The xx singer Romy details her solo album

Romy has announced details of her debut solo album. The UK singer, songwriter and DJ, who previously released three acclaimed albums with her band The xx, will release Mid Air on September 8 via Young.

Mid Air is an album about celebration, sanctuary and salvation on the dance floor. It's an album that deals with love, grief, relationships, identity and sexuality and is a love letter to the queer clubs where Romy found community and connection. It’s a coming-out album in a way, although she came out in her personal life a long time ago, but it’s also a coming-through album – through grief and heartache, towards euphoria.

Mid Air sees Romy working alongside producers Fred again.. and Stuart Price (New Order, Scissor Sisters), as well as her bandmate Jamie xx on recent single “Enjoy Your Life”. Also featuring the previous single “Strong”, Mid Air has a sound Romy describes as “emotional music to dance to.” 

Latest single, the Fred again..-produced “Loveher” was the first song to be written for the record. Romy and Fred were first paired together to write songs for other people, but their fast friendship and musical connection proved to be a spark for something new.

After writing “Loveher,” a declarative pop song about the intimacy of falling in love with a woman, “Fred asked me, who could this be for?” explains Romy “and I tentatively said… ‘maybe me?’”. A proud and positive queer love story, this was the beginning of Mid Air.

More on the announcement in Romy’s own words here. Listen to “Loveher” HERE 

Pre-order Mid Air HERE

Track listing:

1. Loveher
2. Weightless
3. The Sea
4. One Last Try
5. DMC
6. Strong ft. Fred Again..
7. Twice
8. Did I
9. Mid Air ft. Beverly Glenn-Copeland
10. Enjoy Your Life
11. She’s on My Mind

World tour dates:

June 16 Off Sonar, Barcelona, Spain
June 26 Glastonbury Festival, Pilton, UK
June 30 Down The Rabbit Hole, Gelderland, Holland
July 13 Dour Festival, Dour, Belgium
July 21 Electric Castle, Cluj, Romania
July 23 Les Nuits Secretes, Mauberges, France
July 29 Fuji Rock, Japan
August 05 Trädgården, Stockholm, Sweden
August 07 Circoloco, Ibiza
August 25 Rock En Seine, Paris, France
August 28 All Points East, London, UK