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Lutalo shares new single "Cracked Lip" and announces deluxe debut album

29 July 2025, 11:53 | Written by Tyler Damara Kelly

Minnesota-raised, Vermont-based artist Lutalo has returned with new single "Cracked Lip" alongside the announcement of a deluxe edition of their debut album, The Academy.

“This track focuses on a reflection of self. Noticing the shifts and contradictions of my ego. My self doubt and pride have both played off each other since I was young. I’ve always sensed an individuality complex within myself while having recognition of how ordinary I am as a human. Being in this continuous flux put me in a self-inflicted mental prison. This song is about acknowledging that imperfection, and striving to be the best version of myself despite it,” Lutalo shares.

Named after the St. Paul, MN school they attended on scholarship — the same school F. Scott Fitzgerald attended and famously dissected throughout his work — The Academy marked a period of re-invigoration and self-actualisation for Lutalo. The album contains humanising observations on class disparity, privilege, and more informed by their time as an interloper into the elite world of The Academy.

Tracklist:

  1. Summit Hill
  2. Ganon
  3. Ocean Swallows Him Whole
  4. Broken Twin
  5. Big Brother
  6. Caster
  7. 3
  8. Oh Well
  9. About (Hall of Egress)
  10. Haha Halo
  11. Lightning Strike
  12. The Bed
  13. I Figured
  14. Cracked Lip
  15. Daedalus
  16. Twin II

The deluxe edition of The Academy is set for release on 19 September via Winspear, and is available to pre-order now.

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