#jessie-ware

#jessie-ware

My queer fans have given me such confidence in myself and my ability, but also the way I present myself. They've made me feel so adored and sexy.

Zara Larsson could be called a veteran pop star... because there's an undertow of struggle to her glittering party-girl persona. The teen-age version of her... remains lodged in my memory—a closeted power vocalist dulling her instrument to fit catchy and anodyne tracks.

Um, so yeah, I think I would rather for the sake of my privacy not say too much. But what I would say is that recovery is an ongoing process. I'm not the finished article, but I'm doing a hell of a lot better.

She continued: "I share this with my daughter, who has been with me since she was six weeks old on the road with this. "It's the best role of my life being your mum and I promise to continue to be disobedient so you can belong to a world in all your complete wildness as a young woman. I am very grateful for this."

The vision for the L Y F has been with us since the start. Way back in 2010 when we first sold the white on white bandana with the Heavy pop / Concrete Gold 12" - We foresaw a community of like-minds that would gather around the flame of our music, and through whose direct support we could operate with freedom, autonomy & the truth; to play our own (infinite) game.

With so much good music being released all the time, it can be hard to determine what to listen to first. Every week, Pitchfork offers a run-down of significant new releases available on streaming services. This week's batch includes new albums from Ari Lennox, Lucinda Williams, and Cat Power. Subscribe to Pitchfork's New Music Friday newsletter to get our recommendations in your inbox every week.

Summer Walker has announced The Trilogy Tour 2026 which kicks off May 26 in Toronto and includes a Brooklyn show at Barclays Center on June 2 with Monaleo and Odeal who are on most dates of the tour. Along with announcing they'd signed to ANTI- after 20 years on Atlantic, Death Cab for Cutie also announced a tour that has them out with Japanese Breakfast, Jay Som, and Nation of Language.

Labi Siffre, the 80-year-old British folk musician, is back after spending decades out of the spotlight. He just announced his first new album in 28 years; the appropriately titled Unfinished Business is out later this year on Demon Music Group. He's also shared the new song " Far Away," a piano ballad that leans into Siffre's soul influences, with a music video. Check it out below.

Holly Humberstone has mapped out a 2026 North American tour. The new dates take place around Humberstone's upcoming festival appearances at All Things Go Toronto on June 6th, Governors Ball on June 7th, and Bonnaroo on June 13th. Billed as the "Cruel World" tour, the run arrives in support of Humberstone's upcoming sophomore album of the same name, out on April 10th.

The 24-year-old Queens rapper spent the 10 hours before her sixth LP dropped walking on a giant self-propelled wheel on view in a gallery in Lower Manhattan, staring ahead and staying quiet as the record played on a loop. The exhibit streamed live on Twitch; inside the gallery, fellow streamers and a smattering of real fans with signs and bouquets watched, too.