โFreeโ is an euphoric new song by Florence + the Machine

Dance Fever, Florence + The Machineโs long-awaited follow-up to 2018โs High As Hope, will be released next month. In the midst of the pandemic, Florence Welch began writing the albumโs tracks, which she then recorded in New York with co-producer Jack Antonoff. Dave Bayley, the leader of the Glass Animals, also lent a hand on the album. The early tracks โKing,โ โHeaven Is Here,โ and โMy Loveโ have all been shared, and now Florence has shared another another early single.
Florenceโs current single, โFree,โ is a big, soaring, ecstatic rocker about overcoming anxiety and the fleeting moments when that tension fades away thanks to the magic of music and community catharsis. โFreeโ sits neatly alongside Florence classics like โDog Days Are Overโ and โShake It Outโ in terms of majestic release. Florence and Jack Antonoff collaborated on the songโs writing and production. She sang the song for the first time at the start of her tour in Newcastle a few nights ago, and she was completely enthralled by it. Itโs not often that I get to say this about an albumโs fourth single, but โFreeโ has the potential to become an anthem in the future.
โFree,โ like the other Dance Fever singles, includes a video directed by Autumn de Wilde, the former rock photographer behind the upcoming film Emma in 2020. Bill Nighy, the iconic British character actor known for roles in Love Actually and the Pirates Of The Caribbean films, stars in the โFreeโ video. Nighy previously worked with de Wilde on Emma, and he portrays Florenceโs uneasiness in the โFreeโ clip. Take a look at the video below.
Dance Feverย is out 5/13 on Polydor.