Bella Kay Teases New Music in Premiere of Billboard’s ‘Up & Coming’ Podcast Series: ‘It’s Kinda Giving Deluxe’

Bella Kay teased a possible deluxe edition of her 2026 debut studio album, My Reckless Abandon, on the premiere of Billboard’s new music podcast, Up & Coming With Kyle Denis.

“I wish I could give you a definite answer because I change my mind every five minutes,” the Texas-born alt-pop singer-songwriter said. “But it’s kinda giving deluxe!”

Kay released the 13-song album on July 12. It reached No. 96 on the Billboard 200 and No. 14 on Top Alternative Albums. Its lead song, “iloveitloveitiloveit,” was released in January and became her breakout hit. It peaked at No. 17 on the Billboard Hot 100 and No. 2 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs, with over 269.5 million official on-demand U.S. streams through Nov. 7, according to Luminate.

The 20-year-old co-wrote the entire album with Alexis “Idarose” Kesselman. Grammy-nominated songwriter Alexander 23 and Thomas LaRosa also contributed.

Kay supported the album on her headlining Reckless Tour, which began Sept. 8 at Atlanta’s Variety Playhouse and visited cities including Brooklyn, Chicago and Los Angeles before ending at Austin City Limits Festival in Texas on Oct. 9.

In July, she appeared on the cover of Billboard’s Up & Coming issue alongside dance-pop artist Slayyyter and two-time Latin Grammy winner Trueno. She was named to Billboard’s annual 21 Under 21 list the following month and received a best new artist nomination at the 2026 MTV Video Music Awards in September.

In the podcast episode, now available on all podcast platforms, Kay also discussed growing up watching Ariana Grande on Victorious, developing her songwriting through college coffeehouse performances and opening for Noah Kahan and Gracie Abrams.

“I was listening to a lot of Lizzie [McAlpine], Olivia [Rodrigo], Gracie [Abrams], Phoebe [Bridges] — all the greats,” she said of her songwriting influences. “And Ariana [Grande]. Over the years, I just kept being like, ‘Damn, this girl got banger!’ I think the first one I can remember was probably ‘Problem.’ I was like, ‘Who is this girl? This is Cat from Victorious?!’”

Billboard announced Up & Coming With Kyle Denis last week, on Nov. 3. Hosted by staff writer Kyle Denis, the weekly video podcast was created with SickBird Productions and inspired by Billboard’s “Up & Comer of the Month” franchise. It will feature rising artists across pop, country, hip-hop, R&B and other genres.

Watch the full series premiere below.

Source: Billboard