hopefully ! – album art
Loyle Carner announces new album, hopefully !
Out June 20th on Island EMI
Global tour also announced to follow Glastonbury headline show
Listen to first single, ‘all i need / in my mind’
Praise for hugo
“A beautiful, blistering masterpiece” – The Observer, 
“Loyle Carner is opening himself up to the world” – NME
“Loyle Carner proves his willingness to take risks and it pays off” – DIY Magazine
“His most essential album to date” – The Wire
Loyle Carner has today announced brand new album hopefully !, which is set for release on Island EMI on June 20th. Loyle has additionally detailed plans for a huge global tour to follow his Glastonbury headline set (The Other Stage, June 27th), including Dublin’s 3Arena and a four night residency at London’s O2 Academy Brixton in November. Pre-order hopefully ! for live access now: album pre-sale opens on April 30th at 9AM local time, MCD, Live Nation and SJM pre-sale on May 1st (9AM), Spotify pre-sale beginning on May 1st (12PM), and tickets available for general sale on May 2nd (9AM).
IRELAND – TICKET DETAILS
Tickets On Sale 9AM Friday 2 May.
Tickets prices: €59.90 / €69.90
Subject to 12.5% Ticketmaster service charge per ticket (max €10.50).
hopefully ! was introduced recently alongside two surprise new songs, ‘all i need / in my mind’, marking the groundbreaking British artist as you’ve never seen or heard him before. A life-affirming exploration of fatherhood, childhood and alternative music, the album is buoyed by a positivity and lightness of touch achieved in large part by stepping out of your comfort zone. In a series of firsts – singing, producing, accidentally forming the band of his dreams – Loyle Carner cultivates healthier boundaries, whilst also allowing his audience in (the album’s moving artwork features his muse of a son, who can also be heard throughout the record).
A musician, writer, director, producer, entrepreneur and actor, Loyle Carner first emerged with 2013’s A Little Late EP, and has since forged a signature blend of unflinching, diaristic lyricism with ambitious, genre-disruptive sounds. His debut album, 2017’s Yesterday’s Gone, untangled personal experiences of grief, and the pressures of coming-of-age; 2019 follow-up, Not Waving, but Drowning, further showcased Loyle’s ability to set lithe rap against old-soul wisdom. A cathartic turning point proved to be 2022’s hugo: a taut, textured exploration of Black identity and anger, which also secured his second Top 3 album. Having been twice shortlisted for the Mercury Prize – and scored further BRIT and NME Award nominations – Carner has earned an impassioned worldwide following, with 1.1B streams, campaigns with global brands (YSL, New Balance, Nike) and sold-out shows including Alexandra Palace, Wembley Arena, Eventim Apollo, O2 Academy Brixton and Royal Albert Hall in his beloved London hometown alone. This journey climaxed in a headline appearance at All Points East’s 35,000 capacity Victoria Park last summer, which hopefully ! emerged in the wake of.
Sunlight streaming through the window, hopefully ! signals a new era in which Loyle Carner continues to push the boundaries of his art (and himself). A passionate advocate around his experiences of dyslexia and ADHD – notably founding the Chilli Con Carner cookery workshops – last year he received an honourary doctorate from UAL in recognition of his powerful rise thus far. He was also recently confirmed to make his acting debut in Mint, a BBC drama from BAFTA-nominated Scrapper director Charlotte Regan, with further exciting visual projects to follow. In an always-unpredictable career, Loyle Carner’s work has remained as affectingly personal as it is uplifting and universal. Now a decade in, his impact has never been clearer: the same local hero, now rightly regarded as one of the UK’s most vital voices.
HEADLINE TOUR
07.10.25 || Stockholm || Annexet
08.10.25 || Oslo || Sentrum Scene
11.10.25 || Amsterdam || AFAS Live
13.10.25 || Copenhagen || KB Hallen
15.10.25 || Berlin || UFO im Velrodrom
16.10.25 || Hamburg || Sporthalle
18.10.25 || Munich || Zenith
19.10.25 || Zurich || Halle 622
21.10.25 || Frankfurt || Jahrhunderthalle
22.10.25 || Cologne || Palladium
24.10.25 || Paris || Zenith
25.10.25 || Brussels || Forest National
02.11.25 || London || O2 Academy Brixton
03.11.25 || London || O2 Academy Brixton
04.11.25 || London || O2 Academy Brixton
05.11.25 || London || O2 Academy Brixton
07.11.25 || Cardiff || Utilita Arena
09.11.25 || Dublin || 3Arena
12.11.25 || Glasgow || O2 Academy
13.11.25 || Glasgow || O2 Academy
14.11.25 || Glasgow || O2 Academy
17.11.25 || Newcastle || O2 City Hall
18.11.25 || Newcastle || O2 City Hall
19.11.25 || Newcastle || O2 City Hall
20.11.25 || Birmingham || O2 Academy
21.11.25 || Birmingham || O2 Academy
23.11.25 || Manchester || O2 Victoria Warehouse
24.11.25 || Manchester || O2 Victoria Warehouse
25.11.25 || Manchester || O2 Victoria Warehouse
02.12.25 || Brisbane || Fortitude Music Hall
04.12.25 || Sydney || Sydney Opera House Forecourt
06.12.25 || Melbourne || Sidney Myer Music Bowl
09.12.25 || Perth || Metro City
19.02.26 || Chicago || Thalia Hall
21.02.26 || Toronto || History
22.02.26 || Montreal || Beanfield Theatre
24.02.26 || Boston || Royale
26.02.26 || Washington DC || The Fillmore
27.02.26 || Brooklyn || Brooklyn Paramount
03.03.26 || San Francisco || The Regency Ballroom
03.05.26 || Los Angeles || The Novo