Ziggy Alberts explores connection and change on seventh album Twin Flames

Australian singer-songwriter Ziggy Alberts has released his seventh studio album, Twin Flames, embracing a new chapter of folk, Americana and personal storytelling alongside the release of the music video for ‘Valerie’.

For Ziggy Alberts, music has always been about more than the songs themselves. It's about the people, places and unexpected connections that shape the stories behind them.

That idea sits at the heart of Twin Flames, the independent Australian artist's seventh studio album, a collection that explores relationships, self-discovery and the sometimes unexplainable connections we make along the way.

Arriving after an extensive world tour supporting his 2025 album New Love, the record finds Alberts returning to familiar folk and surf-inspired foundations while introducing a stronger Americana influence.

Working once again with longtime producer and collaborator Garrett Kato, Alberts has created an album that balances intimate songwriting with a broader musical palette, reflecting both his personal growth and a willingness to explore new territory.

The project has been several years in the making, with some of its songs taking shape long before the album was completed.

'I recorded this album almost two years ago, in between two world tours and before my last album came out (something I won't do again, haha)', Alberts explains. The album's title emerged from a lyric in its tenth track, where the words ‘twin flames, sand white dunes’ eventually led him towards a theme that seemed to connect the wider collection.

'When I looked up what Twin Flames meant, it felt like the perfect way to describe the feeling of the album; unexplained connection between people', he says. 'Sometimes you meet a stranger, or you arrive at the same place as someone you never expected to, and there's a connection you can't quite explain.'

That curiosity runs throughout the record, from the emotional intimacy of ‘Big Black Dog’ and ‘Strangers’ to the more expansive sounds of ‘Come And Go’ and ‘Graceland’. Previously released singles ‘Cyclones’, ‘I Need My Woman’ and ‘I Blame Myself’ also feature, offering different perspectives on the album's exploration of relationships, uncertainty and personal change.

Among the new material is ‘Valerie’, a track that places Alberts' vocals at the forefront and arrives alongside a music video filmed in Western Australia by Wilzen Crawford during a trip with friends.

While the songs explore human connection, Alberts has also been finding new ways to bring that idea into his relationship with listeners.

In the lead-up to Twin Flames, he installed vintage rotary telephones in independent cafes across more than 35 locations worldwide, inviting fans to listen to unreleased tracks and vote for their favourite.

The initiative ultimately saw ‘I Need My Woman’ selected as a featured single, giving listeners a direct role in shaping the album's release.

He followed the campaign with a series of intimate fan gatherings across Berlin, Munich, Amsterdam, Bristol, London, Sydney and Melbourne. Rather than traditional promotional appearances, the events included surfing sessions at wave parks, coffee catch-ups and a five-kilometre running club in London, allowing Alberts to connect with his audience away from the stage.

'I've been saying recently that people need music, but musicians need people', he says. 'It's easy for all of us to feel isolated, living our modern lives, and doing these super intimate events with long-time listeners was an opportunity for me to understand what matters most to these core supporters.'

For Alberts, the experience reinforced the importance of community in an industry increasingly shaped by streaming numbers and digital interactions. 'The most endearing outcome was people who arrived to these events as strangers and left as friends', he reflects.

It's a philosophy that has helped sustain his career as one of Australia's most successful independent singer-songwriters.

From his early acoustic recordings to international touring, Alberts has built a global audience while maintaining creative independence. His catalogue now includes ten platinum singles, two gold albums and three APRA Music Awards for Most Performed Blues and Roots Work.

His songs have accumulated more than one billion global streams, while the *New Love* world tour attracted more than 100,000 attendees in 2025. Those achievements have come through a grassroots approach that places songwriting, live performance and audience relationships at the centre of his work.

With Twin Flames, Alberts brings that same approach into a collection shaped by a changing perspective on life and the connections that endure through it.

The result is an album that looks both inward and outward, exploring the uncertainty of relationships and the possibility of finding meaning in unfamiliar places.

For an artist whose career has been built on following his own path, Twin Flames represents another step forward, one that embraces change without losing sight of where the journey began.

Twin Flames is out now, featuring ‘Valerie’, ‘I Need My Woman’, ‘I Blame Myself’ and ‘Cyclones’.