February Music Preview: Paramore, Shania Twain, Gorillaz, and Rebecca Black hit the comeback trail

New albums from Lil Uzi Vert, Andy Shauf, and Tennis also highlight February's new album releases

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February Music Preview: Paramore, Shania Twain, Gorillaz, and Rebecca Black hit the comeback trail
Clockwork from left: Shania Twain (Photo: Louie Banks), Paramore (Photo: Zachary Gray), Andy Shauf (Photo: Angela Lewis), Rebecca Black (Look At You single cover) Graphic: Libby McGuire

This month feels like a comeback moment for several artists, most of whom have not released an album since well before the pandemic. That includes country pop star Shania Twain, whose last record came in the form of 2017’s Now. There’s also modern soul vanguard Kelela, who’s making a return following her 2017 breakthrough. Another group who hasn’t shared a project since 2017? Pop-punk frontrunners Paramore, led by Hayley Williams.

And you can consider Rebecca Black’s debut record, Let Her Burn, a reintroduction. Although she’s pressed into the digital pages of the internet for her viral hit “Friday,” Black has spent the last few years carving out her own space in the pop world. February also brings records from Tennis, Andy Shauf, Gorillaz, Lil Uzi Vert, Caroline Polachek, and Yo La Tengo, among others.

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Shania Twain - Giddy Up! (Official Dance Video)

Shania Twain is feeling herself—as she should be. Queen Of Me, the country-pop icon’s first album since 2017 and her first for Republic Records, is described as her “most triumphant-feeling body of work; an album about standing in your own power and worshipping yourself.” Lead single “Waking Up Dreaming” was co-written and produced with BTS collaborator David Stewart, and Twain will tour through North America and Europe in support of the LP starting in April. [Peter Helman]

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