NEWS : WED, JAN 14, 2026 at 6:00 AM
Memory Be a Blade, The Debut Full-Length From waterbaby Will Be Available Friday, March 06th
On Friday, March 6th, waterbaby will release her debut full-length on CD/LP/DSP’s from Sub Pop. The 8-track long player features the pre-release singles “Amiss” and “Beck n Call” along with highlights “Sink,” “Clay,” “Srs Ice,” and today’s new offering, an official video for the title track, “Memory Be a Blade,” which was directed by Felix Scheynius.
On Memory Be a Blade, the Stockholm, Sweden-born singer-songwriter’s second release on Sub Pop, the nostalgia runs deep. Her follow-up to 2023 EP Foam is darker, richer, and more personal than ever. She wanted her lyrics to dig deeper and evolve her writing forward, something she accomplishes stunningly across the eight-track project.
To spark inspiration for her new lyrics, waterbaby reflected on a past break-up. She had moved on and was seeing someone new while recording the album. But when the newer relationship ended, she witnessed how much the album took on a new meaning to reflect the heartbreak she hadn’t anticipated experiencing.
“Many of the songs came to mean very different things than what I had thought when writing them in the first place,” waterbaby admits.
In the two years following Foam, waterbaby and her primary collaborator, Marcus White (YG, Anna of the North), took their time to get the album right. They wrote and recorded around Stockholm, the south of Sweden, and even Los Angeles. As it took shape, however, waterbaby began to notice how much she would stiffen up behind the microphone. She admits she gets quite shy in the studio, opting for the familiarity of people like White to stay by her side. But in order to take her words and sound deeper, White encouraged her to improvise what she sang instead of writing it out ahead of time.
Her improvisations were paired with compositions that reflected waterbaby’s classical background. White played piano alongside his lush and ethereal arrangements of string and horn parts. Musicians like violinist Oliva Lundberg, cellists Filip Lundberg and Kristina Winiarski, saxophonist Sebastian Mattebo, trombonist Hannes Falk Junestav, and flutist Pelle Westlin round out the dreamy ensemble (read more at Sub Pop).
waterbaby has confirmed new UK & EU headline dates for 2026 in support of Memory Be a Blade. These shows will begin on March 18th in Gothenburg, Sweden, with additional shows in Stockholm, London, Paris, and Berlin. See below for a complete list of shows.
On Memory Be a Blade, the Stockholm, Sweden-born singer-songwriter’s second release on Sub Pop, the nostalgia runs deep. Her follow-up to 2023 EP Foam is darker, richer, and more personal than ever. She wanted her lyrics to dig deeper and evolve her writing forward, something she accomplishes stunningly across the eight-track project.
To spark inspiration for her new lyrics, waterbaby reflected on a past break-up. She had moved on and was seeing someone new while recording the album. But when the newer relationship ended, she witnessed how much the album took on a new meaning to reflect the heartbreak she hadn’t anticipated experiencing.
“Many of the songs came to mean very different things than what I had thought when writing them in the first place,” waterbaby admits.
In the two years following Foam, waterbaby and her primary collaborator, Marcus White (YG, Anna of the North), took their time to get the album right. They wrote and recorded around Stockholm, the south of Sweden, and even Los Angeles. As it took shape, however, waterbaby began to notice how much she would stiffen up behind the microphone. She admits she gets quite shy in the studio, opting for the familiarity of people like White to stay by her side. But in order to take her words and sound deeper, White encouraged her to improvise what she sang instead of writing it out ahead of time.
Her improvisations were paired with compositions that reflected waterbaby’s classical background. White played piano alongside his lush and ethereal arrangements of string and horn parts. Musicians like violinist Oliva Lundberg, cellists Filip Lundberg and Kristina Winiarski, saxophonist Sebastian Mattebo, trombonist Hannes Falk Junestav, and flutist Pelle Westlin round out the dreamy ensemble (read more at Sub Pop).
waterbaby has confirmed new UK & EU headline dates for 2026 in support of Memory Be a Blade. These shows will begin on March 18th in Gothenburg, Sweden, with additional shows in Stockholm, London, Paris, and Berlin. See below for a complete list of shows.
Thu, Mar. 19 Gothenburg, SE - Nefertiti
Fri, Mar. 20 Lund, SE - Mejerlet
Sat, Mar. 21 Linköping, SE - Babettes
Sun, Apr. 12 Stockholm, SE - Södra Teatern
Wed, Apr. 15 London, UK - The Lower Third
Thu, Apr. 16 Paris, FR - Popup!
Fri, Apr. 17 Rotterdam, NL - MOMO
Sun, Apr. 19 Berlin, DE - Frannz
Fri, Mar. 20 Lund, SE - Mejerlet
Sat, Mar. 21 Linköping, SE - Babettes
Sun, Apr. 12 Stockholm, SE - Södra Teatern
Wed, Apr. 15 London, UK - The Lower Third
Thu, Apr. 16 Paris, FR - Popup!
Fri, Apr. 17 Rotterdam, NL - MOMO
Sun, Apr. 19 Berlin, DE - Frannz
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