Rachel Chinouriri announces her second album, I think I spoke too soon, sharing the lead single, ‘One song away from crying’.
‘One song away from crying’, a grooving, iridescent, synth-pop number beamed directly from the dancefloor in a moment of insecurity: “she’s never looked better and she’s never felt worse”, Rachel sings. The track’s accompanying video, directed by Dora Paphides, finds Rachel escaping a party she doesn’t want to be at into an uncanny, dreamlike realm.
“‘One song away from crying’ is about the precipice of a night out where you know you need to leave and have to make a decision. It’s a deeper decision because it’s less about the night itself but more about a reflection of a deeper internal conflict with your self value that you haven’t looked at yet”, Rachel shares.
Listen to ‘One song away from crying’ on F1 Tracks.
I think I spoke too soon – out October 16 via Parlophone / Atlas Artists – picks up where Rachel Chinouriri’s critically acclaimed 2024 debut album What A Devastating Turn of Events left off, and arrives as a marked evolution of her unique alt indie pop sound into expanded creative realms. The album was written and recorded across London, Hereford and Los Angeles with collaborators old (APOB, Mary Weitz, Glen Roberts and Daniel Hylton-Nuamah) and new (including Lucy Dacus and Eli Teplin).
We’ve all had that moment at a party, all alone in the bathroom, where you catch a glimpse of yourself in the mirror and for an instant feel yanked into an existential vortex. I think I spoke too soon is a leap through that looking glass of the proverbial bathroom mirror; an interrogation into how sometimes in the reflection you can almost see yourself splintering into endless possible selves, paths and choices.
Rachel also announces a run of headline shows to celebrate the announcement of I think I spoke too soon, with shows taking place in Los Angeles, New York, Dublin, London, Brussels, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Sydney and Melbourne over the coming months. Next month she will perform at Olivia Rodrigo’s Daisy Chain Fields Festival, the only British artist invited by Olivia to join the bill. She has also been announced as support for Gracie Abrams’ North American arena tour, playing a seven-show run with her this December.
So far this year Rachel has also supported Florence + The Machine’s arena tour dates in the US and Ireland, played with Wolf Alice at London’s Finsbury Park earlier this month, and performed standout sets at Governors Ball, All Things Go Toronto and Bonnaroo festivals.
