Suki Waterhouse discovered the Sparklemuffin spider during a late night scroll. The spider became the mascot for her sophomore album, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin,” out Friday.

Suki Waterhouse’s sophomore album, “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin” (2024), is a love story about her fiancé, artistry and self. Waterhouse expands her range by including more upbeat and stripped-back tracks than on her 2022 album “I Can’t Let Go,” while elevating her signature reverberated dream-pop.

Even from my nosebleed, upper-tier seat at Wembley Stadium, Suki Waterhouse’s heavenly soundscape instantly transported me to another world. I’d always been a fan of Waterhouse, but her performance as the opener of The Eras Tour in London is what made me fall in love with her as an artist.

When Suki Waterhouse discovered the Sparklemuffin, it was as if she had caught wind of one of the juiciest pieces of gossip of all time. She was in the midst of a late-night internet search binge when she came across a fuzzy peacock spider that dances.

Waterhouse has done something truly unique for a modern musician: she has created a completely original sound by striking an even balance between pop music and an indie rock edge. “Memoir of a Sparklemuffin” beautifully exemplifies this balance and is everything the album’s strange title alludes to and more.

Suki Waterhouse — best known for her hit “Good Looking” — released her second studio album Memoir of a Sparklemuffin on Friday. With sounds alluding to ‘90s and early 2000s soft rock, the dream-pop album reflects Waterhouse’s effortlessly chic persona and classic tastes.

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