With her third solo album PLAY ME set for release on March 13 via Matador, Kim Gordon has outlined a run of UK and European headline and festival dates this spring, pairing new material with the pared-back intensity that has come to define her solo work. The dates follow the announcement of lead single ‘NOT TODAY’, an ethereal, rhythm-forward track that signals a subtle shift in focus rather than a sharp turn.
PLAY ME is Gordon at her most distilled. Working once again with Los Angeles producer Justin Raisen, the record leans further into beat-driven structures, borrowing the motorik pulse of krautrock while keeping songs deliberately short and direct. Gordon has described the process as fast and focused, guided by rhythm first, with Raisen shaping an environment that understands her voice, phrasing and working methods instinctively.
Visually, ‘NOT TODAY’ mirrors the album’s restraint. Directed by Rodarte founders Kate and Laura Mulleavy alongside cinematographer Christopher Blauvelt, the video builds its language around Gordon’s sound rather than spectacle. Wearing a hand-dyed silk tulle dress from an early Rodarte collection, the imagery stays hushed and textural, allowing mood and movement to do the work. As Laura Mulleavy noted, the aim was to reflect the dreamlike, whispered qualities that have long defined Gordon’s music, whether you trace it back decades or meet it here.
Thematically, PLAY ME continues Gordon’s outward gaze on contemporary life, processing the erosion of democratic norms, the cultural flattening of algorithmic life and the quiet absurdities of late capitalism. Yet it remains an interior record, driven less by declaration than by inquiry. Where No Home Record absorbed avant-rap and footwork, and 2024’s The Collective doubled down on industrial weight and confrontation, PLAY ME finds tension in repetition, rhythm and restraint.
The newly announced tour dates place Gordon in a mix of festival and club settings across the Netherlands, France, the UK, Belgium, Germany and Poland, spaces well suited to material that values immediacy over excess. It is another step in a solo career that continues to move forward without revisiting old ground, shaped by curiosity rather than closure.
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