 tdb-content-horiz-left td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_81\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<figure>\n                                    <img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"696\" height=\"442\" class=\"entry-thumb\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/baby-queen@2000x1270-696x442.jpg\" alt title=\"baby-queen@2000x1270\"><figcaption class=\"tdb-caption-text\">Baby Queen. Credit: ThreeBroMedia\/Elif Gonen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"vc_row_inner tdi_83 article-content-row vc_row vc_inner wpb_row td-pb-row\">\n<div class=\"vc_column_inner tdi_85  wpb_column vc_column_container tdc-inner-column td-pb-span12\">\n<div class=\"vc_column-inner\">\n<div class=\"wpb_wrapper\">\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Baby Queen 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<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Baby Queen \u2013 \u2018Quarter Life Crisis\u2019 review: caught between the past and the future<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new record will be the second from the South African alt-pop star, following on from 2023\u2019s breakthrough album \u2018Quarter Life Crisis\u2019, and is set to drop on July 24 via Insanity Records. Visit here to pre-order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Themes include self-reckoning and heartbreak, and the album is made alongside producer Alex Casnoff and bassist Michael Shuman (Queens of the Stone Age) and drummer Carla Azar (PJ Harvey, Jack White).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaCxc8wCLVV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>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<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>\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<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>\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<p>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<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3954193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3954193\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3954193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/baby-queen-tour-poster@2000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Baby Queen in-store UK tour poster. CREDIT: Press\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3954193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby Queen in-store UK tour poster. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Baby Queen\u2019s in-store shows are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>JULY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>21 \u2013 Truck, Oxford<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>22 \u2013 Rough Trade East, London<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23 \u2013 Resident, Brighton<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>24 \u2013 Banquet \u2013 Fighting Cocks, Kingston<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>25 \u2013 Rough Trade, Bristol<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>27 \u2013 Wax &amp; Beans, Bury<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>28 \u2013 Rough Trade, Liverpool<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>29 \u2013 Crash \u2013 Headrow House, Leeds<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>30 \u2013 Rough Trade \u2013 Nottingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As well as releasing new music, Baby Queen also got fans talking recently when she featured in a video with Courtney Love, singing Geese\u2018s \u2018Au Pays Du Cocaine\u2019 together.<\/p>\n<p>The clip came after Love revealed that while she was initially a sceptic of the New York band, but then added that her \u201cGeese-curious [stance] turned into Geese-blossoming-appreciation\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>That collab took place after Baby Queen previously spoke about how Love supported her 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<p>\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. 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<\/article>\n<\/p>\n<div class=\"td_block_wrap tdb_single_content tdi_86 td-pb-border-top td_block_template_2 td-post-content tagdiv-type\" data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_86\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p>Baby Queen 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<ul>\n<li><strong>READ MORE: Baby Queen \u2013 \u2018Quarter Life Crisis\u2019 review: caught between the past and the future<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The new record will be the second from the South African alt-pop star, following on from 2023\u2019s breakthrough album \u2018Quarter Life Crisis\u2019, and is set to drop on July 24 via Insanity Records. Visit here to pre-order.<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad0 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-1\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>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<p>Themes include self-reckoning and heartbreak, and the album is made alongside producer Alex Casnoff and bassist Michael Shuman (Queens of the Stone Age) and drummer Carla Azar (PJ Harvey, Jack White).<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-captioned data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DaCxc8wCLVV\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\">\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>View this post on Instagram<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>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<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad1 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\"><\/span><\/p>\n<h5 class=\"taboola-mid-article-title\">Recommended<\/h5>\n<div id=\"taboola-mid-article\">\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>\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<p>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<p>\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<\/p>\n<div class=\"td-a-ad id_inline_ad2 id_ad_content-horiz-center\"><span class=\"td-adspot-title\">Advertisement<\/span>  <\/p>\n<div id=\"div-gpt-ad-article-2\" class=\"lazy-ad\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>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<p>\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<p>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<p>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.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_3954193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3954193\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3954193\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/baby-queen-tour-poster@2000x2000.jpg\" alt=\"Baby Queen in-store UK tour poster. CREDIT: Press\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2000\"><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-3954193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Baby Queen in-store UK tour poster. CREDIT: Press<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h2><strong>Baby Queen\u2019s in-store shows are:<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><strong>JULY<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>21 \u2013 Truck, Oxford<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>22 \u2013 Rough Trade East, London<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>23 \u2013 Resident, Brighton<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>24 \u2013 Banquet \u2013 Fighting Cocks, Kingston<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>25 \u2013 Rough Trade, Bristol<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>27 \u2013 Wax &amp; Beans, Bury<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>28 \u2013 Rough Trade, Liverpool<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>29 \u2013 Crash \u2013 Headrow House, Leeds<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>30 \u2013 Rough Trade \u2013 Nottingham<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>As well as releasing new music, Baby Queen also got fans talking recently when she featured in a video with Courtney Love, singing Geese\u2018s \u2018Au Pays Du Cocaine\u2019 together.<\/p>\n<p>The clip came after Love revealed that while she was initially a sceptic of the New York band, but then added that her \u201cGeese-curious [stance] turned into Geese-blossoming-appreciation\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p>That collab took place after Baby Queen previously spoke about how Love supported her 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<p>\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. 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