A new EP called “Once Again” appeared on Bridgit Mendler’s Spotify and Apple Music profiles in June 2026, sending fans into overdrive. But Mendler later clarified it wasn’t her release—while also teasing that she’ll let fans know when she’s the one making new
The “Once Again” EP appeared like a spark in the dark—suddenly popping up on Bridgit Mendler’s Spotify and Apple Music pages in June 2026. Fans who remember her from Good Luck Charlie and Wizards of Waverly Place couldn’t help themselves. A new EP meant one thing to a lot of them: a real return to music.
Days after the surprise release surfaced under a “new release” label, the story turned fast. Bridgit Mendler took to Twitter to shut down the assumption that she was behind it.
“Sorry to disappoint everyone, the Spotify release wasn’t me!” Mendler tweeted on June 10, 2026.
The confusion had been understandable. The EP titled Once Again showed up with multiple new tracks. including “Flowers. ” “Cold. ” “Mercy. ” “Long Run. ” “Loyalties. ” and “Oxygen.” For Disney Channel fans. it felt like the kind of drop that only happens when an artist has been building toward something—quietly. then suddenly.
But the artist who the profiles seemed to belong to wasn’t making that music at that moment.
Mendler isn’t away from the spotlight completely, though. She’s been steadily building a new career outside entertainment. She co-founded the satellite data company Northwood Space with her husband. Griffin Cleverly. and she serves as the CEO of the startup. In an October 2024 interview with her Lemonade Mouth co-star Naomi Scott for Hero magazine. she described Northwood as “a different kind of space company. ” explaining that they “send data for satellites” using “big-ass antennas on the ground.”.
She also tied her work to a broader shift in the space industry—moving from missions designed around a limited number of satellites to a commercial era where “hundreds of satellites” are launched regularly and the number in orbit will reach “hundreds of thousands.” In that same conversation. Mendler shared why the mission matters to her personally: she grew up hearing her parents urge her to “Do something in your life that matters.”.
That drive, and the way she’s committed to it, is part of why the “Once Again” appearance hit so hard—only for Mendler to come right back and make the clarification simple.
Her follow-up tweet offered something else: not a promise that new music is coming tomorrow, but a door cracked open for the future. In the midst of the 2026 EP rumors, Mendler wrote, “When it is [me releasing new music], trust me, you’ll know ;),” a line fans read as hopeful.
When it comes to why she stepped back from music in the first place. Mendler has been clear that it wasn’t a lack of ability—it was a mismatch. During her 2024 Hero interview with Naomi Scott. she said. “At a certain point with music. I just didn’t find my people to make it with.” She added that she’s “dabbled with production” and admires artists who are self-sufficient. but she also values the joy of creating with other people.
So the June 2026 “Once Again” surprise landed as a reminder of how quickly excitement can spread when an artist’s name is attached—and how quickly it can be corrected when the artist steps in.
For now, the EP that showed up on her platforms isn’t hers. But Mendler has left enough room for fans to believe that if and when it is really her next chapter in music, she’ll be the one letting everyone know—on purpose.
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