Peter Gabriel announces new album, titled “o/i”. Here's the first single “Been Undone”

Peter Gabriel has announced the release of a new album, titled “o/i”, and has previewed its contents with the first single, “Been Undone”, which will be released tomorrow, January 3, 2026. The project arrives as a direct follow-up to “i/o” (2023) and picks up its conceptual approach: once again, Gabriel will release a track with every full moon, with the complete album due out by the end of the year.

As stated in the official announcement, each track on “o/i” will be presented in two alternative versions, dubbed “Dark-Side” and “Bright-Side”, underlining the multiplicity of readings and emotional states running through the work. “Been Undone”, the first excerpt, is presented in its Dark-Side Mix, helmed by Tchad Blake.

Each track on the album will also be paired with a visual artwork. “Been Undone” comes accompanied by “Ciclotrama 156 (Palindrome)” by Brazilian artist Janaina Mello Landini, based in São Paulo. Gabriel explained the choice as follows: the use of rope and its gradual unspooling evokes natural structures, from tree trunks to the branching pathways of the brain, opening up multiple interpretive “points of entry”. The artist will also create an original piece specifically conceived for the track, an aspect that, according to Gabriel, adds further creative tension to the project.

"Been Undone" was written and produced by Gabriel himself and recorded between Real World Studios in Bath and The Beehive in London.

Presenting the album, Gabriel stated: "I'm happy to say that tonight, with the full moon, we're beginning a new year of monthly releases under the name 'o/i'. The songs are a collection of thoughts and feelings. I'm thinking a lot about the future and how we might respond to it: we're entering an unprecedented period of transition, likely triggered by three major waves, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and the brain-computer interface. Artists have the job of looking into the fog and, when they catch a glimpse of something, holding it up to a mirror."

Gabriel has summed up the relationship between the two albums as a kind of complementary diptych: “i/o” represents “the inside finding a new way out”, while “o/i” is “the outside discovering a new way in”. It's a reflection that broadens into a less individualistic vision of human beings, seen as an integral part of nature and of a larger whole, in which emotional and physical connection becomes a tool for finding one's place.

Some of the new songs, he added, will feed into the “brain project” Gabriel has been working on for years, while others simply come from a desire to spread joy. “I hope you like them,” he concluded.

In a different context, Gabriel also recently thanked director Josh Safdie for including his track "I Have The Touch" in the film "Marty Supreme", starring Timothée Chalamet.

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