Fall First Look: The Truth About Love by Pink/The Origin of Love by Mika

September 18th should be a Lovely day! Two well respected pop musicians will be releasing their next albums, both with the word Love in the title (add in Carly Rae Jepsen's Kiss and it's a very romantic day for music!), and I've got the exclusive scoop on both albums. After seeing success with two new tracks of her Greatest Hits album (Raise Your Glass and Perfect), Pink claimed her place as one of pop music's leading ladies when she released her newest single Blow Me (One Last Kiss) in early July. The song peaked at #9 on the charts and is still going strong as anticipation for Pink's sixth studio album builds. After only having three original songs on her Greatest Hits album, Pink is giving fans a whole lotta new music this time around. With thirteen tracks on the regular album, the delxue edition adds four more originals, but the iTunes delxue edition is the real steal, with two more tracks, adding up to nineteen songs! Pink worked with all-star producers Max Martin, Shellback, and Greg Kurstin. Additionally, Pink has announced three collaborations on this album: Just Give Me a Reason with fun. frontman Nate Reuss, True Love featuring Lily Allen, and, most surprising of all, Here Comes the Weekend, a collab with Eminem! With this new album, Pink can easily climb back to the top of the music charts.
On a slightly different path, Mika will release his third album, The Origin of Love. He has stated in interviews that the album will be "less child-like and more serious," and "more simplistic pop, less layered than the last one." In June, he released Celebrate, the first single off the album, which features Pharell Williams, who is not the only artist lending a hand on this album. It has been confirmed that Billboard, Hillary Lindsey, British import Ellie Goulding, Benny Benassi, Martin Solveig and Greg Wells are all involved with the album (I know I'm certainly interested to see if Ellie Goulding is working as a writer, producer, or guest vocalist). Mika's dedicated fans should definitely be pumped for this new release! Let me know in the comments section which album you are most excited for! In the meantime, check out the first singles from each new album below:

Evan