“This album has completely changed my life” may sound like a familiar sentiment that any artist might share during a new album cycle, but for Olivia Dean and her second LP The Art of Loving, it’s practically an understatement.
Midway through her Saturday (Aug. 15) night show in New York City, the English singer-songwriter paused to reflect on a transformative period that saw her go from opening for Sabrina Carpenter’s Short n’ Sweet Tour, which rolled into Madison Square Garden in fall 2025, to selling out four nights as the headliner at the same venue just 10 months later. “That was my…




