Arca has announced her first full-length studio album in five years, titled XXXXX, set for release on Friday 31 July via XL Recordings. The record follows her Kick series, which ran from 2020 to 2021, marking her return to solo album releases despite having stayed busy with a range of collaborative work in the interim.

Ahead of the release, Arca hosted a livestream performance called "Diva.Experimental", directed by Daniel Sannwald, broadcast from seven locations across Barcelona and funded by dating app Feeld, featuring unreleased tracks from the 16-song album. Over the past year she released the singles "Puta" and "Sola", contributed to Madonna's Confessions II, and worked with artists including Addison Rae, Hikaru Utada and Tokischa; the album's artwork was created by Kaan Ulgener, with a tracklist including songs such as "No End", "Willow" and "Sueño Jazz".