Written over a whirlwind five days, Don’t Forget Me is a collection of experiences from throughout Rogers’ life, and for the first time, some of them are not her own. Speaking on the memories that created this record she says; “The moments that are mine feel like memories — glimpses from college, details from when I was 18, 22, 28 (I’m 29 now). In writing the album sequentially, at some point, a character emerged. I started to picture a girl on a road trip through the American South and West. A sort of younger Thelma & Louise character who was leaving home and leaving a relationship, processing out loud, finding solace in her friends and the promise of a new city and new landscape.”
Co-produced by Ian Fitchuk (Kacey Musgraves, Maren Morris) there is a sort of country-like essence that oozes through the album, finding itself somewhere between Roger’s newly found voice. The vocals on this album are truly phenomenal, unfaltering and self-assured, which reflects the album’s motif of finally being sure of your destination.
Maggie Rogers: Don’t Forget Me – Out 12th April 2024 (Polydor)