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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-harry-styles-kiss-all-the-time-disco-occasionally">Harry Styles, <em>Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally</em>.</h2>



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<p><strong>Out: </strong>6 Mar</p>



<p>After 1,336 days (not like we&#8217;re counting or anything), Harry Styles is officially delivering the people what they need AND deserve. Hot off the presses, there&#8217;s just under two months to wait until his new album, mysteriously named <em>Kiss All The Time. Disco, Occasionally</em>. arrives. Before then, we imagine a single or two off the 12-track album will be in the pipeline, and a tour no doubt to follow. Ready when you are, Harry.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bruno-mars-the-romantic">Bruno Mars, <em>The Romantic</em></h2>



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<p><strong>Out:</strong> 27 Feb</p>



<p>Bruno is back, baby. In fact, the singer just well and truly smashed the single-day ticket sales record with 2.1 million tickets sold globally for his upcoming tour, including a staggering six dates at Wembley Stadium scheduled for this July. So safe to say, yep, the demand is preeeetty high. The lead single, &#8216;I Just Might&#8217;, from his new 2026 album (the first in a decade FYI), <em>The Romantic</em>, is a certified bop, bringing all the swag and sex you&#8217;d expect from the king of smooth. </p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-charli-xcx-wuthering-heights">Charli XCX, <em>Wuthering Heights</em></h2>



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<p><strong>Out:</strong> 13 Feb</p>



<p>She&#8217;s the it girl, doing the soundtrack for the it movie, and we are very much sat for it. You&#8217;ve probably heard &#8216;Chains of Love&#8217; all over your TikTok feed these past few months &#8211; just one of the singles off her upcoming <em>Wuthering Heights</em> album that will accompany Emerald Fennell&#8217;s <a href="https://muddystilettos.co.uk/things-to-do/film-tv/first-look-emerald-fennell-wuthering-heights/" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">film adaptation</a> starring Margot Robbie and Jacob Elordi. Furiously fans self. The album, releasing the same time as the movie, is set to be a notable sonic departure from <em>Brat</em>, embodying a more synth-pop heavy production and gothic vibe.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-beyonce-act-iii">Beyoncé, <em>Act III</em></h2>



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<p><strong>Out:</strong> B&#8217;s giving nothing away yet</p>



<p>If the respective 2022 and 2024 release patterns of Act I (<em>Renaissance</em>) and Act II (<em>Cowboy Carter</em>) are anything to go by, we can expect the final segment of Beyoncé&#8217;s three-part project to drop at some point this year. Now, we don&#8217;t want to get hopes up, but with Queen Bey emerging from hibernation to co-chair the Met Gala in May, chances are we&#8217;ll see new music either just before or soon after the event. Eeek! As for what to expect, rumours are swirling the album will have a heavy rock influence &#8211; think Prince and Tina Turner vibes, taking a darker aesthetic than the two previous drops. But like anything Beyoncé does, it all very much remains a mystery. We, for one, can&#8217;t wait to see the long-awaited trilogy finally come together.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-bts-arirang">BTS, <em>Arirang</em></h2>



<p><strong>Out:</strong> 20 Mar</p>



<p>They are practically Korean royalty, renowned for stealing hearts, serving looks, and delivering some pretty iconic choreo. Fans around the world are just about melting in a puddle of tears with the knowledge the boy band are releasing a brand-new album in 2026 named <em>Arirang</em>. It will be BTS&#8217; first full-length album in nearly four years, with the 14-track record said to be a deep expression of identity and emotion which marks a new musical direction for the group. Now that&#8217;s what we call a comeback.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-luke-combs-the-way-i-am">Luke Combs, <em>The Way I Am</em></h2>



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<p><strong>Out:</strong> 20 Mar</p>



<p>The biggest thing in country music right now, Luke Combs is having an absolute blinder on the UK scene, set to play two sold-out shows at Wembley Stadium this summer. We&#8217;re a sucker for an album you can really sink your teeth into, and this whopper has 22 songs to wile away one epic road trip, wind in hair, boots on the dash. Just close your eyes and you&#8217;re practically cruising down Route 66.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-gorillaz-the-mountain">Gorillaz, <em>The Mountain</em></h2>



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<p><strong>Out:</strong> 27 Feb</p>



<p>Expect more of the things you know and love from Gorillaz&#8217;s upcoming ninth studio album &#8211; featuring a slate of artists such as Bobby Womack, Dennis Hopper, Idles, Johnny Marr, Kara Jackson, and Anoushka Shankar. As you can probably gather from that line up, the record&#8217;s sound will see an eclectic mix of genres and languages. But as with all of their releases fun. Always fun.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-lana-del-rey-stove">Lana Del Rey, <em>Stove</em></h2>



<p><strong>Out:</strong> No date yet</p>



<p>Well, it&#8217;s Lana, so we can&#8217;t strictly promise this will be released in 2026. She first told us in 2024 that the album, formerly titled <em>The Right Person Will Stay</em>, would arrive in May 2025 to coincide with her epic UK stadium tour. Well, spoiler alert: it didn&#8217;t happen. She did drop a few country songs including &#8216;Henry, come on&#8217; and &#8216;Bluebird&#8217;, so we weren&#8217;t in a total drought. But now, the latest from Lana is the album has been renamed <em>Stove</em> and apparently will come out at the end of January 2026. Let&#8217;s be honest, it doesn&#8217;t seem likely. However, when the southern-gothic inspired record does eventually arrive (hopefully at some point this year), it will undoubtedly be worth the wait.</p>



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<h2 class="wp-block-heading" id="h-madonna-confessions-on-a-dance-floor-part-2">Madonna, <em>Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2</em></h2>



<figure class="wp-block-image size-full"><img decoding="async" loading="lazy" width="1500" height="1017" src="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Madonna.jpg-copy.jpg" alt="Madonna, Confessions on a Dance Floor Part 2" class="wp-image-103034" srcset="https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Madonna.jpg-copy.jpg 1500w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Madonna.jpg-copy-600x407.jpg 600w, https://dev.muddystilettos.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/Madonna.jpg-copy-1000x678.jpg 1000w" sizes="(max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px" /></figure>



<p><strong>Out:</strong> still a mystery</p>



<p>No introduction needed. For the past few months (and since signing a huge new record deal), Madonna has been teasing something pretty big. A sequel to basically the icon&#8217;s last greatest album, <em>Confessions on a Dancefloor</em>, that is. It&#8217;s ridiculously exciting. We already know she has reunited with British producer of the original album, Stuart Price. And let&#8217;s be honest, we are well overdue an iconic new disco anthem. We have no doubt this is going to be huge when it eventually sees the light of day. Our sequins are already on standby.</p>



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<p><em>Words by Ellie Ball</em></p>



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