Britpop, Robbie Williams’ studio album, was rescheduled from its original October 2025 release date to 6 February 2026. Williams publicly acknowledged that the move avoided a direct chart clash with Taylor Swift’s The Life of a Showgirl. The album was subsequently brought forward again following the release plans for Harry Styles’ Kiss All the Time. Disco, Occasionally. It arrived alongside Williams’ Long 90s run of small venue performances.
We’re all pretending it’s not about Taylor Swift, but it fucking is… you can’t compete with that.Robbie Williams
The Long 90s shows saw Williams perform Life Thru a Lens in full, alongside material from Britpop, mirroring the scale of venues he played at the start of his solo career. He has described the album as a reflection on the record he intended to make after leaving Take That in 1995, now shaped by three decades of experience.
I set out to create the album that I wanted to write and release after I left Take That in 1995.Robbie Williams
Williams characterised the project as rooted in the peak era of Britpop, with a pronounced guitar driven and anthemic sound. In interviews, he has framed it as both a retrospective statement and a reimagining of the musical direction he once pursued, positioning the album within the lineage of mid 1990s British guitar pop while acknowledging the perspective of his later career.
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