Joshua Bassett goes for gold. After years within the music trade, the 23-year-old singer-songwriter has lastly introduced that his debut studio album The Golden Years is arriving this summer time.

Sharing a teaser video for the challenge, Bassett merely wrote through Instagram on Friday (May 17), ?THE ALBUM. THE GOLDEN YEARS. JULY 26.?

In the clip, the High School Musical: The Musical: The Series alum shoots the only paintings for The Golden Years? title monitor, which additionally dropped Friday. In denims, a denim jacket and white tank high, Bassett frolics by way of a grassy meadow, lit by the sundown.

?If I would?ve known those were the golden years/ I would?ve held you longer that night when you kissed me goodbye through your tears,? he sings on the comfortable rock quantity, which performs within the background of the teaser. ?If I would?ve known those were the golden years/ I would?ve never left you alone when you needed me most, my dear.?

The new album will observe a string of singles from Bassett, together with final 12 months?s ?Just Love? and 2022?s ?Different? and ?I?m Sorry.? In 2022, he launched the EP Sad Songs in a Hotel Room.

The announcement comes about two weeks after the singer/actor teased ?The Golden Years? in a viral TikTok, through which he sang alongside to a snippet of the monitor on the seaside. At the time, many commenters speculated that the regret-filled lyrics have been about both Olivia Rodrigo or Sabrina Carpenter, each of whom he?s been romantically linked to prior to now.

See Bassett?s announcement ? and stream ?The Golden Years? ? under.