Stella Donnelly New Album Love And Fortune
Yes, Stella Donnelly is absolutely back with a new album, Love And Fortune, dropping November 7th, 2025. Let’s just say, fans have been on high-alert (and maybe humming the intro to “Old Man” on repeat) since she teased fresh material with double A-side “Baths” and “Standing Ovation.” Now, the official announcement is here, and the excitement? That’s real. I’ve got a mate who said they stopped mid-toast at breakfast to text the group chat when she saw the news I can confirm, this album is sparking joy everywhere. It’s Stella’s first record since her brilliant 2022 release “Flood,” and already, critics are calling this one “deeply personal.” So, safe to say: the indie world is ready to listen.
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What’s Inside: Songs & Stories
Every album paints a landscape, right? Love And Fortune is all autumnal colors, messy emotions, and little sparks of hope. The opening tracklist looks like this (and yes, it’s worth jotting down, because live shows soon?):
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Standing Ovation
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Being Nice
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Feel It Change
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Baths
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Year of Trouble
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Please Everyone
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W.A.L.K
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Friend
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Ghosts
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Love and Fortune
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Laying Low
The single “Feel It Change” is out honestly, I played it three times just to catch all the sneaky sneers in the lyrics. Stella herself says she wrote it in the shed of her sharehouse, plugged into her housemate’s overdrive pedals which apparently annoyed the neighbors to no end. (The image of Stella with pedals stacked and neighbors banging on the wall? Feels very relatable.) The song’s about peeling off the band-aid of a doomed relationship, sitting in that fizz of resentment and blame. It’s breakup music, but the kind you dance to in the kitchen when no one’s looking.
The “Feel It Change” Vibe
If you wanted a preview for the album’s emotional palette, the single “Feel It Change” is your marker. It’s rough, raw, and sometimes weirdly joyful definitely not a pity party, more like a group therapy session that ends with a round of shots. I read Stella described the writing process as being “pecked at by songs like seagulls” imagine being hounded by melody while riding your bike to work or trying to write an essay. That’s creative pressure, sure, but it’s also a perfect snapshot of what this record is chasing: capturing those spinning, inescapable feelings post-breakup.
Donnelly’s Recording Crew: Familiar Faces, New Ground
She didn’t do it all alone. Recording down in Melbourne, Stella tapped longtime collaborator Marcel Tussie, plus Jack Gaby, Julia Wallace, and some new names like Sophie Ozard, Timothy Harvey, and Ellie Mason. That blend familiar comfort and fresh perspective is maybe why the album wraps intimacy in something more sprawling and sonic. Honestly, I love knowing there are people in the studio who might randomly eat the last biscuit or make a joke that ends up in the lyrics. Makes the whole thing feel less manufactured, more lived-in.
Emotional Mess, Radiant Sound
Yep, the album’s about breakups and letting go, but it swerves from self-pity. Stella’s said these tracks are about the dissolution of relationships and releasing expectations meaning, you don’t get your typical heartbreak plod; you get motion, humor, and a bit of scrappy optimism. I had a summer once where every friend seemed to be breaking up and the playlist was endless soft-boy moans about “forever lost.” If only we’d had “Love And Fortune.” It feels like it belongs to those messy months, but also, like it’s secretly rooting for you to come out swinging.
