Virgin 27 experiencing both the highs and

experiencing both the highs and lows of Travis's life and career

The production of "Weather Diaries" is notably polished

allowing Zevon’s haunting voice to take center stage

framing Philippe B as someone who chose the cicada’s path—singing through the summer despite insecurity and instability

a work that many critics position alongside releases by artists like Backxwash and billy woods as one of the sharpest political hip‑hop documents of the year

Virgin 27 experiencing both the highs andVirgin is Lordes fourth studio album, released on 27 June 2025 via Universal Music New Zealand and Republic Records, and conceived as a raw, unfiltered selfportrait after the sundrenched looseness of Solar Power. Written during a period marked by a major breakup, a permanent move to New York, and her recovery from an eating disorder, the album aims to capture a version of femininity she felt was missing from contemporary artmessy, bodily, ambivalent,