Maggie Rogers announces third album ‘Don’t Forget Me’, shares intimate title track

"I wanted to make an album that sounded like a Sunday afternoon"

Maggie Rogers has announced her third studio album, ‘Don’t Forget Me’. The singer-songwriter is due to release the 10-song project on April 12 via Polydor.

Rogers co-produced the follow-up to 2022’s ‘Surrender’ with Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris) at the legendary Electric Lady Studios in New York City, writing eight of its cuts with him and two alone.

She debuted the tracks ‘The Kill’, ‘So Sick Of Dreaming’ and ‘Don’t Forget Me’ during her 2023 North American headline tour. Today (February 8), Rogers has shared the studio version of the latter as the first taste of her next chapter. The song is described as “an intimate reflection on the legacy we create through our relationships”, and is accompanied by a Super 8-filmed official video that was shot in Maine.

Rogers has announced her upcoming LP by penning a lengthy letter, in which she explained: “I wanted to make an album that sounded like a Sunday afternoon.

“Worn in denim. A drive in your favourite car. No make up, but the right amount of lipstick. Something classic. The mohair throw and bottle of Whiskey in Joan Didion’s motel room. An old corvette. Vintage, but not overly Americana.” She continued: “I wanted to make an album to belt at full volume alone in your car, a trusted friend who could ride shotgun and be there when you needed her.”

Rogers also revealed that the record was written chronologically “over five days, two songs a day – three days in December 2022, two in January 2023”. The artist added: “Some of the stories on this album are mine. And for the first time really, some of them are not.”

See the tracklist for ‘Don’t Forget Me’ below:

‘It Was Coming All Along’
‘Drunk’
‘So Sick of Dreaming’
‘The Kill’
‘If Now Was Then’
‘I Still Do’
‘On & On & On’
‘Never Going Home’
‘All The Same’
‘Don’t Forget Me’

Rogers hinted at the imminent arrival of new music on New Year’s Day (January 1), when she posted a snippet of the ‘Don’t Forget Me’ title track on social media. “See you in 2024 🌝,” the singer wrote as the caption. Rogers said she wanted to “make a portrait of [her] life right now and tell the truth” with her second album, ‘Surrender’. She also spoke about collaborating with Florence Welch, calling her “one of a kind”.

Maggie Rogers is set to perform at Bonnaroo 2024 in June.