Rachel Chinouriri opens her second studio album with a song about knowing when to leave the party. Announcing the lead single in July, she said "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." On I think I spoke too soon, which arrived Friday (Oct 16) via Atlas Artists, Parlophone and Warner Records, she puts off that decision for eleven more tracks before signing off with "Crash this car."
The 12-song record was written and recorded across London, Hereford and Los Angeles and is framed as one long night that compresses the London singer's early twenties into a single evening. Her longtime collaborators APOB, Mary Weitz, Glen Roberts and Daniel Hylton-Nuamah returned for the sessions, and the credits add two new names in Lucy Dacus and the songwriter Eli Teplin.
Chinouriri marked release day with the Dora Paphides-directed video for "Pretty girls," the album's second track and a song she describes as an open invitation. "'Pretty girls' is the anthem for all women wanting to express who they are with the freedom to not be judged," she said in a statement. "When I say all women I mean it. Straight women, queer women, trans women, masc women, non binary people and anyone who supports the girls. I have a deep love and admiration for beautiful women including myself and I'm glad I have a song that represents that confidence for me and hopefully many other pretty girls."
The three advance singles sit first, seventh and ninth, with "Broken chair" and "Make believe" bracketing "Shiver," while "I'm a star" and the all-caps scream of "AAAHHH!!!" hold the middle of the evening. "Parasite" and "The good fight" carry the record toward its closer, a song titled for the worst possible ending to a night out.
Chinouriri has been plain about what holds the album together. "My core thing is you can change who you are at any moment and you can forgive yourself at any moment," she said. "And I think forgiving yourself is the first step in becoming a better person."
She arrives at this record with a heavier résumé than she carried into her 2024 debut, What A Devastating Turn of Events. That album led to two BRIT Award nominations, for Artist of the Year and Best New Artist, on top of earlier Ivor Novello and BBC Sound Of nominations. She was also recently honored at the O2 Silver Clef Awards. Her team counts more than 500 million global streams. In 2025 she opened arenas across the UK and Europe on Sabrina Carpenter's Short n' Sweet tour, released the Little House EP and appeared on PinkPantheress' rework of "Romeo."
This week Chinouriri begins six instore acoustic dates built around British record shops, starting Monday (Oct 19) at Oran Mor in Glasgow with Assai Records. The run moves through Leeds, Liverpool, Rough Trade Bristol and Birmingham before a finale at London's Circuit with Banquet Records on Oct. 27.
Chinouriri is direct support on the opening run of Gracie Abrams' The Look at My Life Tour, starting with two nights at Denver's Ball Arena on Dec. 2 and 3. Doubles at Oakland Arena and Glendale's Desert Diamond Arena follow. Her last night on the run is Dec. 14 at the Kia Forum in Inglewood, after which Holly Humberstone takes over the remaining Forum dates.
January takes her to Lollapalooza India in Mumbai on Jan. 23 and 24, and February brings Laneway Festival stops in Sydney, Brisbane, Melbourne and Auckland. Between those festival sets she plays her first Australian headline shows, at Sydney's Enmore Theatre on Feb. 16 and Melbourne's 170 Russell the following night. She returns to North American arenas on April 27, opening for Leon Bridges at Toronto's Scotiabank Arena.
The newly announced European headline run comes next June, opening at Dublin's 3Olympia on June 1 and stopping at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire on June 3. It continues at Le Botanique in Brussels on June 20, the Paradiso main hall in Amsterdam on June 21 and L'Olympia in Paris on June 22. Fans who buy the album or merch through her store get presale access, and general sale opens at 10 a.m. BST on Oct. 23. Tickets bought for the earlier London, Brussels and Dublin shows stay valid for the rescheduled dates.
Rachel Chinouriri live
2026
19th October – Oran Mor (Assai Records), Glasgow, UK ^
20th October - Wardrobe (Crash Records), Leeds, UK ^
23rd October – Jacaranda Baltic (Jacaranda), Liverpool, UK ^
24th October – Rough Trade Bristol, Bristol, UK ^
26th October – O2 Academy 2 (Truck), Birmingham, UK ^
27th October – Circuit (Banquet Records), London, UK ^
2nd December – Ball Arena, Denver, CO*
3rd December – Ball Arena, Denver, CO*
6th December – Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA*
7th December – Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA*
9th December – Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ*
10th December – Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ*
14th December – Kia Forum, Inglewood, CA*
2027
23rd – 24th January – Lollapalooza India, Mumbai, IN
12th February – Laneway Festival, Sydney, AU
13th February - Laneway Festival, Brisbane, AU
16th February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AU
17th February – 170 Russell, Melbourne, AU
19th February - Laneway Festival, Melbourne, AU
21st February - Laneway Festival, Auckland, AU
27th April – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON ~
1st June - 3Olympia, Dublin, IE
3rd June - O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK
20th June - Le Botanique, Brussels, BE
21st June - Paradiso (Main Hall), Amsterdam, NL
22nd June - L’Olympia, Paris, FR
*w/ Gracie Abrams
^ instore acoustic dates
~ w/ Leon Bridges
