Michelangelo Dying
Michelangelo Dying is the seventh studio album by Welsh singer and producer Cate Le Bon. Produced by Le Bon and Samur Khouja, it was released on 26 September 2025 by Mexican Summer.
Background and recording
The album was made between Hydra, Cardiff, London, and Los Angeles. The album was finished in the Joshua Tree desert.Le Bon revealed the album was meant to come out a year earlier in 2024, but felt too sick and exhausted after a break-up. Le Bon described the album as: "realising you’ve completely abandoned yourself in the throes of this all-encompassing love. The breakup was always like an amputation that you don’t really want, but you know will save you".
Packaging
The album's packaging and imagery was inspired by artist Colette Lumiere's installation "Recently Discovered Ruins of a Dream", which depicts a woman lying in a chamber draped in fabric, while mirrors line the floor. Le Bon said: "That’s what I really wanted the record to feel like, you can roll up your sleeves and take something on, then you have a rest, because something is resolved."The picture in the centre of the album cover depicts Le Bon "drowning", surrounded by mirrors.
Personnel
Credits adapted from the album's liner notes and Tidal.- Cate Le Bon – synthesizers, vocals, production, arrangements ; guitars, bass, percussion
- Samur Khouja – production, engineering, mixing
- Heba Kadry – mastering
- Stephen Black – additional engineering
- Euan Hinshelwood – additional engineering, saxophones
- Valentina Magaletti – percussion, drums
- Paul Jones – piano, synthesizer
- Dylan Hadley – drums
- H. Hawkline – vocals, art direction, photography, design
- John Cale – vocals
- Dustin Boyer – vocal engineering for John Cale
- Cadi Lane – fabric walls
- Christian Fritzenwanker – hair, makeup
- Kim Howells – styling