{"id":279514,"date":"2019-09-10T11:46:01","date_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:46:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/b1071687"},"modified":"2019-09-10T11:46:01","modified_gmt":"2019-09-10T17:46:01","slug":"rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-wheres-the-new-music","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kidn\/music-news\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-wheres-the-new-music\/","title":{"rendered":"Rihanna, Dua Lipa, Harry Styles and More: Where&#8217;s the New Music?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"article-meta\" readability=\"8.1940298507463\">\n<p class=\"entry-meta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\"><span class=\"entry-meta__author\"><span class=\"u-lc\">by<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/authors\/billy-nilles\">Billy Nilles<\/a><\/span> | <span class=\"entry-meta__time\">Tue., Sep. 10, 2019 10:46 AM<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-container\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" data-omniture-info=\"{ &quot;pagename&quot; : &quot;news:news:music:articles:1071687:rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-wheres-the-new-music&quot;, &quot;widgetType&quot; : &quot;share:social&quot;, &quot;pageType&quot; : &quot;text-blocks&quot; }\">\n<ul class=\"cs-list clear\">\n<li class=\"cs-fb cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Share<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"cs-ts cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Tweet<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li id=\"email-bttn-article-detail-social-icons\" class=\"cs-email cs-item\">\n<p><span class=\"cs-sharetext\">Email<\/span><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"block-0-img\" class=\"post-content post-content--grouped\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"31\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image\" readability=\"32\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909150546-1024-dua-lipa-harry-styles-rihanna-new-album-delayed.png?fit=inside|900:auto&amp;output-quality=90\" border=\"0\" title=\"Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Rihanna, Music Album Feature\" alt=\"Dua Lipa, Harry Styles, Rihanna, Music Album Feature\" data-width=\"1024\" data-height=\"759\"><\/p>\n<p class=\"image__credits\">Getty Images\/CBS\/E! Illustration<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"photo-txt-0\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"41.930446194226\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-photo-text\" readability=\"27.325459317585\">\n<p>The music gods have been kind to us in 2019.<\/p>\n<p>The year already saw the return of legends like <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/missy_elliott\">Missy Elliott<\/a><\/strong>, who dropped her first collection of new songs in a staggering 14 years this August, and legends-in-the-making like <strong>Chance the Rapper<\/strong>, who finally dropped his debut studio album, <em>The Big Day<\/em>, in July after already carving out a name for himself with three mixtapes, including the Grammy-winning <em>Coloring Book<\/em> in 2016. We&#8217;ve gotten a new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/taylor_swift\">Taylor Swift<\/a><\/strong> album, a new <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/miley_cyrus\">Miley Cyrus<\/a><\/strong> EP (with the promise of two more on the way),&nbsp;breakthrough albums from <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lizzo\">Lizzo<\/a><\/strong> and <strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong>, and a game-changing single from <strong>Lil Nas X<\/strong> that literally made music history.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>And yet, we still want more. What can we say? We&#8217;re greedy like that.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>While there&#8217;s still plenty of good (and fully confirmed) stuff to look forward to in this second half of the year, like <strong>Charli XCX<\/strong>&#8216;s long-delayed third studio album <em>Charli<\/em> and a killer collab between Miley, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/ariana_grande\">Ariana Grande<\/a><\/strong> and <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/lana_del_rey\">Lana Del Rey<\/a><\/strong> from the forthcoming <em>Charlie&#8217;s Angels<\/em> soundtrack, both out Friday, Sept. 13, we can&#8217;t help but wonder where the long-promised follow-ups from some of our favorite artists are.<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"cta-1\" class=\"post-content cta clearfix\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"3.9574468085106\">\n<div data-vilynx-id=\"293766\" class=\"column cta__video vilynx_enabled\" data-hook=\"cta-vilynx\" data-url=\"\/videos\/293766\/dua-lipa-reveals-when-new-music-is-coming\"> <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"image--full\" src=\"https:\/\/eonlinethumbs-a.akamaihd.net\/images\/34\/523\/cb_20190910_lipa_293766_560x315_1600934979757.jpg?fit=inside|192:192&amp;output-quality=90\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"column cta__text--video\" data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-cta\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.0851063829787\">\n<h2 class=\"cta__title\">Watch<\/h2>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/videos\/293766\/dua-lipa-reveals-when-new-music-is-coming\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Dua Lipa Reveals When New Music Is Coming<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"text-2\" class=\"post-content text-block clearfix post-content--groupedn-txt\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"46.601307189542\">\n<section data-textblock-tracking=\"text-block-text-only\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\" readability=\"4.0522875816993\">\n<p>From <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/rihanna\">Rihanna<\/a><\/strong> to <strong>Dua Lipa<\/strong>, <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/harry_styles\">Harry Styles<\/a><\/strong> to <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/the_weeknd\">The Weeknd<\/a><\/strong>, here are all the artists who we&#8217;re hoping end the drought of new material sooner rather than later!<\/p>\n<\/section>\n<\/div>\n<div data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" class=\"post-content\" data-textblock-tracking=\"vertical-gallery\" readability=\"39.635915426188\">\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"37.932780847145\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029889\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909131247-1024x759-musicians-gj-9-9-19.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029889\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Lorne Thomson\/Redferns<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Dua Lipa<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"46.286527514232\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been over two years since <strong>Dua Lipa<\/strong> released her self-titled debut album and well over a year since she announced that she&#8217;d begun working on material for her follow-up, but outside of a pair of high-profile collabs (&#8220;One Kiss&#8221; with <strong>Calvin Harris<\/strong> and the Grammy-winning &#8220;Electricity&#8221; with <strong>Silk City<\/strong>) and a severely overlooked contribution to the <em>Alita: Battle Angel<\/em> soundtrack (&#8220;Swan Song&#8221;), we haven&#8217;t heard much from the Kosovian singer, but that could be about to change. And soon.&nbsp;While she didn&#8217;t correct an interviewer from&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.vogue.com.au\/celebrity\/interviews\/dua-lipa-on-politics-pop-music-and-empowering-young-people\/news-story\/3465f1e731dea6c530b2e79cf9eff8f1\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Australian <em>Vogue<\/em><\/a>&nbsp;in early September when they said it was &#8220;a matter of weeks before [releasing her] second album,&#8221;&nbsp;the face of YSL Beauty&#8217;s new fragrance, Libre, told E! New&#8217;s <strong>Zanna Roberts Rassi<\/strong> during an interview at New York Fashion Week, &#8220;Next album is coming next year. New music is coming this year.&#8221; As for when this year, she added, &#8220;All I know is we&#8217;re finalizing stuff up this month&#8230;We&#8217;re coming, we&#8217;re coming. I promise. I&#8217;m so eager to get it out, I&#8217;m dying to get it out. If I could, I&#8217;d do it today.&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"38.325949367089\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029892\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909131728-1024x759-musicians-gj-9-9-19.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029892\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Theo Wargo\/WireImage<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Rihanna<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"46.781801299907\">\n<p>No one likes to keep us waiting like <strong>Rihanna<\/strong>. After a four-year period in which she released an album a year, the Barbadian beauty made us wait four solid years before she dropped <em>Anti<\/em> in 2016. And while it seemed as though the wait for her ninth studio album wouldn&#8217;t be as long, with the singer revealing she&#8217;d begun work on it just months after releasing Anti, here we are, over three and a half years later. In December of last year, she confirmed the album, rumored to be a&nbsp;dancehall-inspired&nbsp;project, would be released in 2019, and in August, E! News confirmed that she&#8217;d registered a song called &#8220;Private Loving&#8221; with music publishing organization BMI. In September, it was reported by multiple French journalists who attended Universal Music France&#8217;s Open Session event, where a lineup for the rest of the new music slated to come out this fall was revealed, that Rihanna&#8217;s name was on the list. &#8220;The new album of @Rihanna will be released in December!&#8221; RTL France journalist <strong>Steven Bellery<\/strong> tweeted in a French-to-English translated <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/StevenBellery\/status\/1170008493660737536\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">tweet<\/a>. Fingers crossed he&#8217;s right.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"36.826657458564\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029895\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909132022-1024x759-musicians-gj-9-9-19.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029895\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Dave J Hogan\/Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Harry Styles<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"40.206845238095\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been over two years since <strong>Harry Styles<\/strong> released his excellent self-titled debut album, leaving One Direction behind for good. And though a world tour did keep him busy until July of last year, we&#8217;re more than ready to hear how the hunk plans to follow up his first solo outing. The good news? It sounds like Harry is&nbsp;nearly ready to let us hear it! While there&#8217;s still no release date, he did open up to <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-features\/harry-styles-cover-interview-album-871568\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Rolling Stone<\/a><\/em> about his sophomore effort in August, telling the magazine he&#8217;s putting the finishing touches on an album that&#8217;s full of &#8220;the toughest, most soulful songs&#8221; he&#8217;s ever written. &#8220;It&#8217;s all about having sex and feeling sad,&#8221; he explained. We can&#8217;t wait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content post-content--interstitial clear\" data-block-type=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"v-gallery__interstitial clearfix\">\n<p class=\"v-gallery__continue-text\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"41\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029926\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909140940-1024-Justin-Bieber-GettyImages-806077300.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029926\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Samir Hussein\/Samir Hussein\/Redferns<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Justin Bieber<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"48\">\n<p>Can you believe it&#8217;s been nearly four years since <strong>Justin Bieber<\/strong> released his fourth studio album, 2015&#8217;s <em>Purpose<\/em>? Since then, he&#8217;s popped up with via features on hit songs like &#8220;Despacito,&#8221; &#8220;I&#8217;m the One,&#8221; &#8220;I Don&#8217;t Care&#8221; and the recent remix of <strong>Billie Eilish<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Bad Guy,&#8221; but there&#8217;s been little forward momentum on his fifth album. In March of this year, he announced on Instagram that he&#8217;d be taking an even more prolonged break from music to repair some of the &#8220;deep rooted issues&#8221; he was working through, though a month later, during <strong>Ariana Grande<\/strong>&#8216;s headlining set at Coachella, he told the crowd, &#8220;Album coming soon.&#8221; He followed that up with a tweet in July that promised,&#8221; Some good music coming.&#8221; When, however, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"41.055885850178\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029899\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909132205-1024x759-musicians-gj-9-9-19.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029899\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Dave J Hogan\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Janet Jackson<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"48.44875\">\n<p>When <strong>Janet Jackson<\/strong> released her 11th studio album <em>Unbreakable<\/em> in 2015, it had been seven years since her last LP. So, long breaks from the legendary pop star are nothing new. Though, she hasn&#8217;t exactly been resting on her laurels since that release. She welcomed her son, <strong>Eissa Al Mana<\/strong>, in January 2017, resumed a world tour, released a collaboration with <strong>Daddy Yankee<\/strong> (&#8220;Made for Now&#8221;), was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and kicked off a four-month Las Vegas residency. The last we&#8217;ve heard about new music, however, was&nbsp;an August 2018 interview&nbsp;between producer <strong>Harmony Samuels<\/strong> and <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.billboard.com\/articles\/news\/8470665\/harmony-samuels-janet-jackson-made-for-now-ep\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Billboard<\/a><\/em> that confirmed an EP was in the works. &#8220;It&#8217;s young and fresh but it&#8217;s not young trying to be young,&#8221; he said. &#8220;It&#8217;s open for everyone to receive.&#8221; Exactly when, however, remains to be seen.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"38.5\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029922\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909140604-1024-Frank-Ocean-GettyImages-450660424.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029922\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Jason Merritt\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Frank Ocean<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"43\">\n<p>Boy, does <strong>Frank Ocean<\/strong> like to make us wait. It was an interminable four years between the release of his debut album <em>Channel Orange<\/em> and his second and third, <em>Endless<\/em> and <em>Blonde<\/em>, both released within days of each other. It&#8217;s been three years since those drops, and despite a few songs here and there, as well as a mysterious (and since-deleted) tweet in 2017 that insinuated his next album was already finished, he&#8217;s stayed predictably mum on future plans. It&#8217;s best not to hold one&#8217;s breath for new Frank music. When he&#8217;s ready, he&#8217;ll be ready. Until then, we wait.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content post-content--interstitial clear\" data-block-type=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"v-gallery__interstitial clearfix\">\n<p class=\"v-gallery__continue-text\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"38.5\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029911\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909135337-1024-Cardi-B-shutterstock_editorial_10359932dq_huge.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029911\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Earl Gibson III\/Shutterstock<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Cardi B<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"43\">\n<p>It&#8217;s only been a year and a half since <strong>Cardi B<\/strong> dropped her&nbsp;Grammy-winning debut studio album, <em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em>, so it may seem a little demanding of us to want a new collection from her already. After all, she&#8217;s been busy becoming a mom, making her movie debut in <em>Hustlers<\/em> and filming the upcoming Netflix reality series <em>Rhythm + Flow<\/em>, but she was the one who promised us a second album would be out in 2019, &#8220;hopefully&#8230;around the same time that <em>Invasion of Privacy<\/em> came out,&#8221; as she said during an Instagram live stream on New Year&#8217;s Day. That deadline has come and gone, with only the single &#8220;Press&#8221; to show for it. Here&#8217;s hoping we get her sophomore effort before year&#8217;s end.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"39.063267813268\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029920\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909140352-1024-Sky-Ferreira-GettyImages-1156681326.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029920\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Barry Brecheisen\/WireImage<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Sky Ferreira<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"44.476744186047\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been a dreadful six years since <strong>Sky Ferreira<\/strong> dropped her excellent debut studio album <em>Night Time, My Time<\/em>, itself a victim of two years of delays. And despite it being named one of 2013&#8217;s best album by several critics while achieving modest commercial success, she&#8217;s faced a staggering amount of delays on her second album, which she confirmed via Twitter she&#8217;d begun working on in July 2014. After&nbsp;passing the time with a handful of acting gigs, including a guest appearance in 2017&#8217;s <em>Twin Peaks<\/em> revival and a role in <em>Baby Driver<\/em>, she released the first single off <em>Masochism<\/em>, &#8220;Downhill Lullaby&#8221; in March, telling <em><a href=\"https:\/\/pitchfork.com\/features\/cover-story\/sky-ferreira-masochism-interview\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pitchfork<\/a><\/em> that the lengthy delay wasn&#8217;t exactly her choice and swearing &#8220;almost positively,&#8221; the outlet noted, that the album would be released in 2019.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"37.140271493213\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029906\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909134629-1024-Selena-Gomez-GettyImages-876786374.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029906\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Chris Polk\/AMA2017\/Getty Images for dcp<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Selena Gomez<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"40.967213114754\">\n<p>Since dropping <em>Revival<\/em> in 2015, <strong>Selena Gomez<\/strong> has suffered highs (executive-producing Netflix&#8217;s hit series <em>13 Reasons Why<\/em>, lucrative partnerships with Coach and Puma) and lows (a health scare stemming from her lupus diagnosis that necessitated a kidney transplant in 2017), all of which have added to the wait for a new album from the former <em>Wizards of Waverly Place<\/em> star. However,&nbsp;during a June appearance on <em>The Tonight Show<\/em>,&nbsp;she told <strong>Jimmy Fallon<\/strong> that she was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1048765\/selena-gomez-says-it-took-her-4-years-to-feel-at-a-good-place-with-new-album?query=selena%20gomez\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">&#8220;actually done&#8221;<\/a> with the album after the four years it took to &#8216;even feel at a good place with this album.&#8221; A release date, however, is still TBD.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content post-content--interstitial clear\" data-block-type=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"v-gallery__interstitial clearfix\">\n<p class=\"v-gallery__continue-text\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"40.5\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029912\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909135531-1024-Childish-Gambino-GettyImages-1037625262.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029912\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Rich Fury\/Getty Images for iHeartMedia<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Childish Gambino<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"47\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been nearly three years since <strong>Donald Glover<\/strong>,&nbsp;recording&nbsp;under his <strong>Childish Gambino<\/strong> alias, released his third album, <em>&#8220;Awaken, My Love!&#8221;<\/em> And despite a handful of tracks released in the summer of 2018, including the Grammy-winning &#8220;This Is America,&#8221; the wait for his forthcoming fourth studio album has persisted. In June 2017, he told the crowd at the Governors Ball Music Festival it would be &#8220;the last Gambino album,&#8221; but whether it&#8217;ll ever come or not remains to be seen. In December 2018, during an uncredited feature on <strong>21 Savage<\/strong>&#8216;s &#8220;Monster,&#8221; he hinted at wanting to quit music, while during a headlining performance at the 2019 Outside Lands Music and Arts Festival in August, he told the crowd it was &#8220;the second to last show that we&#8217;ll be doing&#8221; before retiring the Childish Gambino pseudonym.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"37\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029924\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909140745-1024-Niall-Horan-GettyImages-978733088.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029924\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Terence Patrick\/CBS via Getty Images<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Niall Horan<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"40\">\n<p>Much like his former 1D compatriot Mr. Styles, it&#8217;s been nearly two years since <strong>Niall Horan<\/strong> found solo success of his own with the release of his debut album <em>Flicker<\/em>. And just like Harry, it appears the wait for new music from Niall is also nearly over. In early September, he tweeted that he was &#8220;listening to songs from my new record and I&#8217;m so excited to get going.&#8221; After treating fans to a listening party in London days later, it was revealed the forthcoming album&#8217;s lead single, &#8220;Nice To Meet Ya&#8221; would be released sometime this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"40.5\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029917\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909140120-1024-Lady-Gaga-GettyImages-911511676.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029917\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Kevin Winter\/Getty Images for NARAS<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">Lady Gaga<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"47\">\n<p>Look, no one can say <strong>Lady Gaga<\/strong> hasn&#8217;t been busy since releasing her fifth studio album <em>Joanne<\/em> in 2016. Not only did she headline the Super Bowl LI halftime show in 2017, but she headlined Coachella, earned an Oscar nomination for her acting in the 2018 remake of <em>A Star is Born<\/em> (which also earned her an Oscar for Best Original Song thanks to her work on the killer soundtrack), launched a two-year residency at the MGM Park Theater in Las Vegas, and unveiled her first makeup line, Haus Laboratories, sold exclusively on Amazon. But a sixth studio album appears to be imminent. In March, she tweeted, &#8220;Rumors I&#8217;m pregnant? Yeah, I&#8217;m pregnant with #LG6.&#8221;&nbsp;In August, she shared a new photo of herself in the recording studio, hinting at the fact that the gestation may not be quite done yet.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content post-content--interstitial clear\" data-block-type=\"ad\">\n<div class=\"v-gallery__interstitial clearfix\">\n<p class=\"v-gallery__continue-text\">Article continues below<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"post-content__image post-content__image--centered\" readability=\"37.104375\">\n<div id=\"photo-1029908\" class=\"v-gallery__post\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071687\/rihanna-dua-lipa-harry-styles-and-more-where-s-the-new-music?cmpid=rss-000000-rssfeed-365-topstories&amp;utm_source=eonline&amp;utm_medium=rssfeeds&amp;utm_campaign=rss_topstories\" class=\"image--full lazy-load__img js-lazy-load\" data-width=\"877\" data-height=\"650\" data-src=\"https:\/\/akns-images.eonline.com\/eol_images\/Entire_Site\/201989\/rs_1024x759-190909134912-1024-The-Weeknd-GettyImages-1011377512.jpg?fit=inside|900:650&amp;output-quality=90\" data-id=\"1029908\" alt=\"Musicians with delayed albums\"><\/div>\n<p class=\"image__credits image__credits--right\">Erika Goldring\/FilmMagic<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"v-gallery__title\">The Weeknd<\/h3>\n<div class=\"v-gallery__text\" readability=\"45.215968586387\">\n<p>It&#8217;s been nearly three years since <strong>The Weeknd<\/strong> (born <strong>Abel Tesfaye<\/strong>) released his third studio album, <em>Starboy<\/em>. Since then, he&#8217;s collaborated with the likes of <strong>Kendrick Lamar<\/strong> (&#8220;Pray for Me&#8221;), <strong>Gesaffelstein<\/strong> (&#8220;Lost in the Fire&#8221;) and <strong>SZA<\/strong> and <strong>Travis Scott<\/strong> (&#8220;Power Is Power,&#8221;&nbsp;off <em>For the Throne<\/em>, an album of music inspired by <em>Game of Thrones<\/em>), while also releasing a six-track EP, <em>My Dear Melancholy<\/em>, in March 2018. In August, just after news broke that he&#8217;d split with girlfriend <strong>Bella Hadid<\/strong> for a second time, he tweeted a selfie with the caption &#8220;album mode full effect.&#8221; And in September, he hit the red carpet at the 2019 Toronto International Film Festival for the first time since his split, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eonline.com\/news\/1071744\/the-weeknd-looks-unrecognizable-in-first-red-carpet-appearance-since-bella-hadid-split?query=the%20weeknd\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">looking almost unrecognizable<\/a>. A new look for a new album era? We&#8217;ll see.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"tune-in-4\" class=\"post-content\" data-hook=\"scrollable-block\" readability=\"33\">\n<p class=\"tune-in__text\" data-swiftype-index=\"false\">Don&#8217;t miss <em>E! 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