Mabel has announced a self-titled mixtape and shared new track 'January 19'

Mabel has announced her self-titled mixtape 'Mabel', set for release on 25th July via Polydor Records. Alongside the announcement, she has shared a new track titled 'January 19'.

The nine-track project, recorded primarily in her home studio over recent months, features collaborations including UK rapper Clavish and production from Oscar Scheller, Arthur Bean and others. The mixtape follows her 2022 album 'About Last Night...' and recent singles including 'All Over You', 'Vitamins', 'Stupid Dumb', and 'Chat'.

"The tape is all new music made in the last few months with some of my nearest and dearest," Mabel explains. "It's really important to me with this project that people know that this is where I'm at now and I wanted it to come out without too much overthinking. It's a blend of all the genres and cultures that make me who I am and I would say it's beautiful organised chaos. It doesn't have to make sense to everyone and I think it's the first time in a long time I've been this unfiltered. There's both a simplicity and a depth to the music that I love, in a way I just wrote it without too much thought but afterwards I realised it's kind of a toxic love letter to my 10 years in the industry."

The new single 'January 19', produced by Oscar Scheller, was written exactly one month before Mabel's birthday. "I wrote this exactly one month before my 29th birthday and I was reflecting on another year around the sun," she says. "The process of writing this was a brain dump about the pressure that I've felt throughout my career. The need for approval is something that has eaten me up at times but now I'm in a place where I'm so comfortable just doing things for me!"