- 2025-12-22
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MUSIC
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Celeste Releases New Album “Woman Of Faces”
British singer-songwriter Celeste released her sophomore album “Woman Of Faces” on November 14, 2025 via Atlas Artists and Polydor Records.
This marks her first album in four years since the 2021 debut album “Not Your Muse”.
After the release of the album, she dropped a new music video for the second track “Keep Smiling” directed by Jay Izzard on December 19, 2025.
The album comprises 9 tracks, including “This Is Who I Am” from TV “The Day of the Jackal” soundtrack.
Recording sessions took place in Los Angeles and London. Produced by Beach Noise, David Andrew Sitek, Jeff Bhasker and Matt Maltese.- Celeste told The Guardian about the album, “My first album came out nearly five years ago and I didn't expect it to take so long. And if I'm really honest with you, at the end of 2021, into 2022, I experienced some heartache and I fell into such a depression about it all. But I'm here now. The title was kind of a diagnosis of how I feel sometimes; a device to help me begin to understand my own complexity.”
She worked with the London Contemporary Orchestra on the album. She said, “We wanted to make sure that if we went into that territory of a cinematic string orchestra, it didn't feel like an impression of the 1950s - it sounded like something new.” -
Celeste explained some tracks for the album.
“On With The Show”
“I was very much in the moment of experiencing feelings of loss and needing to carry on, almost like an exaggerated hero's journey. This feeling of needing to trudge on through heavier feelings, knowing you have another purpose that's attached to something bigger than yourself, so you willingly go towards it and sacrifice your sense of wellbeing.”
“Woman of Faces”
“Initially, the song was about realising I have shades of complexity within my mind and not being able to pinpoint what or why they were there. It gave me a sort of diagnosis. Like, yes, I find it hard to navigate, but at least I can begin to adapt. I want it to speak for people who don't feel seen. There are some women who are like constant caregivers that just go unnoticed, they're always waiting in the wings. People don't thank them, but they're always there. I want that song to be for those people.”
“Could Be Machine”
“The more time we spend with this technology, the more we become it. My phone had become this antagonist in my life, via communication that I didn't want to receive and the fact it could just be in your hand. It was quite alien, in a way. I hadn't grown up with a phone stuck to my hand and it was something that I had to become more and more 'one' with in my music career.”
“This is Who I Am”
“This song has existed for a long time, and it felt almost unjust that circumstances didn't allow it to come out four years ago. Now, with everything aligning, this moment serves as a powerful acknowledgement of something that, back then, felt unresolved.” - source : Apple Music
