Muse announce new album “The WOW! Signal”. Listen to the first single “Be With You”

Muse have announced their new album “The WOW! Signal”, their tenth studio effort, due out this summer. “The WOW! Signal” will be released on 26 June via Warner Records and follows on from 2022's “Will Of The People”.

Accompanying the announcement is the new single "Be With You", the first taste of the project. The track opens with an organ carrying churchy overtones, before building into tight electronic textures and erupting into an energetic, direct guitar-driven climax. In the vocal line, Matt Bellamy sings: “It seems my light’s been swallowed up, I’ve used up every ounce of luck/ I need to leap into the fire/ Find a higher power, and reach for something new”.

The track comes with a cinematic official video starring Ella Balinska, directed by Nico Paolillo: you can watch it below.

"The WOW! Signal" takes its title from one of the most debated astronomical mysteries of the 20th century: a 72-second radio signal picked up in 1977 from the direction of the constellation Sagittarius, whose intensity and bandwidth were striking enough to suggest a possible extraterrestrial origin. The astronomer who spotted it circled the sequence "6EQUJ5" and scrawled "WOW!" beside it, helping cement the episode in both scientific and pop-culture lore.

 

 

 

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According to the band, the record revolves around a blend of cosmic mystery, existential tension and openness to the idea of contact with something greater.

Tracklist for "The WOW! Signal":

1. The Dark Forest
2. Nightshift Superstar
3. Shimmering Scars"Cryogen
4. Be With You
5. Hexagons
6. The Sickness In You & I
7. Unravelling
8. Hush
9. Space Debris

As early as the start of 2025, bassist Chris Wolstenholme had already hinted that work on a new album was underway, noting that the band was weighing up its recording future following its previous releases with Warner. "I guess 2026 will be the year of the new record, barring any surprises," he had said.

In the meantime, Muse have kept up their live activity with a European tour that included a date at Mad Cool Festival, where they stepped in for Kings Of Leon.

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