Swiss singer-songwriter NEMO shares eagerly anticipated debut album 'Arthouse'

Swiss singer-songwriter NEMO, the first non-binary winner of Eurovision, has officially dropped their eagerly awaited debut album, Arthouse, via Island EMI - and it’s nothing short of a manifesto for freedom, creativity and self-expression.

Already a global pop force with hundreds of millions of streams, NEMO has never shied away from showing us who they are. Now, with Arthouse, they invite listeners into a space that celebrates beauty, diversity, and unapologetic individuality. Think of it as a utopian playground: part safe haven, part think tank, part all-night house party - a place where genre boundaries crumble and self-discovery takes centre stage.

“I don’t want to hide or pretend. For me, it’s all about self-definition without limitations or compromise - just being me,” NEMO says. “This album is the full picture of who I am.”

Crafted alongside heavyweights like Jez Ashurst (Little Mix), Maegan Cottone (Britney Spears), and PomPom (John Legend), Arthouse is a bold fusion of glam-pop, electro, and art-pop. From the funky opener Ride My Baby to the euphoric God’s A Raver, NEMO serves drama, ecstasy, and dancefloor energy with a wink to icons like Prince, Bowie and Björk.

Highlights include the sultry Casanova, the cosmopolitan pulse of Eurostar (a love letter to London and Paris), and the title track Arthouse, which morphs from reflective ballad to disco anthem - a rallying cry for a society where art and identity thrive without restriction.

They express their serious and introverted side in the touching break-up ballad Black Hole and the theatrical baroque pop track One More Shot; the singer’s coping mechanism with addiction and mental health problems, before the central question of the entire album is posed to the sound of gentle strings and poignant falsetto vocals in Unexplainable - an attempt at a painfully honest but empowering self-explanation.

"I am very fortunate not to have experienced any exclusion or marginalisation in my closer environment," NEMO continues. "At the same time, as a public figure, I repeatedly encounter opposition from people who just don't understand me. Sometimes I even ask myself who I really am. Feeling misunderstood and 'unexplainable' in our normative society can be very frightening. This song is about accepting myself for who I am. It's also about the idea that some things don't necessarily need to be explained."

On closing track I Got High At The Party, NEMO recounts an anonymous big-city encounter over slow-motion downbeats and a psychedelic chill-out vibe. Nameless, emotionless, irrelevant, and disposable. A fleeting moment in time at 4am somewhere in London, Paris, Berlin or New York.

Closing with the track that started it all last year after NEMO's triumphant victory at the Eurovision Song Contest: The Code. For NEMO, it's a full-circle moment. "My biggest motivation has always been the desire to be understood. Through this album, I've gotten to know myself better and am now able to present a full picture of myself for the very first time, rather than just single songs. With this album, I’m inviting everyone to pay a visit to my 'Arthouse' and become a part of my world."

Arthouse is out now. Listen HERE.