Watch Chvrches’ Lauren Mayberry perform upcoming single ‘Something In The Air’ live for the first time
Lauren Mayberry treated fans to a live preview of her upcoming single ‘Something In The Air’ during a performance in the US this week – check out footage below.
The Chvrches frontwoman has been gradually sharing singles since announcing her solo career last summer, and this week teased that her latest, called ‘Something In The Air’, will be arriving on October 1.
The artist gave the track a live preview during one of Bleachers’ trio of shows at the Greek Theatre in Los Angeles, where Mayberry performed as support on Thursday (September 19).
The new single kicks things up a notch from her sombre piano-led 2023 track ‘Are You Awake?’ and borrows some Chvrches-style melodrama after the edgy pop-leaning singles ‘Shame’ and ‘Change Shapes‘.
Check out fan-shot footage of ‘Something In The Air’ below.
Last year, Mayberry told NME that her new material was “born out of things that I couldn’t or wouldn’t write in the band”.
“The worst writing sessions were when I went in with someone who didn’t really understand what I was talking about and we would just write a sort of shit Chvrches song,” she said.
“I was like, ‘This is a nice afternoon, but what’s the point in this?’ There’s already a universe where I can make that and I enjoy it. I don’t see why I would want to make the Tesco own brand version of that. These are musical and lyrical things that I don’t get to do in the band or don’t feel comfortable doing in the band.”
Upon announcing her solo endeavour last year, the Scottish singer-songwriter shared her hopes that her music would be a “fun, freaky, sad, weird, joyful pop playground”.
Later this year, Mayberry will perform as opening support for London Grammar on their 2024 UK and European tour.
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