Towa Bird Is ‘Taking it to the Next Level’ on New Album ‘Gentleman’

Album Announcement Towa Bird Is ‘Taking it to the Next Level’ on New Album ‘Gentleman’ The singer-songwriter and guitarist describes how she challenged societal norms on her newly announced second LP and single “Dirty Habit” By Maya Georgi Maya Georgi Contact Maya Georgi on X Contact Maya Georgi by Email View all posts by Maya Georgi March 27, 2026 With her second album, Towa Bird is redefining what it means to be a gentleman. From the way the singer-songwriter and guitarist rocks oversized tailored suits on the album’s cover to the swaggering guitar tones that shape its sonic world, the project, titled Gentleman , gives the concept brand new meaning. “When people think of a gentleman, it’s a very masculine, almost traditional word,” Bird tells Rolling Stone . “But I’m expressing it as the two separate words that exist in that word, so ‘gentle’ and ‘man,’ the feminine and the masculine.” She continues, “I felt like I could identify the way that I dress, my style, the way that I present my gender and how I appear to the world. Everything clicked and I was like, ‘Oh, wow, that’s me.'” True to her point, the Los Angeles-based musician is wearing a white oversized men’s button-down with ruby red polish on her nails for our Zoom call. As a queer Filipina-British artist, it was also important to Bird to challenge the notions of gender roles in a patriarchal world. “ Gentleman is leaving behind all of those traditional, chivalrous, lowkey misogynistic and bringing it into 2026. How can I put a queer lens on that and how can I make it appropriate for society in this day and age?” The newly announced album, which arrives May 15, marks Bird’s second LP and is the follow-up to 2024’s American Hero . There’s no sophomore slump here; after the unrivaled confidence of her debut release, the guitar hero has managed to tap into more self-assured energy. It’s apparent all over the project, especially on the cheeky new single “Dirty Habit,” a jeering tirade against the money and stat...