Watch the video for ‘Pretty girls’
Announces UK + EU headline shows
UK outstore tour begins Monday
Supporting Gracie Abrams US Arena tour through December
“Every pop star’s favourite UK pop star… she’s poised to join her fans Olivia Rodrigo and Florence Welch at pop’s top table” – The Guardian
“a glittering comedown on the dancefloor… Chinouriri’s songwriting talents shine” – NME, 4*
“I Think I Spoke Too Soon remains a fascinating portrait of both an artist and a person that are in flux together” – Rolling Stone UK, 4*
“Never one to be put in a box, she’s changing tack once again with album two, I Think I Spoke Too Soon, which is capital P pop music… Disco guitar dances alongside heartbeat drums, yet something melancholy lingers in the space between them” – London Standard
“Listen now before she reaches headliner status” – Stylist
Rachel Chinouriri is pleased to today share her second studio album I think I spoke too soon via Atlas Artists / Parlophone Records.
She also shares the Dora Paphides-directed video for ‘Pretty girls’, a euphoric ode to the magic of womanhood that embraces feelings of pure embodiment and freedom.
Of the track, Rachel shares: “Pretty girls is the anthem for all women wanting to express who they are with the freedom to not be judged. When I say all women I mean it. Straight women, queer women, trans women, masc women, non binary people and anyone who supports the girls. I have a deep love and admiration for beautiful women including myself and I’m glad I have a song that represents that confidence for me and hopefully many other pretty girls.”
Watch the video for ‘Pretty girls’
Featuring the singles ‘One song away from crying’, ‘Make believe’ and ‘Broken chair’, I think I spoke too soon expands upon the intoxicating alchemy of pop, indie and rock influences that Rachel has long used to sketch portraits of her inner world that are both dynamic and deeply intimate.
The resulting project is an absorbingly vulnerable study into unpicking those tensions: between the internal and the external, our thoughts and our actions, who we are versus who we want to be. In many ways, this album is Rachel’s offering of loving permission; permission to fall and to get back up, to change, question, learn and grow in the face of the messy, beautiful reality of ongoing personal evolution. “My core thing is you can change who you are at any moment and you can forgive yourself at any moment,” she says. “And I think forgiving yourself is the first step in becoming a better person.”
Buy / stream I think I spoke too soon
Today Rachel has also announced a run of headline shows taking place in June 2027 in Dublin, London, Brussels, Amsterdam and Paris. Fans can buy I think I spoke too soon or merch from her store for presale access. General sale takes place from 10am BST on Friday 23rd October, see below for full list of dates. Fans with tickets for the rescheduled and updated shows in London, Brussels and Dublin remain valid for the new dates.
On Monday Rachel embarks on a tour of UK outstore album shows to celebrate the release of I think I spoke too soon. The shows will be stripped back and complete with a Q&A with Rachel. In December she will be supporting Gracie Abrams’ North American arena tour, and has been announced for Lollapalooza India and Australia’s Laneway Festival in January, where she will also play her own headline shows in Sydney and Melbourne. See below for full list of dates.
This all follows Rachel’s recent appearance at Olivia Rodrigo’s history-making Daisy Chain Fields Festival, headline shows in New York, Los Angeles, Paris and more, plus touring arenas with Florence + The Machine and standout festival moments including with Wolf Alice at Finsbury Park, Governors Ball, All Things Go Toronto and Bonnaroo festivals.
Elsewhere, Rachel appeared on SNL UK as musical guest alongside host Amelia Dimoldenberg, performing ‘One song away from crying’ and ‘Never Need Me’.
I think I spoke too soon tracklist
One song away from crying
Pretty girls
Baby
steps
Favourite desperation
I’m a star
AAAHHH!!!
Broken chair
Shiver
Make believe
Parasite
The good fight
Crash this car
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Rachel Chinouriri has long cemented her reputation as one of the UK’s finest young songwriters, a breakout voice leading the charge for a new wave of indie pop stars with a flair for tender-hearted, perceptive lyricism and vivid sonic worldbuilding. The release of the London-born and based artist’s 2024 debut album What A Devastating Turn of Events led to two BRIT Award nominations – Artist Of The Year and Best New Artist – following prior Ivor Novello Award and BBC Sound Of nominations. Rachel was a recent recipient at the O2 Silver Clef Awards.
With her fiercely loyal fanbase the ‘Darlings’ behind her, Rachel has clocked up over 500 million global streams to date. She has been praised by the likes of British Vogue (“Chinouriri is leading the indie pop renaissance”), The Observer (“brimming with fresh ideas”), NME (“consistently charming”), GQ (“Chinouriri is set to dominate”), BBC Radio 1, and has appeared on Later… With Jools Holland, SNL UK and more.
2025 saw Rachel continuing to ascend with a prominent support slot on Sabrina Carpenter’s UK + Europe Short n’ Sweet arena tour, a sold out and upgraded debut US headline tour, plus her first headline show in Brazil. She also released her Little House EP and featured on Pink Pantheress’ rework of ‘Romeo’, with previous collaborators including Sombr, Cat Burns, Alemeda and more.
Rachel Chinouriri live
2026
19th October – Oran Mor (Assai Records), Glasgow, UK ^
20th October – Wardrobe (Crash Records), Leeds, UK ^
23rd October – Jacaranda Baltic (Jacaranda), Liverpool, UK ^
24th October – Rough Trade Bristol, Bristol, UK ^
26th October – O2 Academy 2 (Truck), Birmingham, UK ^
27th October – Circuit (Banquet Records), London, UK ^
2nd December – Ball Arena, Denver, CO*
3rd December – Ball Arena, Denver, CO*
6th December – Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA*
7th December – Oakland Arena, Oakland, CA*
9th December – Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ*
10th December – Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, AZ*
14th December – Kia Forum, Inglewood, CA*2027
23rd – 24th January – Lollapalooza India, Mumbai, IN
12th February – Laneway Festival, Sydney, AU
13th February – Laneway Festival, Brisbane, AU
16th February – Enmore Theatre, Sydney, AU
17th February – 170 Russell, Melbourne, AU
19th February – Laneway Festival, Melbourne, AU
21st February – Laneway Festival, Auckland, AU
27th April – Scotiabank Arena, Toronto, ON ~
1st June – 3Olympia, Dublin, IE
3rd June – O2 Shepherd’s Bush Empire, London, UK
20th June – Le Botanique, Brussels, BE
21st June – Paradiso (Main Hall), Amsterdam, NL
22nd June – L’Olympia, Paris, FR
*w/ Gracie Abrams
^ outstore/instore tour dates
~ w/ Leon Bridges
