Roisin Murphy’s new album Hit Parade is on track for success after she recently made headlines, with US singer Olivia Rodrigo poised to take the top chart position.
Pop star Rodrigo’s album Guts is set to pip Murphy to the number one spot, with more than 33,000 chart units at the midweek mark, following number one success with single Vampire this year.
Meanwhile, Murphy has received a torrent of positive reviews for her sixth studio album and will mark her first UK top 10 album if it continues in popularity with fans, according to the Official Charts Company.
Listen to new song “The Universe” below and check out a batch of tour dates including headline shows in New York and Los Angeles. The single follows “CooCool” and the limited-release single “Can’t Replicate (12" Edit).”
The Hit Parade artwork was made by Beth Frey with graphic design by Bráulio Amado. It was commissioned by creative studio Object & Animal.
Murphy’s last album was 2020’s Róisín Machine. A remix album called Crooked Machine followed in 2021. Read Pitchfork’s features “Róisín Murphy on the Music That Made Her” and “The 2020 Club Bangers That Could Have Been,” featuring an interview with Murphy, along with “72 Hours in Paradise With DJ Koze, Electronic Music’s Trickster Genius.”
Hit Parade:
01 What Not to Do
02 CooCool
03 The Universe
04 Hurtz So Bad
05 The House
06 Spacetime
07 Fader
08 Free Will
09 You Knew
10 Can’t Replicate
11 Crazy Ants Reprise
12 Two Ways
13 Eureka
It wasn't appreciated a recent statement she shared in a comment on Facebook: «Please don't call me a terf, don't keep using that word against women. I beg you! But hormone blockers are bullshit, with Big Pharma laughing as they go to the bank to cash out. Confused kids are vulnerable and need to be protected, that's the truth." The comment raised criticism from the LGBTQAI+ community and associations such as the World Professional Association for Transgender Health and led the singer to publish an apology post, but without any hint of repentance for what she said. As if to ask: judge me for my music and not for my opinions.
