Cara Delevingne reveals the 12-track list for her genre-bending debut album ‘Not Normal,’ out September 25 via Warner
Cara Delevingne has spent years hiding her songs, and now she is putting all of them on the table. On September 15, the British model and actor revealed the full 12-track list for her debut album Not Normal, arriving September 25 via Warner Records. It is the culmination of a summer-long rollout that has quietly recast one of the most recognizable faces in fashion as a genuine recording artist, and the tracklist confirms just how much of herself she is finally willing to share.
The record gathers the singles that introduced this new chapter, including the interconnected pair “I Forgot” and “Out of My Head,” alongside “Need It” and the recent “Crazy, Baby.” Framed by Warner as a set of deeply personal, genre-bending tracks, Not Normal explores the raw, vulnerable emotions surrounding Delevingne’s personal transformation and renewed sense of self. The promise is an eclectic, experimental sonic landscape, and early critics have taken note, with The Guardian describing how trip-hop verses give way to a pop-junglist chorus.
A Debut Years in the Making
For Delevingne, music is not a vanity pivot but a return to something buried.
Writing songs over the years has been such an important part of my life, and it has been so special to finally start sharing these songs with you this past summer” she told fans when announcing the album
“I cannot wait for you to hear them all. If any of you connect with even one song, that’s all I’ve ever wanted.” The modesty is telling, and it tracks with how she has described the process elsewhere.
Speaking to Vogue, she revealed just how private this material once was. “I was in a couple bands during school, but whenever it came to the songs I’d written, I would lock myself in the bathroom and play them, because I just didn’t want anyone to listen,” she said. “They were always for me.” She has called the shift to releasing music a “rebirth,” a positive outlet for self-expression, and Not Normal reads as the sound of that door finally opening.
Serious Collaborators, Real Ambition
What separates Not Normal from a celebrity dalliance is the company Delevingne keeps on it. “Crazy, Baby” was co-written with a formidable team, including Sarah Aarons (Tame Impala, Gracie Abrams, Zedd), Sammy Witte (Harry Styles), and BJ Burton (Bon Iver, Charli xcx), with Delevingne and Burton sharing production. Burton’s involvement in particular signals intent, given his fingerprints on some of the most texturally adventurous pop of the past decade. This is not a pop record made on autopilot.
The visuals have matched that ambition. The “Crazy, Baby” video, directed by Bradley J. Calder, stars actor Samara Weaving opposite Delevingne in a romance that begins idyllic before curdling into something more unsettling, a fittingly off-kilter accompaniment to an album that trades in emotional whiplash. It is glamorous, strange, and a little dangerous, exactly the register Delevingne seems to be chasing.
She has already tested the songs live. Earlier this summer, Delevingne launched a headline tour with shows across Europe, the UK, and the US, including a festival play at Primavera Sound in Barcelona before wrapping with sold-out shows in Los Angeles and Brooklyn. Her festival run continues with dates including All Things Go NYC and Primavera Sound editions in Buenos Aires and São Paulo, proof that the demand is real and not merely curiosity.
Not Normal arrives in a cultural moment increasingly open to the multi-hyphenate, where the line between model, actor, and musician has blurred beyond recognition. Delevingne is betting that sincerity, the willingness to finally unlock the bathroom door and let everyone hear, will carry her across it. On September 25, the songs she once kept only for herself become everyone’s. If the goal was connection, the tracklist suggests she has given her audience plenty to hold onto.
