Noonzy has announced his debut album, Plan Is Bad, due on 2 October 2026 via Play It Again Sam, and shared a new single and video, ‘Easy’.
The Antwerp singer-songwriter, real name Arnaud Stockbroekx, has spent recent years shifting away from the laid-back acoustic style of his early work toward something looser and more electronic. ‘Easy’ captures that change, an uptempo pop track that began life as a slow waltz before mutating into something with real propulsion.
“What started out as a mellow demo in 3/4, yes, a waltz, turned into an uptempo 4/4 pop track,” Noonzy explains. He kept the stillness of the original intro as a deliberate counterweight to the energy that follows. “When the drums finally kick in, the track bursts into motion, almost like a train leaving the station.”
Much of Plan Is Bad came together in London with British producer Bullion, known for his work with Ben Howard and Nilüfer Yanya. The pair leaned into experimentation and a degree of lost control, with guitar songs recorded without guitars, verses scrapped entirely, and a drum machine that refused the intended time signature opening up unexpected directions. Noonzy frames the record as a clean break from his former DIY, lo-fi indie approach in favour of something more adventurous within a pop format.
He first emerged in 2022 with the EP Post-it-tapes, reaching the finals of Belgium’s De Nieuwe Lichting the following year, and went on to collect the singles that shaped his 2025 EP Puppies. ‘Easy’ follows recent single ‘Yeah (I’m In)’ as the latest taste of what the debut has in store.
