Major release schedule

A fan account’s release calendar is circulating just as four major pop acts have confirmed new music on April 24, May 15, May 29 and June 12. (youtube.com) (billboard.com) LE SSERAFIM is first up: the group’s official “PUREFLOW pt.1” trailer says lead single “CELEBRATION” arrives April 24, while the full second studio album follows on May 22. Drake’s next album, “Iceman,” is set for May 15, according to Billboard after a Toronto stunt revealed the date. (youtube.com) (billboard.com) aespa then lands on May 29 with its second studio album, “LEMONADE,” at 1 p.m. Korea time, or midnight Eastern, Billboard reported. Olivia Rodrigo’s third album, “You Seem Pretty Sad for a Girl So in Love,” is scheduled for June 12 through Geffen Records, according to Variety and Rodrigo’s official store. (billboard.com) (variety.com) (store.oliviarodrigo.com) The social post that grouped those dates together spread because it turned separate label announcements into a single listening calendar. That format matters in pop fandom, where pre-saves, vinyl variants, livestream reveals and comeback trailers often drive planning weeks before release day. (billboard.com) (store.oliviarodrigo.com) (billboard.com) The dates also are not all the same kind of release. April 24 is LE SSERAFIM’s pre-release single date, not the date for the full album named in the fan post, while Drake, aespa and Rodrigo are tied to full-length projects on the dates now being shared. (youtube.com) (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2) (variety.com) Each rollout is using a different playbook. Drake used an ice-sculpture scavenger hunt in Toronto, aespa paired its album news with a 2026-27 world tour, Rodrigo opened preorders across multiple vinyl editions, and LE SSERAFIM attached pre-save and preorder links to its trailer. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2) (store.oliviarodrigo.com) (youtube.com) Rodrigo has already started the music cycle with the single “Drop Dead,” released April 16 with a Petra Collins-directed video set at the Palace of Versailles. LE SSERAFIM’s trailer and Japanese pre-save campaign are already live ahead of Friday’s “CELEBRATION” release. (variety.com) (le-sserafim.jp) (youtube.com) So the viral schedule is close to the official picture, but not exact: it matches the confirmed Drake, aespa and Olivia Rodrigo dates, and it catches LE SSERAFIM’s April 24 single date rather than the group’s May 22 album date. (billboard.com 1) (billboard.com 2) (variety.com) (youtube.com)