Michelangelo Dying | ||||
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Released | 26 September 2025 | |||
Genre | Art pop | |||
Length | 43:18 | |||
Label | Mexican Summer | |||
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Michelangelo Dying is the seventh studio album by Welsh singer and producer Cate Le Bon. It was released on 26 September 2025 by Mexican Summer.
The album was made between Hydra, Cardiff, London, and Los Angeles. The album was finished in the Joshua Tree desert. [1]
Le Bon revealed the album was meant to come out a year earlier in 2024, but felt too sick and exhausted after a break-up. Le Bon described the album as: "realising you’ve completely abandoned yourself in the throes of this all-encompassing love. The breakup was always like an amputation that you don’t really want, but you know will save you". [2]
The album's packaging and imagery was inspired by artist Colette Lumiere's installation "Recently Discovered Ruins of a Dream", which depicts a woman lying in a chamber draped in fabric, while mirrors line the floor. Le Bon said: "That’s what I really wanted the record to feel like, you can roll up your sleeves and take something on, then you have a rest, because something is resolved." [2]
The picture in the centre of the album cover depicts Le Bon "drowning", surrounded by mirrors. [2]
Aggregate scores | |
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Source | Rating |
AnyDecentMusic? | 8.1/10 [3] |
Metacritic | 90/100 [4] |
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Clash | 8/10 [6] |
Exclaim! | 8/10 [7] |
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According to the review aggregator Metacritic , Michelangelo Dying received "universal acclaim" based on a weighted average score of 90 out of 100 from 10 critic scores. [4]
No. | Title | Length |
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1. | "Jerome" | 4:06 |
2. | "Love Unrehearsed" | 4:14 |
3. | "Mothers of Riches" | 4:34 |
4. | "Is It Worth It (Happy Birthday)?" | 5:47 |
5. | "Pieces of My Heart" | 3:39 |
6. | "About Time" | 3:30 |
7. | "Heaven Is No Feeling" | 3:48 |
8. | "Body as a River" | 4:30 |
9. | "Ride" (featuring John Cale) | 3:53 |
10. | "I Know What's Nice" | 5:20 |
Total length: | 43:21 |
Credits adapted from Tidal. [12]