on 25 march 2019, louise announced that her fourth solo album "heavy love" will be released on 18 october 2019. the lead single, "stretch", was released on 26 march 2019 but failed to make the uk top 100 singles chart. she then released follow up singles 'lead me on', 'small talk' and 'breaking back together' as a bonus single after announcing 'heavy love' was to be pushed back to a 2020 release.