Joji - Piss In The Wind

Joji's Piss In The Wind is the sound of an artist starting over on his own terms, a 2026 album that splits the difference between bedroom heartbreak and widescreen alt-pop.

His fourth studio album and the first on his independent Palace Creek label after leaving 88rising, it arrived after a three-year break from releasing music and debuted at number five on the Billboard 200. True to form, Joji kept himself at arm's length during the rollout, sending a look-alike to stand in for him in videos and interviews, a deadpan joke from a musician who has always preferred mystery to the spotlight.

The songs are short and drenched in melancholy. Singles "Pixelated Kisses", "Last of a Dying Breed" and "Past Won't Leave My Bed" set the mood, all hazy textures and wounded, close-miked vocals, while Giveon's velvet baritone deepens the ache on "Piece of You". A deep bench of producers, including Dylan Brady, Bnyx and Ricky Reed, keeps everything blurred, glitchy and close to the skin.

Twenty songs that rarely pass the three-minute mark make for an intense, binge-friendly listen, the kind of record that ends before you are ready and begs to be flipped again. Put it on late, turn the lights down and let the fog roll in.