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25 July 2026 – Gabriella Cilmi Returns With ‘Pure Love’
By Editorial Team - July 25, 2026
Summary
Gabriella Cilmi announces 'Pure Love', her first album in 13 years (arriving 9 October), recorded live to tape in Devon.
Key Facts
- Gabriella Cilmi announces first new album in 13 years, 'Pure Love', out Oct 9.
- Recorded live to tape at Middle Farm Studios in Devon.
- Lead single 'YRU Hanging Around' out now.
- Entities: Gabriella Cilmi, Pure Love, YRU Hanging Around, Middle Farm Studio, Devon
- Tags: gabriella-cilmi, pure-love, alternative-soul, yru-hanging-around, album-release
Australian soul singer <a href="/tags/gabriella-cilmi">Gabriella Cilmi</a> announces ‘Pure Love’, her first full-length album in thirteen years, and shares the new single ‘YRU Hanging Around’. The album arrives on 9 October and represents a return made on Cilmi’s own terms after years spent away from the machinery that first surrounded her as a teenage performer.
Recorded live to tape at Middle Farm in Devon beneath a harvest moon, the project favours human performance and organic chemistry over endless digital adjustment. ‘YRU Hanging Around’ carries the directness of somebody who has finally decided ambiguity is taking up too much space. Cilmi’s powerful voice remains immediately recognisable, but the new material comes from an artist with considerably more control over how that voice is framed. Thirteen years is a substantial gap between albums. Fortunately, the harvest moon appears to have kept the studio booking open. Explore more soulful pop in our <a href="/genres/indie-pop">Indie Pop</a> section.