A popular ‘90s music group is release its first new album in 34 years.
4 Non Blondes, best known for the hit song “What’s Up? (What’s Going On),” will finally release its second album in 2026, record label Kill Rock Stars announced. According to Rolling Stone, lead singer Linda Perry’s imprint 670 Records reached a deal to release two albums next year, including Perry’s next solo album “Let It Die Here” and a currently untitled 4 Non Blondes LP.
4 Non Blondes reunited earlier this year for the first time in more than a decade, but only released one album when they were active: “Bigger, Better, Faster, More!” in 1992. The alternative rock band broke up in 1994 before finishing a second record, and Perry went on to work as a songwriter and solo artist.
Perry said the reunion led to writing “a bunch of new songs” and revisiting “some old ones,” resulting in an album’s worth of new music.
“Playing some songs with 4 Non Blondes just seemed like a fun thing to do, in a way it hadn’t before now,” Perry said in a statement. “I’ve been behind the scenes for far too long. I want to step out to be the artist I am. I’m just open to all the possibilities that I’ve created around me. I manifest things all the time… They’re all phenomenal players and now they get a chance to show that. I couldn’t ask for a better band to play these songs.”
Linda Perry performs with 4 Non Blondes during the 2025 Sea.Hear.Now Music Festival on September 14, 2025 in Asbury Park, New Jersey. (Photo by Astrida Valigorsky/Getty Images)Getty Images
4 Non Blondes’ original lineup was all-female with Perry on vocals, Christa Hillhouse on bass, Shaunna Hall on guitar, and Wanda Day on drums. Drummer Dawn Richardson and guitarist Roger Rocha replaced Day and Hall, respectively, before their platinum album “Bigger, Better, Faster, More!” was released in 1992; guitarist Louis Metoyer also contributed to the record.
“What’s Up,” known for its hey-ey-ey chorus and the repeated lyrics “what’s going on,” hit No. 14 in 1993 and has remained a popular song in the decades since. It was turned into a dance hit by DJ Miko, covered by country star Lainey Wilson in 2022 and saw a resurgence this year in a TikTok mashup with Nicki Minaj’s “Beez in the Trap”; the original version has more than 1.2 billion streams on Spotify and 2 billion views on YouTube.
Perry, 60, is a Grammy-nominated singer and songwriter who went on to compose major hits for other artists, including Christina Aguilera (”Beautiful”), Pink (”Get the Party Started”), Gwen Stefani, Adele, and Alicia Keys. Perry, who was previously married to “Roseanne”/“The Conners” star Sara Gilbert, was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2015.
A release date has not been announced for Perry’s or 4 Non Blondes’ upcoming albums.
