Empress Of has announced her fourth studio album: For Your Consideration, due March 22nd. Today, along with the announcement, she shared the single “What’s Love” featuring MUNA.
For Your Consideration will be Empress Of’s first full-length release since 2020’s I’m Your Empress Of, and follows 2022’s Save Me EP. Spanning 11 tracks, the new record’s press release explains that it will be “a bi-lingual album that embraces camp and fantasy playing with the idea of Hollywood.”
In a statement, Empress Of’s Lorely Rodriguez explained that the title of the album is a reference to an ex-lover. “I was in love with a director and he was announcing his ‘For Your Consideration’ campaign for the Oscars,” she said. “He took me up on a hill and said he was emotionally unavailable and he kind of broke my heart. I went into the studio that day and we wrote a song called ‘For Your Consideration’ that reflects on glam and Hollywood. That was the gateway for the album and it gave me the opportunity to explore broader themes.”
The new single, “What’s Love,” demonstrates the emotion of Rodriguez’s writing, as its hook asks: “If a love can’t make you/ break you/ shape you/ Then what’s love?” Carrying the melody, Rodriguez’s voice seamlessly blends with the voices of MUNA’s Katie Gavin, Josette Maskin, and Naomi McPherson, with Gavin taking the song’s second verse.
“What’s Love” is the third single from For Your Consideration, following “Femenine” and “Kiss Me,” the latter of which features Rina Sawayama. Pre-orders for the album are ongoing.
Additionally, Empress Of has also announced a handful of live dates for 2024. Check out the full list of dates below.
For Your Consideration Artwork:
For Your Consideration Tracklist:
01. For Your Consideration
02. Lorelei
03. Preciosa
04. Kiss Me (feat. Rina Sawayama)
05. Femenine
06. What Type of Girl Am I
07. Cura
08. Fácil
09. Sucia
10. Baby Boy
11. What’s Love (feat. MUNA)
Empress Of 2024 Tour Dates:
02/13 – Camden, UK@ Jazz Cafe
02/19 – Paris, FR @ La Boule Noire
05/24 – New York, NY @ Elsewhere Zone One
05/31 – Toronto, ON @ The Drake
06/07 – West Hollywood, CA @ The Roxy
