Lenny releases rock album Good Omens on her own label, with guest appearances by Annabelle and The Atavists

Czech singer-songwriter Lenny released her fourth studio album, Good Omens, on 25 September 2026, her 33rd birthday. It is released on her own label, Weird & Wonderful Records, and contains nine tracks. musicserver.cz ↗ The album came out on Friday and is also available on Spotify. Headliner ↗ Spotify ↗

Lenny released her previous three albums under Universal Music. In a ČTK commercial presentation, she said that she had parted ways with the label on friendly terms after a while, but does not rule out that they may join forces again in the future. According to her, Good Omens is the first album for whose creation she took full responsibility. ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗ She also took on the role of executive producer: "I left blood, sweat and tears on it," she says. Full Moon ↗ According to her, the title Good Omens naturally fit the promise of independence and freedom in her work, although she cannot say exactly when she came up with it. Headliner ↗

The album was produced by Filip Vlček, whom Lenny also chose for his hardcore background. She knew that Vlček would give the album the character it needs. Radiožurnál ↗ There are a lot of guitars on the recording: according to the singer, one of the most frequent sentences in the studio was "Put those guitars in there!" Headliner ↗ According to Headliner, she also decided to "burn" the preconceptions and clichés that had stuck to her in the ten years since her debut Hearts. Headliner ↗ The song The Box responds to pigeonholing, that is, to people who think they know where you belong. Radiožurnál ↗

Annabelle and the band The Atavists appear as guests on the album. Annabelle sings on the track Perfect Girls, while The Atavists feature on Eye Of The Storm. musicserver.cz ↗ Perfect Girls opens up the topic of women's position in the music industry, and according to Lenny, the lyrics would lose their meaning with a male performer. ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗ She had the demo ready two to three years ago, but it did not fit on the previous album. Later she realised that the song was missing a second female voice. Headliner ↗ A music video was also released for the song, and Headliner, in a commentary, called the pairing of the two singers a success. YouTube ↗ Headliner ↗



Annabelle won the Anděl Award for Discovery of the Year 2021 for her single "Runnin' Out Of F* Time". Wikipedia ↗ The band The Atavists from Hradec Králové took home the Anděl Awards in 2019 for both Discovery of the Year and Best Rock Album. Wikipedia ↗ By her own account, Lenny is a fan of theirs and wanted their character to remain audible in Eye Of The Storm, almost as if she were the one guesting on their record. Headliner ↗ The drums on that track were recorded by The Atavists' drummer; on the rest of the album, Marpo (Ota Petřina) played drums. ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗

Lenny created the album's visuals with British graphic designer Mike Lythgoe. ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗ She was inspired by the film Ready or Not (Krvavá nevěsta in Czech), in whose final scene a bride in a blood-stained dress sits in front of a burning house. The photo shoot with a burning piano took place in a quarry in Kralupy nad Vltavou, and the piano really did burn down. Headliner ↗ According to his portfolio, Lythgoe designed the campaign for Yungblud's album, merch for Deftones and the creative concept for a single by the band You Me At Six. Studio LY ↗ Studio LY ↗ Studio LY ↗

Before the album's release, the singles Told Ya, second guessing and Casanova came out; musicserver.cz described Casanova as one of the hardest tracks in the singer's work to date. By contrast, the singles Hold On To Me, Your Friend., Things We Can't Change and (Never Getting) Over You from the previous two years did not make it onto the final nine. The tracklist consists of Told Ya, Coming Undone, second guessing, The Box, Perfect Girls, Casanova, Eye Of The Storm, Press Rewind and One Of Us. The last of these is a cover of a Joan Osborne hit. A limited edition is available on red glitter vinyl with a collector's poster. musicserver.cz ↗ The most important track for Lenny is Told Ya, the first single: according to her, it symbolised what the album is meant to be. Headliner ↗ She chose One Of Us because the idea that we are all equal resonates in it. ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗

Lenny will present the new songs live at launch gigs: on 4 November at Roxy in Prague and on 12 November at the Notting Hill Arts Club in London. The evenings share the title One Night Only. lennymusic.net ↗ Full Moon ↗ According to her, the London concert is a long-held dream from the time she studied there. She chose the club deliberately; she did not want to play a huge hall. Headliner ↗ Lenny studied at a London conservatoire focused on modern music, and of her direction she says that she is going "with one foot abroad and one foot here in Czechia". ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗

The song Perfect Girls will appear on Evropa 2's playlist from Saturday, 26 September. Evropa 2 ↗ She released her debut album Hearts in 2016, and according to the ČTK commercial presentation, her hit Hell.o stayed near the top of the most-played Italian radio stations for several weeks. ČeskéNoviny.cz (ČTK, sponsored content) ↗ For 2016, she won four main Anděl Awards, including Album of the Year (Hearts) and Song of the Year (Hell.o). Wikipedia ↗

Lenny live. Photo: Petr Dudek / press kit (Burda Kolektiv)