Amy MacDonald has released Can You Hear Me from her forthcoming sixth studio album, ‘Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?’.
Serving as the follow-up to recent releases, Forward and the title song, the Scottish star’s new tune sees the singer-songwriter inspire the next generation to keep their faith for a brighter future.
In a post on social media, she added: “This song is kind of a call to arms for the amazing younger generations.”
Listen to Can You Hear Me? below.
Serving as the follow-up to her 2020 LP, ‘The Human Demands’, the record is preceded by its title song, out now, which encouraged the singer-songwriter to reassess her relationship with writing, recording and playing live music.
“I feel very lucky to be in the place I am now. I’ve got this career, good friends, my family, and people still seem to want to hear my music, which is great,” she says. “There’s a realness in me, something raw – honestly I’m winging it most of the time.
“This song was actually inspired by when they opened The Sphere in Las Vegas – I woke up one day and saw all of these videos of it, and I thought, this is incredible! I was totally blown away by it, and it reminded me of how gigs are experiences.
“It really inspired me and made me think about how music is for me, and gigs have always been the most important part. But streaming has created the demand for new music all of the time – it’s like a constant treadmill.
“This song is my view on how people always expect more music and social media content.”
‘Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?’ is released on July 11 and available to pre-order from Amy MacDonald’s store, Amazon, HMV, Rough Trade, Townsend and more.
Tracklist: Amy MacDonald – Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?
1. Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?
2. Trapped
3. Can You Hear Me?
4. I’m Done (Games That You Play)
5. The Hope
6. Forward
7. We Survive
8. One More Shot
9. Physical
10. It’s All So Long Ago
