Back in August, Sam Fender debuted two new songs live: “People Watching” and “Nostalgia Lies.” We knew that the UK rocker was planning a follow-up to his 2021 sophomore album, Seventeen Going Under, and on Wednesday he confirmed that said new album would be titled People Watching and drop in February 2025.Today, a studio version of the title track is out; it was partially recorded in London with produced Markus Dravs and also in LA with the War On Drugs’ Adam Granduciel.
In an Instagram post on November 7, Fender wrote that “People Watching” is about “somebody that was like a surrogate mother to me and passed away last November… It’s kind of ironic because she was the one that gave me the confidence to go on stage… now an entire song (and album) connects to her.” He adds: Listen to “People Watching” below.People Watching will be out 2/25 via Polydor Records.
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