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A young woman posed as Shakespeare’s Ophelia, flowers in her loose hair

Johnny Marr

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Ophelia
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Ophelia

№ NMU 260723 A · blog singlerel. July 23, 20263 min 57 s · stereo · BMG
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The second single, shared on July 23, 2026 and track five on The Age of Everything, named after the drowned heroine of Hamlet. Marr says he sees dignity and resilience in Shakespeare’s Ophelia, and that she reminded him of someone in his own life.

Johnny Marr. From The Age of Everything, his fifth solo album – written in London, developed live on US East Coast tour dates and recorded in Manchester – BMG, October 2, 2026. Sources: Radio X. Photograph: Julia Margaret Cameron, Ophelia Study No. 2, albumen print, 1867. George Eastman Museum, Rochester, New York.

№
NMU 260723 A
artist
Johnny Marr
title
Ophelia
from
The Age of Everything (2026)
label
BMG
photograph
Julia Margaret Cameron, Ophelia Study No. 2, 1867. George Eastman Museum.
filed
July 23, 2026
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