Despite being almost ten months into 2021, any music lover should be ecstatic about the number of new albums the year still has in store.
The third quarter of the year has already been packed full of jams from the hottest artists, like Billie Eilish’s “Happier Than Ever,” released at the tail end of July.
According to Vogue, the young artist unveiled “a new, platinum-blonde look that signals the 19-year-old musician’s growing maturity and artistic evolution” alongside the album. The songs on the artist’s second album touched on more personal aspects of her life while still maintaining the offbeat signature style of Eilish.
A little under a month later, on Aug. 29, Kanye West released his first album since “Jesus is King” in 2019. The album, titled “Donda,” contains a total of 27 tracks, including ones with contributions from Jay-Z, The Weeknd, Young Thug, Jay Electronica, The Lox, Travis Scott and others.
Jay-Z, Scott and Young Thug all lend themselves to another recently released album, Drake’s “Certified Lover Boy.” The album was released on Sept. 3 following a delay from January due to a knee injury, according to Pitchfork. The release is the artist’s sixth in his prolific career.
Lil Nas X has garnered a lot of attention this year from the media. From controversial music videos to controversial shoes, the artist has kept attention on himself and seems to want to keep things that way as he rolls out his debut album, “Montero.”
Releasing on Sept. 17, the star of “Old Town Road” fame seems set on pulling out all the stops for this album. According to Pitchfork, he has already been “obliterating streaming records in stripper heels,” with the music video for the album’s title song.
The following month, on Oct. 15, music lovers can go from a fresh face in the industry to a veteran. Coldplay will be releasing their ninth album, “Music of the Spheres,” and have already gotten some discussion going from the reception of the song “Higher Power” that will be featured on the record.
However, the more intriguing talking point is the decision for some songs on the album to be titled with just emojis. One such song will be titled with an Earth emoji, and another will feature an emoji similar to Saturn.
Towards the end of the year, on Nov. 19, Swifties will be happy to see the latest previously released Taylor Swift album get the “Taylor’s Version” treatment.
“Red (Taylor’s Version)” will feature new recordings of the tracks from the original album with changes that reflect her visions for the songs rather than the studio’s at the time. According to Pitchfork, it will also feature completely original songs with talents such as Ed Sheeran and Phoebe Bridgers lending their voices.
All of the aforementioned albums and more show that the music industry in the latter half of 2021 is indeed thriving. All of the talented artists making music for the masses show that they have no plans to slow down as the year begins to wind down slowly.
