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Paracosm is the second studio album by British singer‑songwriter Absolutely (Abby‑Lynn Keen), released on February 20, 2026 via Epic Records as the follow‑up to her 2023 debut Cere brum. The title refers to a “detailed imaginary world maintained over a long period of time,” a concept Absolutely uses to describe the fantastical lands and characters she created as a child and then carried into adulthood. Over the past year she constructed the album as a space where the complex anxieties and emotionality of adult life collide with those childhood inner worlds, turning Paracosm into a deliberate attempt to reclaim instinct and imaginative sprawl after feeling boxed in by industry expectations and other people’s opinions.Musically, Paracosm is described as a kaleidoscopic mix of pop, electronica, jazz, and R&B, threaded together by distorted ambient backdrops, dream‑pop textures, and her distinctive, intimate vocal delivery. The tracklist moves through atmospheric openers like “Natural Disaster” and “Nowhere to Hide,” into mid‑album highlights “Painting by Numbers,” “Helium,” and “Simple Things,” which pair lush keys with bubbling soundscapes and wonderstruck lyrics about love, luck, and the strangeness of feeling seen. Later songs such as “No Audience,” “Prototype,” and “No Furniture” extend her habit of “building songs out of rooms,” using empty apartments, theater seats, and imagined spaces as metaphors for freedom, intimacy, and the desire to live without constant external judgment. Pre‑release singles “Goodbye Glitter,” “I Just Don’t Know You Yet,” and “No Furniture” anchor the record’s more rhythmic, hook‑forward moments. Show more