There’s a moment in “Skin” where everything opens up, and you feel the weight of what Alessi Rose has been carrying. The Toronto-born pop breakout releases her new single today via Capitol Records, and it’s the most direct, emotionally exposed work of her career so far. Listen here.
Produced and co-written by Adam Yaron, “Skin” arrives as the first release since the November deluxe edition of her acclaimed ‘Voyeur’ EP. It opens on taut piano and her crystal-clear vocals before building into driving acoustic guitar, glowing synths, and drums that crack with precision. The track captures the particular exhaustion of losing yourself while trying to be everything others need you to be, and Alessi delivers it with a vocal performance that keeps expanding, always building toward something bigger.
“This song was written in a period that felt very different for me,” Alessi said. “I hadn’t realized how much of my OCD-ridden brain was so dependent on the validation of others. ‘Skin’ was the realization that the more you try to be everything that everyone else wants, the less you feel like yourself. Sometimes my skin feels uncomfortable, but I’m learning to exist in it honestly anyway.”
2025 was a serious proving ground. Alessi spent it playing arenas and stadiums on both the North American leg of Tate McRae’s Miss Possessive Tour and the European run of Dua Lipa’s Radical Optimism Tour. She carried those rooms and came out the other side with serious momentum behind her.
2026 has answered back just as loud. She landed on BBC Radio 1’s Sound of 2026 Longlist, Shazam’s Fast Forward 2026 Artists, SiriusXM and Pandora’s Artist Accelerator, and Vevo DSCVR’s Artists to Watch 2026. NME put her on the cover and called her “pop’s most brutally honest newcomer on an unstoppable rise.” Billboard hailed her Glastonbury debut last year as “superstar-cementing.”
‘Voyeur’ built the foundation for all of it. Made with producers Sam De Jong, John Hill, Sammy Witte, and Couros, the EP turns raw feeling into arena-sized pop with genuine precision. The deluxe edition added 3 tracks, including “First Original Thought,” a disco-leaning collaboration with GRAMMY Award winner Blake Slatkin and Amy Allen, 2025’s GRAMMY Award winner for Songwriter of the Year. Rolling Stone said it should “push her further towards becoming a household name.”
Now comes the festival run, and it’s a big one. Starting May 23 at Neighbourhood Weekender in Warrington, Alessi moves through Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Isle of Wight, Pinkpop, NOS Alive, BST Hyde Park supporting Lewis Capaldi, Lollapalooza Berlin, Pukkelpop, and closes August 25 opening for Lorde at Edinburgh’s Highland Showgrounds. That’s 18 dates across Europe’s most important summer stages.
“Skin” is out now. ‘Voyeur (Deluxe)’ is out now via Capitol Records.
Alessi Rose Live Dates:
May 23 — Warrington, UK — Neighbourhood Weekender
May 24 — Sunderland, UK — Radio 1’s Big Weekend
May 29 — Warsaw, Poland — Orange Festival
Jun 13 — Hradec Kralove, Czechia — Rock For People Festival
Jun 19 — Newport, UK — Isle of Wight Festival
Jun 20 — Landgraaf, Netherlands — Pinkpop Festival
Jun 25 — Odense, Denmark — Tinderbox Festival
Jun 27 — Paris, France — Solidays Festival
Jul 9 — Tønsberg, Norway — Slottsfjell Festival
Jul 11 — Lisbon, Portugal — NOS Alive Festival
Jul 12 — London, UK — BST Hyde Park (supporting Lewis Capaldi)
Jul 19 — Berlin, Germany — Lollapalooza Berlin
Jul 24 — Southwold, UK — Latitude Festival
Aug 8 — Newquay, UK — Boardmasters
Aug 13 — Gothenburg, Sweden — Way Out West Festival
Aug 14 — Hamburg, Germany — MS Dockville Festival
Aug 21 — Hasselt, Belgium — Pukkelpop Festival
Aug 25 — Edinburgh, UK — Highland Showgrounds (supporting Lorde)