We Speak Pop

Cade Hoppe Maps the Middle of the Road on New Album Safer at a Distance

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2026

Cade Hoppe, LA-based singer, songwriter and producer

Some albums are about leaving and some are about arriving. Cade Hoppe’s new record is about everything in between, the long stretch where a dream is still a dream and the only honest thing to do is keep going.

Today, LA-based singer, songwriter, and producer Cade Hoppe releases his new album, Safer at a Distance. Pairing introspective songwriting with catchy hooks and expansive indie-pop production, the 11-track album explores Hoppe’s evolving relationship with music and his experience of pursuing a dream without knowing exactly where it will lead.

“This is an existential road trip album that’s neither about the departure nor the arrival,” Hoppe says. “When you’re in the middle of nowhere, you’re never anywhere but where you are.”

Featuring previously released singles “Still Turn This Around,” “Lake Michigan,” “Crashland,” and “Flatearther,” Safer at a Distance explores the interplay between acceptance and denial, and the ways we make sense of reality through the things we want to believe. In “Lake Michigan,” Hoppe convinces himself the lake is the Pacific Ocean, while “Flatearther” examines the lengths we’ll go to preserve a belief against all evidence.

On “Halfway Out My Mind,” the album’s focus track, Hoppe grapples with the loss of innocence and the feeling of falling behind, finding moments of wry humor amid the uncertainty. “This whole album oscillates between acceptance and denial, while constantly assessing what is and isn’t reality,” he says.

The album’s title comes from the opening lines of “Make Me King”: “We were safer at a distance / You were broken in my arms.” Later, on “End of the Tunnel,” he sings, “There’s a map to where I’m going / A loading grid and a ‘you are here’ dot.” The lyric captures the spirit of Safer at a Distance: rather than offering a clear picture of what comes next, the album documents Hoppe’s life as it is now, somewhere along the road between the dream he set out to pursue and wherever it might take him.

Cade Hoppe’s path into music was anything but conventional. While studying finance and playing college basketball at NYU, he found himself increasingly drawn to songwriting and production. When the pandemic hit, he decided to pursue music full-time, funding his earliest releases through service industry jobs. After seven years in New York City, he relocated to Los Angeles, where he continues to develop his own music while establishing himself as a producer for other artists.

Since making his debut in 2021, Hoppe has earned support from tastemakers including Notion, Ones To Watch, and EARMILK. Safer at a Distance is his fourth project, following Tell Me How I’m Worth It (2021), Everything That’s Wrong With You (2022), and Just Look At The Moon (2023).

Safer at a Distance Track List:
1. Make Me King
2. Oasis
3. Lake Michigan
4. Crashland
5. Still Turn This Around
6. Halfway Out My Mind
7. Staring Contest
8. Treestruck
9. Give It Back
10. End of the Tunnel
11. Flatearther

Listen to Safer at a Distance on all streaming platforms: https://ffm.to/saadAlbum

Tyla Opens North America Leg of The A*POP World Tour in Wheatland

Published

2 days ago

November 13, 2026

We Speak Media

Tyla performs live on stage during the opening night of the North America leg of The A*POP World Tour at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, California

Tyla launched the North America leg of The A*POP World Tour last night at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, California, opening with “THAT GIRL” and closing with an encore of “WATER” as her sophomore album A*POP continues its run at the top of the Billboard World Albums chart.

Last night, two-time GRAMMY Award-winning global singer and songwriter Tyla launched the North America leg of her highly anticipated THE A*POP WORLD TOUR at Hard Rock Live in Wheatland, CA. The tour celebrates the release of her highly anticipated sophomore studio album, A*POP, which arrived July 24 via FAX and Epic Records.

Tyla opened the show with “THAT GIRL” before delivering performances of “Jump,” “PUSH 2 START,” “Truth or Dare” and more. The setlist also featured fan favorites and chart-topping hits including, “SHE DID IT AGAIN” and “SHAKE AH”, “CHANEL,” before closing with an encore performance of “WATER.” The production brought the A*POP aesthetic to life, transforming the stage into a vibrant, club-like setting with black lights, neon outfits and bold splashes of paint.

THE A*POP WORLD TOUR continues tomorrow with a performance at Bill Graham Civic Auditorium in San Francisco before making stops in Vancouver, Chicago, Brooklyn, Los Angeles and more. The North America leg concludes on Saturday, December 19 at Fontainebleau Las Vegas. Tyla will then bring the tour to Africa for select performances in Cape Town and Johannesburg early January before supporting Bruno Mars on his Australia and New Zealand dates of The Romantic Tour throughout February and March.

The tour follows Tyla’s 2025 We Wanna Party Tour across Asia and the UAE, which included sold-out performances in Japan. THE A*POP WORLD TOUR marks her first full-scale headline tour spanning North America, Europe, the UK and Africa.

Released July 24, A*POP features 14 tracks, including “CHANEL,” “IS IT,” “SHE DID IT AGAIN” and “IS IT LOVE.” The album is available to stream now at tyla.lnk.to/APOP. The record has already won critical and commercial accolades, debuting at #1 on the Billboard World Albums chart and earning praise from outlets like Pitchfork, who called her a “sexy, infectious, fun new voice” in the pop mainstream.

Tickets and tour information are available at TylaWorld.com.

Tyla, The A*POP World Tour North America Dates

Thu Nov 12 — Wheatland, CA — Hard Rock Live
Fri Nov 13 — San Francisco, CA — Bill Graham Civic Auditorium*
Sun Nov 15 — Vancouver, BC — Doug Mitchell Thunderbird Sports Centre
Tue Nov 17 — Seattle, WA — WAMU Theater @ Lumen Field
Fri Nov 20 — Denver, CO — Fillmore Auditorium
Sun Nov 22 — Chicago, IL — Aragon Ballroom
Wed Nov 25 — Boston, MA — MGM Music Hall at Fenway
Thu Nov 26 — Toronto, ON — Coca-Cola Coliseum
Sat Nov 28 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
Sun Nov 29 — Brooklyn, NY — Brooklyn Paramount
Wed Dec 2 — Washington, DC — The Anthem*
Sat Dec 5 — Tampa, FL — Yuengling Center
Sun Dec 6 — Atlanta, GA — Coca-Cola Roxy
Wed Dec 9 — Irving, TX — The Pavilion at Toyota Music Factory
Thu Dec 10 — Houston, TX — 713 Music Hall
Fri Dec 11 — Austin, TX — Moody Center
Mon Dec 14 — Phoenix, AZ — Arizona Financial Theatre
Tue Dec 15 — San Diego, CA — Viejas Arena
Wed Dec 16 — Los Angeles, CA — YouTube Theater
Sat Dec 19 — Las Vegas, NV — Fontainebleau Las Vegas

Tyla, The A*POP World Tour Africa Dates

Mon Jan 4 — Cape Town, South Africa – Green Point Track*
Fri Jan 8 — Johannesburg, South Africa – Expo Centre, Nasrec*
Sat Jan 9 — Johannesburg, South Africa – Expo Centre, Nasrec*
*Non-Live Nation Date

About Tyla

In an era where niche culture has taken priority over monoculture, two-time GRAMMY® winner TYLA has ascended to true and unequivocal global superstar status. With A*POP, asserted and fully aware of her presence in pop music, she presents a project that refuses containment or dismissal. It’s confrontational, candid but fun, and spills authenticity rooted in where she’s from: a country that has always spoken in more than one musical language. Through this language, she reveals her range not just as an African artist, but as a global pop star with an entire world behind her.

TYLA’s journey got off to a historic beginning in 2024, when she won her first GRAMMY® Award, and made Billboard chart history with the three-time RIAA® Platinum smash hit “WATER,” and the release of her seminal debut albums, TYLA and TYLA+. The set produced another Hot 100 and GRAMMY®-winning hit, “PUSH 2 START,” and sent seven songs to the U.S. Afrobeats chart, including two no. 1s. The campaign made TYLA the highest-charting African female soloist on the Billboard 200. With her highly-anticipated second go-round, A*POP, TYLA picked up where she left off. “CHANEL,” one of the album’s standout singles, was an immediate pop sensation. It topped the U.S. Afrobeats chart and earned over 150 million video views, while TYLA’s follow-up effort, the Zara Larsson-assisted, Y2K-inspired “SHE DID IT AGAIN,” became a disruptive moment, and amplified TYLA’s commitment to the pop star realm. “IS IT LOVE?,” the album’s third single, earned TYLA her record fourth no. 1 on the Billboard U.S. Afrobeats chart. A*POP is available now.