POP EMERGENCY

Firstly, Ariana recently posted photos from Max Martin's studio.

Now, if you call her 'Brighter Days, Inc.' hotline it says "We’re counting down the 8s - oops, I mean the days"

Her next studio album is her 8th... is new music really on the way?! Oh my

The last album put me back on board the Ari train so I'm anticipating it.

Eternal Sunshine doesn't really feel like two years ago, so I'd perhaps expect something relatively soonish maybe?

That's unexpected! Bring it on

I saw someone say on Twitter yesterday that Ari is releasing this so she doesn't have to sing songs about Dalton on tour 🤣

If this is going to be her last tour for a while makes sense to have a new album out beforehand to incorporate a bit of it into the tour

She really does work so fast! I’m very much here for new Ariana music though! (And this makes that setlist even harder to predict now unless she just gags us with a 4 hour show to fit her hits in too 😅)

Yep yep yep this is definitely coming isn't it

Unsure on this but now the rumour seems to be that she’s releasing a Greatest Hits type album of 28 tracks to streaming (this would be like The Weeknds The Highlights and would give her so many extra weeks on the chart if so… 😆)

But I’m equally seeing the same rumours for AG8 being a thing?! We definitely know Ariana works fast like thank u, next and eternal sunshine the albums were both recorded within quite a fast time frame right?! I’m so hyped for whatever is to come though so bring it on!

I’ll take any new music. Would love to even have even just one more new song before the tour

So hyped if this is a full album, if it’s a Greatest Hits with a couple of added extras, I’ll take it! Not going to get too hyped until things are clear… but wait oops too late.

TMZ have reported that a new album has been completed and will be released in the summer ;o

Ariana has posted some more studio footage on instagram

"...something that is full of life and growing through the cracks of something cold, hard and challenging" ꨄ︎

Announcement hopefully incoming!!

It’s funny, she seems to reference dandelions, though obviously she already released a song of that name… perhaps the album is called “Weeds” or something along those lines.

On 21/04/2026 at 08:59, JulianNial said:

It’s funny, she seems to reference dandelions, though obviously she already released a song of that name… perhaps the album is called “Weeds” or something along those lines.

Now the loudest rumour is we are getting an announcement soon and “Cosmos” is a likely title. I love it if that’s the case.

Announcement in half an hour possibly

It's called 'petal.' and out 31st July!!

an early birthday present for me 🤩

Petal the album is releasing 31st July! 12 tracks long.

Dont love the album title though, probably my least fave of her albums titles

Can’t wait for this, eternal sunshine (and the brighter days tracks) is my favourite of hers now I think, she gets better and better

Gorgeous artwork too ❤️

There feels like something really symbolic about an album cover where her face is fully showing and with a smile at that.

From covers where she showed one side of her face, the back of her head, upside down, behind a mask. It felt like a running joke that she never really showed her face and while there is hair covering her face, that cover art feels beautifully exposed and pared back. Perhaps symbolic of what’s to come?

It’s always nice to see Ari happy after everything she’s been through anyway ❤️