Vancouver-based rising pop artist Xana announces her bold, empowering sophomore album The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn’t due out May 10 and available for pre-order now. Alongside the announcement, Xana shares the first taste of the project with risqué track + videoBetter Kind Of Best Friendout everywhere now. The forthcoming gripping collection sees Xana confront dark truths and deep pain as she learns to process and heal past wounds through shimmering melodies, captivating vocals and candid, clever lyricism.

The Sex Was Good Until It Wasn’t goes where the artist has never gone before, touching on incredibly personal–and at times traumatic–subject matter.

Xana reveals:

It’s an album that I’ve been wanting to write for a long time and I went into it knowing exactly what its purpose would be.”

What’s an album about the horrors of sex without a song about the wonders of sex?”

“As a queer person, my relationship with sex all my life has been a challenging road to navigate, and I think it’s really important to remind people that sex isn’t the end all be all and sex is allowed to be–and supposed to be–fun and lighthearted and pleasurable for all parties.”