Mabel announces debut album, ‘High Expectations’
Released July 12th on Polydor Records
Mabel
has today announced details of her much-anticipated debut album, ‘High
Expectations’, which will be released on Polydor Records
on July 12th and is available to pre-order now. This
continues the phenomenal success of new single ‘Don’t Call Me Up’, which
charted at number 3 in the UK, spent 8 weeks in the top 10, and is
already the 7th biggest-selling single of
2019: the record is now quickly climbing the US Hot 100 and has gone
top 10 on Spotify’s global charts (where Mabel is the highest-charting
British female). Mabel will next be seen as a guest on The Graham Norton
show tomorrow, and has added to her extensive
global live plot with the confirmation that she will tour with Khalid
later this year.
Revealing the record’s iconic artwork and full tracklisting today, ‘High
Expectations’ is a stunning statement of intent from Mabel. It’s a
record – and a state-of-mind, in many ways – that she has worked towards
her whole life: even the title itself has been
hiding in plain sight (Mabel got it tattooed phonetically on her neck
when she thought of it two years ago). Here, then, is an ambitious body
of work from an increasingly fearless young artist, which explores the
multiplicity of expectations (as a woman; in
love; of others; and ultimately of yourself). What’s emerged as ‘High
Expectations’ is an empowering, uplifting and disarmingly candid record,
which tells the next chapter not only in Mabel’s own extraordinary
life-story, but – like those records which shaped
her, ‘The Writing’s On The Wall’ or ‘The Miseducation of Lauryn Hill’ –
also seeks to tell those stories of so many others.
Introducing her debut album for the first time today, Mabel writes: “High
Expectations the title says it all. It’s about the expectations I have
of myself, other people’s expectations of me and vice versa, especially
in relationships. The general topic
of the project is the negatives and positives that come with that. I
want to send a positive message to everyone that’s going to listen to
it. I’ve gained so much confidence from writing this album and that’s
what I want people to take from it.”
Still aged just 23 years old, ‘High Expectations’ is that rare record
which feels both like a graduation and, also, just the beginning for
Mabel. The twice-Brit-nominated singer and songwriter has already sold
over 3 million singles in the UK (two platinum,
three gold, and two silver), surpassed 1 billion streams, and sold out
the likes of Brixton Academy. Across her formative singles and first
long-form project, ‘Ivy To Roses’ which is approaching silver with
55,000 sales, Mabel has written with startling honesty
on young love, identity, girl power, and mental health – knowing
full-well that she would make her debut album only when she was ready.
And on that road to her first record, Mabel’s music has become a
soundtrack – for her impassioned young female fanbase,
but also for herself – on how to turn those vulnerabilities into your
advantages. Now poised to join the pantheon of international pop greats,
her tireless energy, positivity and drive were never going to allow
Mabel to settle for anything other than ‘High
Expectations’. In 2019 watch Mabel meet them and keep reaching higher
still.
‘High Expectations’ – tracklisting
1. High Expectations (Intro)
2. Bad Behaviour
3. Don’t Call Me Up
4. FML
5. We Don’t Say…
6. Selfish Love ft. Kamille
7. Lucky (Interlude)
8. Mad Love
9. Trouble
10. Put Your Name On It
11. Stckhlm Syndrome (Interlude)
12. OK (Anxiety Anthem)
13. I Belong To Me
14. High Expectations (Outro)
BONUS TRACKS
15. Finders Keepers (with Kojo Funds)
16. Fine Line (with Not3s)
17. My Lover (with Not3s)
18. Ring Ring (with Jax Jones)
19. Cigarette (with RAYE & Stefflon Don)
20. Not Sayin’
Live Dates
4 May || Liverpool Sound City || Liverpool, UK
25 May || Birmingham Pride || Birmingham, UK
1 June || Bath Festival Finale || Bath, UK
4 June 19 || Ibiza Rocks (w/Jax Jones) || Ibiza, ES
9 June || Parklife || Manchester, UK
18 June|| Ibiza Rocks (w/Jax Jones) || Ibiza, ES
4 July || Ibiza Rocks (Rudimental Pool Party) || Ibiza, ES
12 July || TRNSMT || Glasgow, UK
8 August || Stay Out West || Gothenburg, SE
9 August || Boardmasters || Newquay, UK
24 August || SW4 || London, UK
31 August || Sundown Festival || Norfolk, UK
Khalid Tour
9/10 Sept || Barclaycard Arena || Hamburg, DE
11/12 Sept || Hovet || Stockholm, SE
13 Sept || Spektrum || Oslo, NO
14/15/16 Sept || Royal Arena || Copenhagen, DK
17/18/19 Sept || O2 Arena || London, UK
20 Sept || The SSE Hydro || Glasgow, UK
21 Sept || Resorts World Arena || Birmingham, UK
22/23 Sept || First Direct Arena || Leeds, UK
24 Sept || 3 Arena || Dublin, IE
25/26/27 Sept || SSE Arena Belfast || Belfast, UK
28 Sept || Jahrunderthalle ||Frankfurt, DE
29/30 Sept || Lotto Arena || Antwerp, BE
1 Oct || Ziggo Dome || Amsterdam, NL
2/3 Oct || Konig-Pulsener-Arena || Oberhausen, DE
4/5 Oct || L’Olympia || Paris, FR
6/7 Oct || Rockhal || Luxembourg, LU
8 Oct ||Samsung Hall || Zurich. CH
9 Oct ||Zenith || Munich, DE
