Rachel Chinouriri on How Sobriety and Self-Actualization Inspired Her Sophomore Album ‘I Think I Spoke Too Soon’: ‘It Was Like Doing an Autopsy on Myself’

Oct 16, 2026 8:00am PT Rachel Chinouriri on How Sobriety and Self-Actualization Inspired Her Sophomore Album ‘I Think I Spoke Too Soon’: ‘It Was Like Doing an Autopsy on Myself’

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When she began work on her sophomore album, “I Think I Spoke Too Soon,” Rachel Chinouriri reverse-engineered the entire process. The British singer-songwriter, who made global waves with her deeply confessional 2024 debut “What a Devastating Turn of Events,” got a big piece of paper and wrote down themes and experiences that shaped who she’s become over the past few years. “We had a bunch of song titles, but no songs,” she tells Variety over Zoom just days before the record’s release. “I saw a picture, but I had blurry vision. I was wearing glasses with the wrong prescription. And it’s like, I could see it, but I was like, why am I not seeing this thing properly? It was really cool having it all pieced together.”

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