English singer-songwriter Jade Bird has released a new single. Open Up The Heavens is Bird’s third single to be released from her upcoming album, following Houdini and Headstart. The song premiered on BBC Radio 1’s Future Sounds with Annie Mac as Hottest Record In The World on 23rd February.

Speaking to Mac on the show, Bird said: “I spent the whole night getting the song down, writing the song… it’s just my favourite, cause it’s like electric guitar, it’s so punchy – the vocals are the highest I’ve ever hit.”

“It’s a lot to do with being present, I think. On stage sometimes when you’re touring all the time, you have to really engage, or find a way that you’re not going into autopilot, and it started with I Get No Joy off my last record, because when I wrote that song I was like, I have to engage to sing that… I think with the other one, I have to focus so hard to sing this record, it’s ridiculous – I have to go full Mariah Carey!”

Bird also said that she is waiting to announce details of her second album. Although the album is finished, she told Mac that she wants to release it when playing live is a possibility once again. This as-of-yet untitled album is due to come out at some point later this year.

Bird released her first EP Something American in 2017, and supported bands such as London Grammar and First Aid Kit. She followed with her first single Lottery the next year, and appeared as a finalist on BBC Sound of 2018. Following the release of her debut album, Bird was nominated for the Americana Music Honors & Awards, and won an AIM Independent Music Award.

Despite her 2020 tour being cancelled, Bird has been streaming live shows via the internet during the pandemic. She teamed up with Microsoft to perform a livestreamed concert named RE:Surface in May 2020, and she played a concert for the Come Together Mental Health Music Festival in October that year. In 2021, Bird has performed on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, played on clothing brand Gap’s Instagram, and streamed her own live gig.