Irish singer-songwriter Rosie Carney shares “Sixteen,” the fourth and penultimate single from her upcoming fourth studio album ‘Doomsday… Don’t Leave Me Here,’ arriving February 27, 2026 via cool0nline and Ultra Records. The song looks back on youth with honesty and resolve, tracing how early choices and missteps continue to shape the present.
“It’s a song about false starts, feeling lost and lonely,” Carney says, “and realising I’m better off leaning on my sisters than some idiot who probably wouldn’t give a shit anyway.” That clarity gives “Sixteen” its emotional focus, centering self-trust and the strength found in choosing what is right over what is easy.
The track follows earlier album releases “The Evidence,” “Fragile Fantasy,” and “Here,” each revealing a broader and more textured sonic direction. Together, the songs outline an album unafraid to explore nostalgia, female rage, existential dread, and the complexities of love and loss.
‘Doomsday… Don’t Leave Me Here’ was co-written and co-produced with Ross MacDonald of The 1975 and producer Ed Thomas, with mixing by Jonathan Gilmore. Recorded across months of sessions in London, the album expands beyond Carney’s folk roots into shoegaze, alt-pop, and electronic textures.
“Sixteen” earns an enthusiastic response for its emotional fearlessness and melodic clarity. It stands as a pivotal moment within Carney’s most expansive body of work yet, setting the stage for an album that speaks directly, vividly, and without retreat.
Doomsday… Don’t Leave Me Here Tracklisting
- Everything Is Wrong
- Here
- In My Blue
- Fragile Fantasy
- Hope Like Hell
- The Evidence
- Down
- Sixteen
- Love So Blind
- Tethered