Less then a month after sharing ‘Surrender‘, Birdy revealed her brand new single ‘Loneliness‘ ahead of her upcoming fourth studio record Young Heart. The track premiered on Friday, 12 February as the second promotional release from the album due out 30 April 2021 via Atlantic Records. Later in the day, the accompanying official video unveiled yet another beautiful collaboration with the renowned Grammy Award-winning Sophie Muller, who also directed ‘Surrender‘ and boasts an endless list of established classics.
The imaginative video sees Birdy by herself in isolation, losing sense of time in an endless loop of clever footage played backwards. The talented singer-songwriter added the following message on her social on the premiere day: “This video was so special to create, we had the idea of making it in reverse which meant learning and performing the song backwards“. Since uploading yesterday, the video has already been played over 100,000 times, with 15,000 likes and rising, and is available to watch here.
‘Loneliness‘ takes a bold and mature step away from Birdy’s previous record Beautiful Lies (2016). Following a five year hiatus, the young artist is preparing the release of her new album that is a lot more personal and intimate, stripping back the big production and theatrical feel of its predecessor. Without losing those signature emotive melodies and atmospheric compositions, Young Heart is shaping to reflect a natural growth in both music and herself, with strong focus on personal experience and deeper emotions.
Birdy talks about the new single: “I’m really excited to share ‘Loneliness’ from my new album Young Heart. When I wrote the song there were two characters in my head, a mischievous one and another who’s being led astray. It’s not so much about leaving someone but more of a love song to Loneliness.” The track is co-written with the prolific Jamie Scott, having previously worked with the likes of Rag’n’Bone Man, One Direction, Rudimental, Justin Bieber, Jess Glynne, and many more. ‘Loneliness‘ is produced by James Ford of The Last Shadow Puppets, knows for his production work for Arctic Monkeys, Foals, Gorillaz, Florence and the Machine, and Depeche Mode.
Young Heart is Birdy’s fourth studio album, coming out ten year since her double platinum self-titled debut from 2011. Since then, the now 24-year old indie singer-songwriter released the Top 10 records Fire Within (2014) and Beautiful Lies (2016) before going on a prolonged break, spent in travel and seeking new inspirations.
Last November, the acclaimed singer came back with the EP Piano Sketches, a beautiful collection of four intimate pieces, before starting the promotional cycle for her upcoming record. The official tracklist for Young Heart is shown below. The new album is out 30 April via Atlantic Records, available to pre-order here.
My new album Y O U N G H E A R T will be out on 30th April!!!
It’s been a long journey bringing this album to life, it’s definitely my favourite so far and every part of my little soul has gone into making it!
If you’d like to, you can pre-order now: https://t.co/QBMuE3uKYu pic.twitter.com/8HmQXdH0un— Birdy (@birdy) January 22, 2021
01. ‘The Witching Hour’
02. ‘Voyager’
03. ‘Loneliness’
04. ‘The Otherside’
05. ‘Surrender’
06. ‘Nobody Knows Me Like You Do’
07. ‘River Song’
08. ‘Second Hand News’
09. ‘Deepest Lonely’
10. ‘Lighthouse’
11. ‘Chopin Waltz in A Minor’ (Interlude)
12. ‘Evergreen’
13. ‘Little Blue’
14. ‘Celestial Dancers’
15. ‘New Moon’
16. ‘Young Heart’
