Speaking on the announcement, Poppy says: “I can’t believe I’m writing this, but my sophomore album is finally coming out! After numerous trips back and forth from London to LA, millions of revisions to perfect each song and a lot of moving the track listing around, I’ve made an album I’m so in love with, with people who I felt truly seen by, who I respected and found a natural synergy with. I really put everything into this album, it is a reflection of my growth over the last 2 years, an outward pouring of my raw vulnerability, the inner workings of my chaotic brain and the deep desire I have to challenge myself with everything I do. I’m really proud of what we made, and I hope that when you hear it, it means something to you too.

“Thank so much to all the special people who contributed to the making of this project, the producers, engineers, musicians, visual creatives, the friends who listened to me while I processed my life in order to write it down, I wouldn’t have been able to manifest this dream without you.”

Poppy has also released brand new single ‘Lean On Me’, a bold banger about the importance of community and showing support for each other even during challenging moments. ‘Lean On Me’ was written by Poppy with production from Grades (Kali Uchis, Dua Lipa, Britney Spears). The brand new track arrives alongside its official video, which sees Poppy and dancers complete a stunning performance.

Speaking on ‘Lean On Me’, Poppy says: “We realise true friendship in the moments we are most vulnerable with each other. When I wrote ‘Lean On Me’ I was going through a breakup and struggling to make sense of my world. My friend who was experiencing their own kind of grieving found the time to give me the advice I needed, and the next day I wrote this song about the power of friendship, community, unconditional love and showing up for each other through our hardest times.”

Poppy:

1. Hero
2. My Future
3. Girl Next Door
4. Somebody To Love
5. Bestie Breakup
6. Lean On Me
7. Temptation
8. Ego Boost
9. Candy
10. Seeds We’ve Sown
11. Ready
12. Crossroads

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Speaking of the new song, Poppy says: “This song was written around the time of wanting to escape from New Cross Gate, where I was from, to hopes of stardom in LA. I had done a few trips and realised I loved writing music there and loved the people I met. Due to the pandemic I couldn’t travel and so I made ‘Girl Next Door’ on Zoom with producers Wes & Tay, who I’d connected with when writing ‘Holiday From Reality’ on my last LA trip.

“This song is about falling in love with a girl who moved in next door and after a very cute first date I got into bed and had the “girl next door” lyric and melody hook in my head. I sung it into my voice memos and the next morning went to the piano to try and develop the song.

“The themes of the song are based in queer love, but also in chasing your dreams by getting out of your hometown, and how the presence of someone new in your life can inspire you to explore new heights, bigger than you thought you could. The relationship that this song was inspired by was the first time I was openly in a relationship with a woman and connected me to my queerness in a new way.”

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