New singles!
Loyle Carner drops two more singles ‘about time / lyin’ ahead of new album ‘hopefully !’
The artist’s fourth studio record will be released on 20th June via Island / EMI.
Loyle Carner has dropped another two singles ahead of his forthcoming fourth studio album ‘hopefully !’, due on 20th June. The new tracks, ‘about time / lyin’, follow the latest double releases ‘all i need / in my mind’, which he shared just a few weeks ago.
This new music signals a new chapter for the rapper, who has taken inspiration from a more alternative palette for this new record (think Big Thief and Fontaines DC), which sees him singing and experimenting with a more guitar-based sound.
The new tracks tackle the growing responsibility of success and fatherhood, balancing being a parent with life as a successful artist. In the end of ‘about time’, we hear Carner’s son’s voice - someone who is in fact baked into the sound and message of the whole record, even down to the photo artwork (which he scribbled over when it was left about the house).
Carner accompanies this new music and forthcoming release with a huge global tour: ‘hopefully ! a world tour by Loyle Carner’, which will follow his headline show at Glastonbury’s The Other Stage (27th June). The world tour dates will also include a whopping four sold out shows at O2 Academy Brixton.
Listen to the lead single from today’s double drop, ‘about time’, here:
You can catch Loyle Carner on his headline tour on the dates below:
OCTOBER 2025
07, Stockholm, Annexet
08, Oslo, Sentrum Scene
10, Amsterdam, AFS Live **EXTRA SHOW ADDED**
11, Amsterdam, AFAS Live **SOLD OUT**
13, Copenhagen, KB Hallen
15, Berlin, UFO im Velrodrom
16, Hamburg, Sporthalle
18, Munich, Zenith
19, Zurich, Halle 622
21, Frankfurt, Jahrhunderthalle
22, Cologne, Palladium
24, Paris, Zenith
25, Brussels, Forest National
NOVEMBER 2025
02, London, O2 Academy Brixton **SOLD OUT**
03, London, O2 Academy Brixton **SOLD OUT*
04, London, O2 Academy Brixton **SOLD OUT**
05, London, O2 Academy Brixton **SOLD OUT**
07, Cardiff, Utilita Arena
09, Dublin, 3Arena
12, Glasgow, O2 Academy
13, Glasgow, O2 Academy
14, Glasgow, O2 Academy **SOLD OUT**
18, Newcastle, O2 City Hall
19, Newcastle, O2 City Hall
20, Birmingham, O2 Academy
21, Birmingham, O2 Academy **SOLD OUT**
23, Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse **SOLD OUT**
24, Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
25, Manchester, O2 Victoria Warehouse
DECEMBER 2025
02, Brisbane, Fortitude Music Hall
04, Sydney, Sydney Opera House Forecourt
06, Melbourne, Sidney Myer Music Bowl
09, Perth, Metro City
FEBRUARY 2026
19, Chicago, Thalia Hall
21, Toronto, History
22, Montreal, Beanfield Theatre
24, Boston, Royale
26, Washington DC, The Fillmore
27, Brooklyn, Brooklyn Paramount
MARCH 2026
03, San Francisco, The Regency Ballroom
MAY 2026
03, Los Angeles, The Novo
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