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.