Iris Caltwait confirms new album 'Again, For The First Time' out 7th Nov via 777 Music. New single 'rodeo' out now

Norwegian pop auteur Iris Caltwait today announces her new album 'Again, For The First Time' - out 7th November via 777 Music - and shares lead single ‘rodeo’.

A warm, low-lit hymn to romance that dares to dream even in the wake of devastation, ‘rodeo’ is written as an inner dialogue between hopeless romantic and hardened realist - sitting somewhere between rom-com daydream and quiet survival anthem.

Built on soft, swelling production and Iris's intimate vocal delivery, the track glows with melodic resolve and quiet courage. ‘rodeo’ is a song about continuing to believe in love, even when it feels naive to do so, as Iris explains:

"'rodeo' is about romance, and in a way, about being brave. About daring to love, to dream even (or especially) with an open wound. All that pain, and you’re going to stop trying? Why on earth would you do that? The risk of losing everything actually just means you’re so rich you have something to lose."

Written and produced with long-time collaborator Vetle Junker, ‘rodeo’ is one of several tracks on the upcoming album that explore vulnerability without resolving it. 'Again, For The First Time' documents a period of emotional disorientation - shaped by personal loss, betrayal, and a slow, unglamorous return to life.

'rodeo' follows the release of three earlier album tasters 'Spring Rush (a hot platonic subatomic crush)', 'I’m In The Corner, Alone' and 'These Are Hard Times (Say The Words!)' - each peeling back a new layer of the album’s emotional architecture, and revealing its sonic complexity.

The album was co-produced with Askjell (Sigrid, Aurora) and features contributions from Junker, Jimi Somewhere, Milo Orchis, Lauritz Christiansen, and more. Written across Bergen, Oslo, Copenhagen and Gothenburg - in borrowed living rooms and countryside retreats - the record mirrors the fragility of its themes. Home recordings and field samples (including the voice of her late grandmother in 'PINHOLE') collapse the distance between memory and art.

Caltwait’s writing favours emotional nuance over dramatic flourish. Taking cues from artists like Mitski, Adrienne Lenker, and Saya Gray, she crafts songs that don’t seek resolution, but coherence - music for the moments that resist definition.

Across its 16 tracks, she moves between grief and dry humour, nostalgia and defiance, collapse and clarity - without rushing to a conclusion. Production shifts mid-song, voice memos interrupt melody, emotional outbursts arrive unannounced.

“Every beautiful thing felt too big to hold,” she explains. “I started wondering if maybe we’re not built to endure all this. That being alive is both a horror and a gift. This album is me trying to understand that.”

Previously releasing under a different moniker, Iris Caltwait's re-emergence is not a reinvention, but a reclamation - of her voice, and of herself. This is music for the in-between: the quiet reckoning that follows rupture, the spring that arrives too brightly after a long emotional winter. It’s not about resolution, but resilience. Not about arriving, but returning, again, for the first time.

Iris Caltwait’s new album 'Again, For The First Time' is out 7th November via 777 Music - available to pre-order on 12" vinyl here. New single ‘rodeo’ is out now.