Quarter Life Crisis (album)

On 12 May 2023, Bella teased a snippet of a new single on her social media accounts, which she said would be a part of her upcoming debut album. A few days later, on 19 May 2023, she announced the album's lead single "Dream Girl" in an Instagram post.[1] Following the release of "Dream Girl" on 9 June Latham released a music video along side the new single.

On 16 July 2023, Latham teased yet another song on her social media. On 20 July, Latham announced the title of the album's second single, "We Can Be Anything". She premiered it on an Instagram live on the Heartstopper Instagram account.[2] The next day, Latham released a music video for the single, where in the music video, it followed on from "Dream Girl".

On 10 August 2023, Latham announced her debut album would be released on 6 October 2023. She revealed the artwork for both the standard and deluxe editions. The deluxe edition's artwork was designed by Alice Oseman. Latham also announced the Quarter Life Crisis Tour of the United Kingdom for November 2023, with two dates in the United States. On the same day, she also released the third single "All the Things", which featured in the eighth episode of the second series of Heartstopper. The song is part of the seven songs featured in Heartstopper (including "Colours of You"), and on the deluxe edition of the album.[3]

In an interview with NME, Latham stated, "This album tells the story of my journey through my early 20s – leaving my childhood and my adolescence behind but never really losing my childlike wonder and never quite growing up. The songs are all facets of what early adulthood has been like for me while discovering new parts of myself, my sexuality, my past and my place in this world." Latham also said she wished that the album would "leave people feeling hopeful".[4]

On 6 September 2023, Latham announced the title track as the fourth single off the upcoming debut album, Quarter Life Crisis. The song was released on 8 September 2023, which it was accompanied by a music video.

On 12 September 2023, Latham stated in a post that "owing to consequences out of my control, my album is going to have to be pushed back to release on Friday the 10th November". She apologised for disappointing her fans and understands that they have been waiting a while for the record and she has too. Bella also stated that she has other things to tell her fans in weeks to come.[5]

All tracks except those with titles below are yet to be announced.

Notes

• Song names styling:
  • "Kid Genius", "I Can’t Get My Shit Together", "Everytime I Get High", and "A Letter To Myself At 17" are stylised in all lowercase.