Sombr Drops 'My Body Isn't Ready' Video, NYC Show Set
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- Sombr released new single "My Body Isn't Ready" with a music video directed by Gus Black and starring Inde Navarrette and Josh Heuston, who appear in Obsession and Off Campus respectively
- "Homewrecker" was named one of Rolling Stone's best songs of 2026 so far, with the review highlighting its lite-funk beat and a bass line laid down by former Prince muse Wendy Melvoin
- "My Body Isn't Ready" follows a string of recent singles including "Potential" and "Homewrecker," marking the New York pop artist's continued output after his breakthrough
- Sombr will hold a yet-to-be-detailed surprise performance in New York City on Friday, June 26 to commemorate the release
- Sombr's previous free hometown show shut down part of Canal Street to celebrate his debut album I Barely Know Her, with fans watching from fire escapes and open windows as cars and buses passed by
- Rolling Stone's account of that Canal Street scene called the moment "enamored, uninhibited, steeped in sonder" — language that frames the artist as a populist street performer rather than a conventional arena act
Why it matters: Sombr is pairing each single release with an improvised, location-driven surprise show rather than a conventional venue tour — his last free NYC performance shut down part of Canal Street for his debut album, and the June 26 event extends that pattern of letting fans encounter the music in public space. The Wendy Melvoin bass line and Rolling Stone's best-songs-of-2026 nod also mark a credibility upgrade from a pop wunderkind into a name critics are formally tracking.
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