DEBBY FRIDAY’S NEW ALBUM, THE STARRR OF THE QUEEN OF LIFE, AVAILABLE AUGUST 1ST, 2025 VIA ROYAL MOUNTAIN RECORDS (CANADA) AND SUB POP (WORLDWIDE)
WATCH / SHARE “BET ON ME” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BET ON ME” HERE
PRE-ORDER THE STARRR OF THE QUEEN OF LIFE HERE
NEW HEADLINING, NORTH AMERICAN SHOWS FOR 2025 ALSO ANNOUNCED, TICKETS HERE
“Throughout the record, Friday oscillates between extremes, at times soft and coy, at others harsh and direct, but she's always loved playing around with duality. On the album's first single, 1/17, Friday is in a trance, her voice gentle and melodic as she sings an ode to her lover. On Lipsync, she's boldly confident, spitting matter-of-factly over ricocheting beats.” CBC Music
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Debby Friday is sharing the official video for “Bet On Me”, a new single from The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life. “Bet On Me” is a pulsating alt-pop breakbeat anthem that echoes with ambition and conviction. Part battle cry, part lyrical confessional, it’s a genre-blending manifesto where Friday’s falsetto floats atop glitchy, propulsive production - an ode to the thrill and terror of chasing greatness on your own terms.
As for the “Bet On Me” visual, it continues The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life narrative thread from each of the preceding singles and was filmed at Toronto’s Massey Hall, was co-directed with frequent collaborator Kevan Funk, and stars Friday. Debby recently chatted with Rolling Stone about the new album.
Of the track, Friday says, “Life can be so dizzy and it’s easy to spiral into living a reality that you don’t actually want. This song is an ode to intuition and raw self-belief, to betting on yourself.”
WATCH / SHARE “BET ON ME” HERE
BUY / STREAM “BET ON ME” HERE
“Bet On Me” follows the release of the electro rap track “Lipsync”, dance pop single “All I Wanna Do Is Party”, and the anthemic and salacious jam “1/17”, and is another fantastic entry in The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life’s universe.
The Starrr Of The Queen Of Life will be out August 1st, 2025, worldwide through Sub Pop and in Canada from Royal Mountain Records. LP preorders from megamart.subpop.com in the US, MegaMart 2 in the UK and EU, Royal Mountain in Canada and your local record store will receive the following limited color vinyl versions: the Sub Pop Loser editions on Graphite (US) and Bio Light Blue (EU/UK), and Royal Mountain’s edition on White (Canada) (All vinyl colors whilst stock lasts!).
Hot off her EU and UK tour supporting SPELLLING, Debby Friday is announcing more North American headlining shows in the fall of 2025. The new shows include Montreal’s Osheaga Festival as well as two album listening parties for fans in Toronto (July 31st) and Montreal (August 3rd). A full list of dates can be found below and tickets can be found HERE.
WATCH / SHARE “LIPSYNC” HERE
BUY / STREAM “LIPSYNC” HERE
WATCH / SHARE “ALL I WANNA DO IS PARTY” HERE
BUY / STREAM “ALL I WANNA DO IS PARTY” HERE
TOUR DATES
Jul. 31 - Toronto, ON - Standard Time - (Album Listening Party)
Aug. 03 - Montreal, QC - Osheaga Music and Arts Festival (2 pm)
Aug. 03 - Montreal, QC - Le Système - (Album Listening Party - 8pm)
Sep. 25 - San Francisco, CA - California Academy of Sciences
Oct. 30 - Brooklyn, NY - Public Records
Nov. 07 - Los Angeles, CA - The Moroccan Lounge
Nov. 14 - Mexico City, MX - Corona Capital Festival
Nov. 21 - Chicago, IL - Schubas
PRE-ORDER THE STARRR OF THE QUEEN OF LIFE HERE
WHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYING ABOUT DEBBY FRIDAY
"The Toronto-based vocalist and producer Debby Friday won the Polaris Music Prize for her sharp 2023 debut album, Good Luck. She returns with the euphoric electro-pop single ‘1/17,’ a dance-floor confessional that shows off yet another side of her multifaceted talent. “I swear you’re a sign,” Friday sings in an airy atmosphere punctured by percolating synths. The track builds layer atop gauzy layer until it explodes in a burst of club-ready catharsis." - The New York Times
"The song brings back some of that old PC Music feeling. It’s a euphoric, unapologetically cheesy trance-pop confection. As synth-bloops whirl all around her, Friday chants, “Poetry and nude selfies, love the way that you know me.” It feels like it’s heading toward a climactic beat-drop…the drums do eventually arrive, and that moment is awesome. Friday co-directed the bare-bones ‘1/17’ video with Kevan Funk, and it makes a great case for her as a performer." STEREOGUM
“Last time we heard a single from Debby Friday, the Toronto artist was commanding girls to the dance floor on a minimal club track co-produced by Detroit rascals HiTech. She’s in a totally different headspace on the hyperpop ballad ‘1/17,’ singing about love and sensuality over bubbling synths which eventually give way to a euphoric trance finale.” THE FACE
“It’s a banger” [“All I Wanna Do Is Party”] BROOKLYN VEGAN
“...fully three-dimensional in intent and tone, it finds Debby Friday severing herself from the past. Carnal and exultant…” [“All I Wanna Do Is Party”] CLASH
"Brooklyn drag queens and music directors of upcoming all-female action films: There’s a new irresistibly catchy, dark-pop song for your consideration." [“Lipsync”] NYLON
"The song is a bubbling electro-rap cut with half-spoken words from the Toronto-based songwriter, going full rave banger during the chorus. It almost makes me—who never wants to dance—wanna dance." [“Lipsync”] FLOOD
THE STARRR OF THE QUEEN OF LIFE TRACKLISTING:
1. 1/17
2. All I Wanna Do Is Party
3. In The Club feat. HiTech
4. Lipsync
5. Alberta
6. Higher
7. ppp (Interlude)
8. Arcadia
9. Leave.
10. Bet On Me
11. Darker The Better
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