Florence + The Machine have shared their new single, “One of the Greats,” taken from the band’s upcoming sixth studio album, Everybody Scream, dropping on October 31st. Everybody Scream will be the group’s first full-length project following 2022’s Dance Fever.

Snger Florence Welch revealed in a press release: “I don’t really know how to explain myself with this one, it was sort of a long poem about the cost of greatness. Me and Bowen (guitarist Mark Bowen) from IDLES wrote it in one take. He played the guitar and I just sang it straight from the page. We meant to re-record it but the first take just had this amazing energy. Then Aaron Dessner helped us take it to a truly transcendent place. I wanted it to feel like you were disintegrating into nothing at the end. Which is sometimes what the creative process feels to me. Death and resurrection over and over.”

“One of the Greats” follows the album’s title track, which was released earlier this year; check out the visualizer for the song  – HERE.

Preorder Everybody Scream – HERE.

Editorial credit: Christian Bertrand / Shutterstock.com