Heated Rivalry fans are once again being blessed with the gift of physical media.
Physical editions of Heated Rivalry’s soundtrack are set to hit stores in July. Previews of the CD and vinyl versions were released Tuesday by Milan Records. A new cassette version of the album was also announced.
The physical editions include Peter Peter’s award-winning score, which was released on streaming earlier this year, and a selection of fan-favorite needle drops from the show including Wolf Parade, Feist, t.A.T.u, Harrison and more. But, perhaps most excitedly for fans, the upcoming release will include a never-be-heard version of the episode six track “One Soul (Cottage Version).”
The vinyl comes in two variants — the widely available Montreal vs. Boston edition and the Icy Infereno edition, which will only be available on Milan’s website and select Sony direct-to-consumer retailers. The Montreal vs. Boston edition features two discs, one themed for Shane Hollander’s Montreal Metros and the other for Ilya Rozanov’s Boston Raiders. The Icy Inferno version’s discs are both transparent, while the other features block coloring for their respective teams.
A newly announced cassette edition of the soundtrack will be available for preorder beginning Wednesday from Milan Records and Sony Music Canada. The version features an icy clear cassette with printed labels and inserts featuring imagery from the show.
All CD and vinyl versions feature linear notes from the show’s creator Jacob Tierney and fold-out posters. The vinyl version features two photocards — sorry, trading cards — of Hudson Williams as Shane Hollander and Connor Storrie as Ilya Rozanov.
Last week, special edition Blu-ray and DVD versions of Heated Rivalry’s first season were released for pre-order. The cover for Tierney’s upcoming book, I’ll Believe in Anything: The Making of Heated Rivalry, was also released. A collection of annotated Heated Rivalry scripts is slated for release in October.
Hailing from Canadian streamer Crave and airing on HBO Max in the U.S., Heated Rivalry centers on a fictional hockey universe based on the popular romance books by Reid. The show’s first season is based on the second novel, Heated Rivalry. Tierney created, wrote and directed the series.
Heated Rivalry focuses on two rival professional players — Canada-born Shane Hollander (Williams) of the fictitious Montreal Metros and Russia-born Ilya Rozanov (Storrie) of the fictitious Boston Raiders — as they navigate a near-decade-long situationship-turned-relationship. The show has made certified stars out of both Storrie and Williams.
In the months since the show’s premiere, the pair have presented at the Golden Globes, served as torchbearers in the 2026 Olympic Torch Relay, attended the Met Gala and each booked post-Heated Rivalry roles.
Crave renewed Heated Rivalry for a second season early into the show’s first season run. HBO Max has confirmed it will continue to air the series. The show is slated to shoot the second season this summer and is aiming for a spring 2027 release. The upcoming season will be based on the next installment of Shane and Ilya’s story in Reid’s novels, The Long Game, along with the fifth book in the series, Role Model.
Reid announced earlier this year that she’ll be publishing her seventh book in the Game Changers series. The book, Unrivaled, will be the next chapter in Shane and Ilya’s story, which is set to be released in June 2027.
