Clairo, Olivia Rodrigo, Dua Lipa, Gracie Abrams and Camila Cabello have shared Instagram photos from recording sessions in recent weeks. These posts suggest work on their next albums is progressing. Dua Lipa and others have teased material multiple times this year.
In recent weeks, several pop artists have posted photos from studio sessions on Instagram, hinting at upcoming albums. Clairo began the activity with a photo dump featuring images that appear to be from a recording studio, including a security camera shot of two guitarists and a keyboardist, a close-up of masking tape labeled “Clairo 4,” and herself writing in a notebook near a Roland keyboard. This follows her third album, Charm, released two years ago. She once told Rolling Stone, “It takes so many records to really understand someone’s choices.” On Tuesday, Dua Lipa shared a photo dump including three images of her playing a guitar and one from inside a recording studio. This marks the third time this year she has teased her fourth album, with prior posts in February. In 2025, she described the music to Rolling Stone as influenced by love, adding, “The music I’m making is very fun. I’m still in discovery mode but we’re having a good time.” Olivia Rodrigo has been teasing her third album since last October, with producer Dan Nigro posting on February 24 a photo captioned “Finishing records,” showing both looking stressed. Gracie Abrams, whose last album The Secret of Us came out in 2024, shared photos from Long Pond Studios. In fall 2025, she said her next album “isn’t made,” but in January 2026 noted, “I’m beyond ready for it to belong to everyone else. I’ve never felt this way about anything I’ve made before.” Camila Cabello posted on March 16 with the caption “see cuz i relate cuz i am also in the middle of Miami,” following earlier studio glimpses after her 2024 album C, XOXO. Lorde’s producer Jim-E Stack briefly shared a studio photo of her on March 10 before deleting it.
