Iconic television music series Austin City Limits (ACL) announces an exclusive worldwide livestream of 2026 GRAMMY Award-winning British singer-songwriter Lola Young’s Season 52 taping on Friday, October 9. The singular artist brings her fiercely honest alternative pop to the ACL stage, showcasing songs from her acclaimed albums This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway and I’m Only Fucking Myself.
For one night only, fans around the globe can experience Lola Young’s Austin City Limits debut live from Austin, Texas. Streaming free exclusively at YouTube.com/AustinCityLimitsTV beginning at 9 p.m. ET/ 8 p.m. CT, the livestream offers a rare opportunity to experience an Austin City Limits taping as it happens. ACL’s exclusive livestreams give music fans everywhere a front-row seat to the magic of one of television’s most iconic music stages. The full-set performance will be available only during the live event, offering an exclusive early look at Young’s hour-long Season 52 episode ahead of it PBS broadcast premiere early next year. Full episodes are available to stream on the PBS App, PBS.org and the Austin City Limits YouTube Channel.
25-year-old South London native Lola Young has rapidly emerged as one of contemporary alternative pop’s most compelling voices. Young broke through with the 2025 anthem “Messy,” earning two 2026 GRAMMY Award nominations, including Best New Artist, and winning Best Pop Solo Performance. She followed with five BRIT Award nominations and a Breakthrough Artist wn, securing her reputation for fiercely candid songwriting and powerhouse vovals. Her latest album, I’m Only Fucking Myself, delves into self-sabotage, addiction, relationships and the contradictions of modern life with the lacerating honesty that has become her signature. Rolling Stone hails Young as “one of pop’s most fiercely honest songwriters, transmitting messy truths with a powerhouse voice.”
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