Role Model is opening a mysterious new world. The pop favorite, born Tucker Pillsbury, has announced his third studio album, ‘Chuck Timely & The Hourglass,’ arriving August 7th via Interscope. He’s paired the news with word of a first single, “High Hopes 3000,” due June 3rd.
The rollout has been anything but ordinary. Last week, select fans started receiving old-fashioned acquaintance cards in the mail from a mysterious figure named Chuck Timely. Each card carried a phone number leading to a pre-recorded voicemail from Chuck himself, and an Instagram account soon surfaced featuring images of him reimagined across different eras.
The account sparked a wave of fan theories about who Chuck really is. Role Model leaned into the mystery, using the page to tease the forthcoming single and pull fans deeper into the Chuck Timely universe. To mark the single’s release, Pillsbury appears on Apple Music New Music Daily in conversation with Zane Lowe at 9am PT on June 3rd.
The new single marks his first music since the deluxe edition ‘Kansas Anymore (The Longest Goodbye),’ which added four tracks to his July 2024 album ‘Kansas Anymore.’ That sophomore record, home to the viral smash “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out,” drew rave reviews and now sits close to 320 million streams.
The momentum has been remarkable to watch, and few young pop voices feel this fully formed. He brought “Sally, When The Wine Runs Out” to Saturday Night Live with surprise guest Charli XCX, followed by a performance of “Some Protector,” then headed out on his sold-out No Place Like Tour around the globe. He also joined Gracie Abrams as a special guest on her The Secret of Us Deluxe Tour last summer.
His debut album ‘Rx’ arrived in 2022 as a confessional, genre-blurring pop record. ‘Kansas Anymore’ followed with 13 folk-tinged, lyrically driven tracks crafted alongside Noah Conrad, Ian Fitchuk, Scott Harris and Jonah Shy. The No Place Like Tour went on to sell over 90,000 tickets worldwide.
Pillsbury is branching out beyond music too. He makes his acting debut in ‘Good Sex,’ the upcoming Netflix film from Lena Dunham, starring opposite Natalie Portman and Mark Ruffalo.
Role Model Festival Dates:
June 4-6, 2026 – Primavera Sound, Barcelona, Spain
June 7, 2026 – We Love Green, Paris, France
June 11-14, 2026 – Bonnaroo, Manchester, TN
August 28, 2026 – Leeds Festival, Leeds, UK
August 29, 2026 – Electric Picnic, Dublin, Ireland
August 30, 2026 – Reading Festival, Reading, UK