LOLA YOUNG UNVEILS NEW ALBUM I’M ONLY F**KING MYSELF
NEW SINGLE ‘POST SEX CLARITY’ OUT NOW
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19 SEPTEMBER 2025 (TORONTO, ON) — Ivor Novello Rising Star Winner and BRIT Award-nominated South London artist Lola Young releases her highly anticipated album, I’m Only F**king Myself, along with her new single, ‘Post Sex Clarity’.
‘Post Sex Clarity’ is the album’s most tender, dreamy, beautifully affecting moment. Sumptuous and swooning, it then builds and builds towards a sonically cacophonous (and no doubt sexual) climax.
I’m Only F**king Myself is not only a tour de force but a coup de grace, the final farewell to an early 20s misadventure Lola is emerging from, vividly detailed in the most compelling soundscape of her life, both pulverising and poetic, both coarse and clever, both heroically fierce and devastatingly vulnerable. It was primarily written and produced over the first six months of 2025 with Lola’s long-term collaborators Manuka and SOLOMONOPHONIC (Brockhampton, SZA) and recorded at New York’s Electric Lady Studio and Rue Boyer Studios in Paris.
The album begins with an interlude, a eulogy to gratitude for still being alive (a perkily sped-up voice note), before the emotional onslaught grips and engages via the brazenly titled opener ‘F*CK EVERYONE’, an explosion of disorientating dissonance, it’s a scuzz-guitar invitation to sexual opportunity, where all-comers are welcome. Sex is a dominant theme on the album, as the artwork tells us, with Lola entwined with a look-alike blow-up doll. Previous offering ‘One Thing’ continues the sexual theme, showcasing Lola’s provocative gift for spoken word and tremendous vocal ability. The song, which peaked in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart upon release, highlights a seemingly romantic appreciation of a lover, which is anything but.
The irresistibly chugging, deceptively upbeat ‘d£aler’ is a compelling narrative, the story of yearning to escape from the prison of addiction. A UK hit single this summer, long-term fan Elton John called it, “the biggest smash I have heard in years”. The album’s masterful centrepiece is Lola’s recent single, ‘Spiders’. It’s a blistering build of a ballad, incorporating 90’s-style grunge production, which intertwines seamlessly with Lola’s raw, unbridled emotion, conveyed through her lyricism and vocal performance, unlocking a deeper level of her artistry.
‘Penny Out Of Nothing’ echoes the angular, spectral atmospherics of early ’80s new wave, while the gorgeous, jangling ‘Walk All Over You’ echoes the sun-hued harmonies of peak-’90s Belly or Throwing Muses. Lola’s playful side appears on the wistfully jazzy ‘SAD SOB STORY!’, while ‘Can We Ignore It!’ is dissonant indie-pop erupting into an enormous howl of existential, post-punk despair. Calm returns in the delicate, country-ish reverie of ‘why do i feel better when i hurt you?’, while she ascends from the abyss in the Strokes-y indiepop of ‘Not Like That Anymore’. I’m Only F**king Myself concludes with the stripped-back acoustic, ‘who f*cking cares?’ and an intimate voice note, ‘ur an absolute c word’.
Lola Young is the recipient of the ‘Rising Star’ accolade at this year’s Ivor Novello Awards, following her ‘Best Pop Act’ nomination at this year’s BRIT Awards. She has since collaborated with Tyler, The Creator (‘Like Him’), and Lil Yachty (‘Charlie’) and continues to make a global impact with her music and compelling personality. Following her debut appearance at Coachella earlier this year, Lola opened for Billie Eilish in Paris during her "Hit Me Hard and Soft" headline tour and completed an exciting UK and European Summer festival run, which included phenomenal appearances at Glastonbury, alongside shows at Lollapalooza Paris, Way Out West, and Lowlands.
Next month, she’ll play her biggest UK headline shows to date, including two nights at Manchester’s O2 Victoria Warehouse, the O2 Academy in Birmingham, and two nights at London’s O2 Academy Brixton, with all dates sold out, before an anticipated return to North America & Europe for headline shows in November and May next year respectively - full dates below.
To celebrate the release of I’m Only F**king Myself, non-gendered luxury streetwear brand Aries, have collaborated with Lola for a limited-edition exclusive capsule collection. The Aries x Lola Young collaboration features her album artwork reimagined through Aries’ signature lens, across graphic T-shirts in two colourways and baby fits, classic boxer shorts with a reversible logo waistband, and Aries’ iconic Temple socks.
Lola Young’s new album is the sonic excavation of a young woman’s inner life. More than ever, she has put it all out there, her blisteringly honest narratives detailing insatiable sex, addiction, toxic relationships and the trap of self-destruction. Lola reflects on her musical evolution on this profoundly affecting album, in all its blistering, dynamic, beautiful and fearless glory - a masterclass in creative dynamism, sophisticated songcraft and singular, relatable candour.
Lola Young - I’m Only F**king Myself Tracklist
1. ‘how long will it take to walk a mile?’ (Interlude)
2. ‘F*CK EVERYONE’
3. ‘One Thing’
4. ‘D£aler’
5. ‘SPIDERS’
6. ‘Penny Out Of Nothing’
7. ‘Walk All Over You’
8. ‘Post Sex Clarity’
9. ‘SAD SOB STORY! :)’
10. ‘CAN WE IGNORE IT :(‘
11. ‘why do i feel better when i hurt you?’
12. ‘Not Like That Anymore’
13. ‘who f*cking cares?’
14. ‘ur an absolute c word’ (Interlude)
Lola Young - Upcoming Live Dates
* Headline Show
Saturday 27th September - All Things Go Festival - Queens, New York
Sunday 28th September - All Things Go Festival - Columbia, MD
Monday 6th October - O2 Victoria Warehouse - Manchester, UK * - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 7th October - O2 Victoria Warehouse - Manchester, UK* - SOLD OUT
Thursday 9th October - O2 Academy - Birmingham, UK * - SOLD OUT
Friday 10th October - The Dome - Liverpool, UK [Record Store Tour]
Sunday 12th October - Queen’s Hall - Edinburgh, UK [Record Store Tour]
Monday 13th October - Boiler Shop - Newcastle, UK [Record Store Tour]
Wednesday 15th October - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK * - SOLD OUT
Thursday 16th October - O2 Academy Brixton - London, UK* - SOLD OUT
Saturday 18th October - 1865 - Southampton, UK [Record Store Tour]
Sunday 19th October - Electric - Bristol, UK [Record Store Tour]
Saturday 1st November - History - Toronto, ON * - SOLD OUT
Sunday 2nd November - History - Toronto, ON * - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 4th November - Roadrunner - Boston, MA * - SOLD OUT
Wednesday 5th November - Terminal 5 - New York City, NY * - SOLD OUT
Thursday 6th November - Terminal 5 - New York City, NY * - SOLD OUT
Saturday 8th November - The Met Philadelphia - Philadelphia, PA * - SOLD OUT
Sunday 9th November - The Anthem - Washington, DC * - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 11th November - The Pinnacle - Nashville, TN *
Wednesday 12th November - Tabernacle - Atlanta, GA * - SOLD OUT
Saturday 15th November - Corona Capital, Mexico City
Wednesday 19th November - Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater - Austin, TX * - SOLD OUT
Friday 21st November - The Bomb Factory - Dallas, TX * - SOLD OUT
Monday 24th November - The Salt Shed - Chicago, IL * - SOLD OUT
Tuesday 25th November - Palace Theatre - St. Paul, MN * - SOLD OUT
Friday 28th November - The Fillmore Auditorium - Denver, CO * - SOLD OUT
Saturday 29th November - The Union Event Center - Salt Lake City, UT * - SOLD OUT
Monday 1st December - Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre - Vancouver, BC *
Tuesday 2nd December - WAMU Theater at Lumen Field - Seattle, WA * - SOLD OUT
Thursday 4th December - Bill Graham Civic Auditorium - San Francisco, CA *
Saturday 6th December - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA * - SOLD OUT
Sunday 7th December - Hollywood Palladium - Los Angeles, CA * - SOLD OUT
2026
Friday 13th - Sunday 15th March - Lollapalooza Argentina - Buenos Aires, AR
Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd March - Lollapalooza Brasil - Sao Paolo, BR
Friday 20th - Sunday 22nd March - Festival Estereo Picnic - Bogota, CO
Tuesday 12th May - 013 Poppodium - Tilburg, The Netherlands *
Wednesday 13th May - 013 Poppodium - Tilburg, The Netherlands *
Friday 15th May - Uber Eats Music Hall - Berlin, Germany *
Sunday 17th May - K.B. Hallen - Copenhagen, Denmark *
Tuesday 19th May - Palladium - Cologne, Germany *
Thursday 21st May - De Roma - Antwerp, Belgium *
Friday 22nd May - De Roma - Antwerp, Belgium *
Tuesday 26th May - TonHalle - Munich, Germany *
Wednesday 27th May - The Hall - Zurich, Switzerland *
Friday 29th May - Fabrique - Milan, Italy *
Sunday 31st May - Le Radiant - Lyon, France *
Monday 1st June - Olympia - Paris, France *
Tuesday 2nd June - Olympia - Paris, France *
Photo Credit: Conor Cunningham
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