Beyoncé theorized it in 2013, Kendrick Lamar reiterated it in 2024. The so-called surprise album has made the attempt to accurately predict which albums will be released in the next few months futile. It also applies to Italy, as Marracash and Liberato demonstrated a few weeks ago on New Year's Eve. It goes like this: certain concerts are announced even a year in advance, while the release of a record is often announced a few weeks before or at the time of publication, to maximize the surprise effect. However, there is some certain news regarding the most anticipated albums of 2025. And also some hope.
One of the certainties is Eusexuafirst album by FKA twigs from Magdalene of 2019 (in between there was the EP Caprisongs). With the album due out in January the Englishwoman, recently seen at the Sphere in Las Vegas with Anyma, will have to prove that she is still one of the most interesting pop artists around. With Hurry Up TomorrowInstead, The Weeknd will try to overcome the not very happy outcome of the series The Idol: it seemed infallible, but instead… On the rock side, January will be the month of Human Fear of Franz Ferdinand and Who Let the Dogs Out of the new heroines of English punk-rock Lambrini Girls. In Italy, the first volume of The human body by Lorenzo Jovanotti (at this link a richer list of the month's releases).
The return of the Dream Theater with drummer Mike Portnoy. The title of the album is ParasomniaWhile Sleepless Empire is the name of Lacuna Coil's album. Also in February, the seventh pop album will arrive Lady Gagathe one anticipated by the single Disease and «completely different from Chromatica», Blindness of Murder Capital, another band on the rise, Exploding Trees & Airplane Screams by Patterson Hood (Drive-By Truckers), Alter Ego by Lisa. In April it will be the turn of the Waterboys concept on counterculture and Survival of the Fittest by Suzanne Vega (with a song inspired by I Want You by Bob Dylan), in May of The Right Person Will Staythe country-but-not-too-much album by Lana Del Reyonce billed as Period and then revised and corrected.
In the meantime in Italy there will have been the Sanremo festival: it is easy to predict the release of albums by many of the participants including Achille Lauro (there is the title Mother Boys – The Iliad), Brunori Sas, which hasn't released a full album since Cheep! of 2020, Rkomi and Elodie, who said about ten days ago that she had almost finished the album. He won't be at the festival, but we hope a full album of Andrea Laszlo De Simone after the New Year's Eve single A better time and the soundtrack by César's The animal kingdoms. And Guè has recently announced the new album Tropic of Capricorn.
It's unclear whether Chappell Roan will want to take the whole of 2025 off before releasing new work, following his 2023 debut The Rise and Fall of a Midwest Princess and the singleton Good Luck, Babe!. What is certain is that SNL it made a new piece feel entitled The Giver. Miley Cyrus announced the release of Something Beautifula visual concept album inspired by the aesthetics of The Wall by Pink Floyd, album and film. XX's Romy said the band reunited in the studio to follow up I See Youreleased way back in 2017.
Blondie, My Morning Jacket, Steven Wilson, Grimes, Cardi B, Janet Jackson, Deftones, Big Thief (seems more rock than the previous ones), Lucinda Williams, LCD Soundsystem, Garbage, Massive Attack and, who knows, maybe Zack could also release new albums de la Rocha of Rage Against the Machine (as long as there is life, etc), Nine Inch Nails and Courtney Lovewho has been talking about it for a long time. Madonna is recording new music with Stuart Price and also Lorde he made it clear he was at work. Rihanna and Morrissey fans await (in vain?) the pop star's ninth and controversial work respectively Bonfire of Teenagersthose of Taylor Swift are waiting for the announcement of Taylor's Version Of Reputation and of Taylor Swift.
Robert Smith swore that after Songs of a Lost World will publish the new dei Care before the summer, while Chris Martin assures that in the next 12 months the last (or penultimate, depending on the versions) album in the history of Coldplaywho will then dedicate themselves exclusively to concerts. As for Kanye Westit remains to be seen whether he will publish the third volume of Vultures with Ty Dolla $ign or Bully either both or neither. Still in the rap field, something new is expected from Travis Scott, but also from Doja Cat and Doechii, who after obtaining three Grammy nominations with the mixtape Alligator Bites Never Heal she seems ready for her first official album. If you believe in miracles, the time may finally come Dumb by Asap Rocky, scheduled last August and postponed (again) to an unspecified date.
Maybe we'll hear new music from Joanna Newsomwho said he wrote 11 songs for an album, his first in ten years, and by Bryan Ferry with Amelia Barrett (see single Star). Michael Stipe he's been working on his first real post-REM solo album for some time, while Peter Murphy of Bauhaus has recorded a record with Youth and Neil Young should release something with Chrome Hearts. Signs of discographic life are also coming from Paul McCartney (he's been working on it for some time), Tame Impala, Pulp, Suede (“loud, desperate and neurotic”, according to Brett Anderson), Strokes, Wet Leg (maybe out in the summer), André 3000, Sparks. Someone is betting on a comeback from My Bloody Valentine, who have announced new dates. 2025 will also be the release year Cows in the PastureBrian Wilson's country album whose project dates back to 1970. The final album by Brian Wilson could also be released from the archives Sinéad O'Connor.
The 1975 will have to put behind them the controversies that Matty Healy always manages to raise, the Queens of the Stone Age the problems with Josh Homme's body. And then there are the U2who have been talking about the new album for some time. Adam Clayton explained that it is too early to know if it will be released at the end of 2025 or 2026, The Edge said that they are experimenting and that «the guitar will be an important element of the album, but I don't think it will be a heavy album, we will make use of the guitar very different, not purely rock”. It's too much to dream of another Achtung Baby? And imagine that in 2025 we will hear new songs from Tom Waits?
