Arca to Preview New Album ‘XXXXX’ with Daniel Sannwald-Directed Livestream from Barcelona

The announcement is minimal, as Arca’s often are. A new album, titled XXXXX, will arrive via XL Recordings. Sixteen tracks. And, in lieu of a traditional single or trailer, a livestream directed by Daniel Sannwald, broadcast from Barcelona, will serve as its introduction.

Sannwald’s involvement signals a certain visual ambition. His work across fashion and music—most notably with Yeezy and various high-concept editorial projects—leans into distortion, texture, and bodily abstraction, a language familiar to anyone who has followed Arca’s trajectory. The broadcast is being described as immersive, though no further technical details have been released.

What’s clear is that XXXXX won’t just appear quietly on a Friday. The livestream frames the album as a moment, one that asks for attention in real time. No tracklist, no featured guests, no release date beyond the promise of a preview. For an artist who has treated the album format as an ongoing mutation, this approach feels less like rollout strategy and more like a controlled reveal of whatever shape the project now holds.