Baby Queen has laid out plans for debut album ‘Quarter Life Crisis’.

The alt-pop guru is an icon-in-waiting, a newcomer already able to speak to a massive devoted audience. Constructed alongside long-time producer King Ed, her debut album ‘Quarter Life Crisis’ lands later this year.

Out on October 6th via Polydor, it’s a record that bids farewell to childhood, and embraces the complexities of maturity. Expanding on this, Baby Queen has penned an introductory note to fans and supporters:

This album tells the story of my journey through my early 20s – leaving my childhood and my adolescence behind but never really losing my childlike wonder and never quite growing up. The songs are all facets of what early adulthood has been like for me while discovering new parts of myself, my sexuality, my past and my place in this world.

It has been lonely, chaotic, beautiful, devastating and inspiring and I think these songs reflect that, creating a space in which innocence and experience can live side by side as two conflicting entities.

I’ve always been really inspired by the dichotomy and tension between two opposite things – hence the name Baby Queen. Human beings are complex, and life and growth are complex and nuanced.

I’m not sure anybody ever truly feels like they have it all figured out – I certainly don’t, but it has been the greatest joy of my life to be able to share my experiences with those willing to listen to my stories.

I really want this album to leave people feeling hopeful, because there is so much beauty to live through and look forward to and it truly is magical and extraordinary to be alive and to have the very short opportunity to experience every emotion imaginable.

Alongside the announce Baby Queen has shared new single ‘All The Things’. The track appears on the deluxe edition of her album, and it’s one of six songs the alt-pop royal has gifted to the soundtrack of Netflix show Heartstopper.

She says: “’All The Things’ draws inspiration from the relationship between two of the main characters in Heartstopper called Tao and Elle, but also encapsulates the emotions I was feeling very strongly at the time of writing it, so it’s a very personal song to me. It’s about being so enamoured with a person that the things that once brought you happiness don’t hit or affect you in quite the same way because all the things you used to want to do, you now want to do with that person by your side.”

Tune in now.