BIRDY REVEALS NEW TRACK “SECOND HAND NEWS” AHEAD OF LONG-AWAITED ALBUM ‘YOUNG HEART’ – OUT APRIL 30

LAST NIGHT SAW BIRDY HOST HER FIRST SHOW OF THE YOUNG HEART ERA – A ONE-OFF GLOBAL LIVESTREAM FROM WILTON’S MUSIC HALL

BUY/STREAM “SECOND HAND NEWS”

Today, Grammy-nominated, multi-platinum recording artist Birdy announces new track “Second Hand News” taken from her long-awaited fourth album, Young Heart. Following “Deepest Lonely” – ‘deeper, darker territory…authentically haunting – The Guardian’ – “Second Hand News” is a rousing piano ballad that details drifting apart from a partner based on speculation and conjecture.

Last night (April 15^th), Birdy’s one-off global livestream from the majestic Wilton’s Music Hall – the oldest Grand Music Hall in the world – attracted ticket buyers from more than 70 countries. Shot by acclaimed director Ed Coleman and produced by Driift, the show featured a full band and eight-piece string section, with Birdy performing songs from throughout her career as well as previewing several from the new album. Images can be found HERE.

‘Young Heart’ is quite the departure from Birdy’s previous album, 2015’s dramatic ‘Beautiful Lies.’ Where Beautiful Lies was a fairy tale, Young Heart is a gritty realist portrait of the artist in pain, looking for the light. The songs on the album tussle between light and dark, between that vastness of space and the interior of home. The conflict between wanting to hide away and being compelled to go away, to new places and new experiences play out across the record.

Album opener “Voyager” is a beautifully written song about the knowledge and pain that you need to end a relationship, but the no-man’s land where your partner doesn’t know yet. From there, the record speaks of the fallout – the loneliness, the pain of missing the person one still loves, the acceptance of grief being central to love and loss, longing for travel but the pull of the familiarity of home.

Pre-order Birdy’s fourth studio album ‘Young Heart’ here: https://birdy.lnk.to/young-heart/ 

‘Young Heart’ Tracklisting:

1. The Witching Hour – Intro
2. Voyager
3. Loneliness
4. The Otherside
5. Surrender
6. Nobody Knows Me Like You Do
7. River Song
8. Second Hand News
9. Deepest Lonely
10. Lighthouse
11. Chopin Waltz in A Minor – Interlude
12. Evergreen
13. Little Blue
14. Celestial Dancers
15. New Moon
16. Young Heart