# Frozen Charlotte (album)
**Frozen Charlotte** is the seventh solo studio album by American musician [Jack White](https://www.edgepedia.org/jack-white), released on July 10, 2026 through his label Third Man Records. Recorded at White's Third Man Studio in [Nashville, Tennessee](https://www.edgepedia.org/nashville-tennessee), it is a 13-track, roughly 43-minute rock album that continues the raw, back-to-basics garage-blues approach of his 2024 album *[No Name](https://www.edgepedia.org/no-name-album)*, and it was made with his longtime touring band of Patrick Keeler, Dominic Davis, and Bobby Emmett.[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) • [2](https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-dollar-bill) • [3](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
| Key fact | Detail |
|---|---|
| Artist / album | Jack White, *Frozen Charlotte*, his seventh solo studio album[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) |
| Release | July 10, 2026, Third Man Records; 13 songs, about 42–43 minutes[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) • [4](https://www.allmusic.com/album/frozen-charlotte-mw0004830553) |
| Recording | Third Man Studio, Nashville, Tennessee; self-produced[2](https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-dollar-bill) • [5](https://pitchfork.com/news/jack-white-releasing-new-album-next-month/) |
| Band | Patrick Keeler (drums), Dominic Davis (bass), Bobby Emmett (keys)[2](https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-dollar-bill) |
| Singles | "G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs" and "Derecho Demonico" (April 2026), "Dollar Bill" (June 10, 2026)[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) • [5](https://pitchfork.com/news/jack-white-releasing-new-album-next-month/) |
| Title | Named after a Victorian porcelain penny doll; the cover shows White's own sculpture of the figure[6](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/) |
| Reception | The Guardian rated it 3 out of 5 stars; its Metacritic critic score is 60[7](https://www.metacritic.com/publication/the-guardian?dist=neutral&filter=albums) |
## Release and promotion
White announced the album on June 10, 2026, releasing "Dollar Bill" as the lead single the same day; it joined the previously released "G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs" and "Derecho Demonico", which had appeared in April ahead of his *Saturday Night Live* performance.[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) • [5](https://pitchfork.com/news/jack-white-releasing-new-album-next-month/) As with *No Name*, which had initially been given away free at Third Man stores in Detroit, London, and Nashville, White avoided a conventional announcement: the album first surfaced as a pre-order in the Third Man webstore without a press release or social media mention.[2](https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-dollar-bill)
**Formats and variants.** The album was issued on black vinyl, a limited "Zug Island Blue" edition exclusive to Third Man Records, a limited "Chrome" edition for the tour and webstore, and a limited "Ice Blue" edition for independent record stores, as well as CD and cassette.[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) During the rollout the title and cover alternated on streaming services between *Frozen Charlotte* and *Frozen Charlatan*, with an alternate cover showing a chrome figure instead of the initial blue one. According to *Exclaim!*, "Frozen Charlatan" is a misheard lyric from "G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs" ("I'm a penny dreadful and a frozen Charlotte and..."), used as a snarky reflection on online disinformation.[8](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review)
## Music and lyrics
The album follows the stripped-down template of *No Name*: loud, live-sounding garage blues with the rhythm section kept lean and the guitar at the center of the mix.[9](https://onlygreatmusic.com/reviews/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/) The opener "G.O.D. and the Broken Ribs" sets a [Garden of Eden](https://www.edgepedia.org/garden-of-eden) scene over fuzzy guitars and shuffling drums, and Pitchfork's review describes the record as "night-terror boogie, fleet-fingered car-crash jams, and haunted incantations".[3](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/) "Derecho Demonico", whose title is Spanish for "demonic law", carries lines such as "I got one rule/I don't start nothing/Nothing I can't finish".[6](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/)
A few tracks bring in outside players for specific textures: Daru Jones plays drums on "Nobody Knows", Third Man labelmate [Olivia Jean](https://www.edgepedia.org/olivia-jean) plays bass on "I Can't Believe What I'm Hearing", and David James Swanson adds percussion to "She's In A Frenzy", on which White trades guitar for an "ugly stick", a homemade folk instrument.[10](https://northerntransmissions.com/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/) The closer "Neighbors Blues" runs over five minutes and was singled out by Apple Music's editorial review for its guitar solo.[11](https://music.apple.com/us/album/frozen-charlotte/6766302423)
**Lyrical reading.** An AllMusic user review reads the album as autobiographical, written and recorded while White's marriage to fellow musician Olivia Jean was breaking down and released weeks after she filed for divorce; it points to song titles like "You'll Never Fix Me", "She's in a Frenzy", and "All Alone Again", and to the line "She did it for the love/and a dollar" on "Dollar Bill", though Jean is never directly named.[4](https://www.allmusic.com/album/frozen-charlotte-mw0004830553) Reviewers elsewhere describe the lyrics as consistently concerned with strife, estrangement, isolation, and vanity.[12](https://au.variety.com/2026/music/news/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-revew-38476/)
## Title and cover
The title refers to the "Frozen Charlotte" porcelain penny dolls widespread in the 19th century in England and the United States, themselves named after a traditional folk song about a young girl's fatal vanity.[6](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/) • [13](https://ondarock.com/reviews/2026-jack-white-frozen-charlotte/) The cover shows a sculpture White made of the figure, described by Rolling Stone as "an image of broken innocence and looming menace"; the Spanish-language coverage of the rollout describes a broken plaster statue of an Elvis-like figure with a blue skull head, which White rebuilt himself.[6](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/) • [14](https://los40.com/2026/06/12/frozen-charlotte-el-nuevo-disco-de-jack-white-llega-envuelto-en-misterio/)
## Critical reception
Reviews were generally positive but divided on the album's uniformity. The Guardian's three-star review praised the "brutal, squalid blues-rock" and White's fury, but found it less stylistically varied than *No Name*, with songs that can feel samey by the time "She's in a Frenzy" arrives; it highlighted "Neighbors Blues" as the record's most effective track.[15](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/09/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-review-brutal-squalid-blues-rock-that-just-about-sells-its-own-ridiculousness) Pitchfork's Elizabeth Nelson called it "a sleek new machine comprised of old parts" and praised the riffs and hooks, singling out "She's in a Frenzy" as the best track.[3](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/) David Fricke's review in Rolling Stone called it White's most sustained maximalist-garage studio party since the White Stripes' 2003 album *[Elephant](https://www.edgepedia.org/elephant-album)*.[6](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/) Other critics noted the almost-mono, vintage-flavored mix and the consistency of the performances, while some missed a standout moment or a bolder production choice.[16](https://www.richersounds.com/blog/Entertainment/album-review-jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
## Album count discrepancy
Sources disagree on where *Frozen Charlotte* sits in White's solo catalog. Third Man Records, Pitchfork, and Apple Music call it his seventh solo studio album,[1](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte) • [3](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/) • [11](https://music.apple.com/us/album/frozen-charlotte/6766302423) while David Fricke's Rolling Stone review calls it his eighth solo album and his fourth in as many years.[6](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/) The count depends on how White's 2022 pair *Fear of the Dawn* and *Entering Heaven Alive* and other releases are tallied.
## Track listing
All tracks as listed on the official Bandcamp release:[17](https://officialjackwhite.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-charlotte)
1. "G.O.D. And The Broken Ribs" – 3:43
2. "Derecho Demonico" – 3:53
3. "There's Nobody There" – 3:56
4. "Raising The Grain" – 3:06
5. "You'll Never Fix Me" – 3:23
6. "Nobody Knows" – 3:04
7. "Dollar Bill" – 2:42
8. "I Can't Believe What I'm Hearing" – 2:29
9. "Thick As Thieves" – 3:01
10. "All Alone Again" – 3:29
11. "She's In A Frenzy" – 2:23
12. "Making Contact" – 2:23
13. "Neighbors Blues" – 5:04
## References
1. [Jack White Announces Seventh Studio Album, Frozen Charlotte, Third Man Records](https://thirdmanrecords.com/blogs/news/jack-white-announces-seventh-studio-album-frozen-charlotte)
2. [Jack White confirms "raucous, raw, and frenetic" new album Frozen Charlotte, releases Dollar Bill single, LouderSound](https://www.loudersound.com/bands-artists/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-dollar-bill)
3. [Jack White: Frozen Charlotte Album Review, Pitchfork (Elizabeth Nelson)](https://pitchfork.com/reviews/albums/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
4. [Jack White: Frozen Charlotte Tracks & Reviews, AllMusic](https://www.allmusic.com/album/frozen-charlotte-mw0004830553)
5. [Jack White Releasing New Album Next Month, Pitchfork (Jazz Monroe)](https://pitchfork.com/news/jack-white-releasing-new-album-next-month/)
6. [Jack White's 'Frozen Charlotte' Is a Rage for These Times, Rolling Stone Canada (David Fricke)](https://ca.rollingstone.com/music/music-features/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review/)
7. [The Guardian Profile, Metacritic](https://www.metacritic.com/publication/the-guardian?dist=neutral&filter=albums)
8. [Jack White Is Discontent with Content on 'Frozen Charlotte', Exclaim!](https://exclaim.ca/music/article/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-review)
9. [Jack White's 'Frozen Charlotte' is a Guitar-Slinging Masterpiece of Pure Showmanship, Only Great Music (Nia Strand)](https://onlygreatmusic.com/reviews/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
10. [Jack White - Frozen Charlotte, Northern Transmissions (David Saxum)](https://northerntransmissions.com/jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
11. [Frozen Charlotte - Album by Jack White, Apple Music](https://music.apple.com/us/album/frozen-charlotte/6766302423)
12. [Jack White Keeps Rock 'n' Roll on the Front Burner in 'Frozen Charlotte,' Variety Australia](https://au.variety.com/2026/music/news/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-album-revew-38476/)
13. [Jack White - Frozen Charlotte: The return to rock-blues roots, OndaRock](https://ondarock.com/reviews/2026-jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
14. ['Frozen Charlotte': el nuevo disco de Jack White llega envuelto en misterio, Los40](https://los40.com/2026/06/12/frozen-charlotte-el-nuevo-disco-de-jack-white-llega-envuelto-en-misterio/)
15. [Jack White: Frozen Charlotte review, The Guardian (Shaad D'Souza)](https://www.theguardian.com/music/2026/jul/09/jack-white-frozen-charlotte-review-brutal-squalid-blues-rock-that-just-about-sells-its-own-ridiculousness)
16. [Album review: Jack White - Frozen Charlotte, Richer Sounds](https://www.richersounds.com/blog/Entertainment/album-review-jack-white-frozen-charlotte/)
17. [Frozen Charlotte | Jack White, Bandcamp](https://officialjackwhite.bandcamp.com/album/frozen-charlotte)
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