U2 Is Working On New Music

The Edge tells Rolling Stone that U2 are working on a new album.

“We are firmly locked in the tower of song and working away on a bunch of new things. I’m just having so much fun writing and not necessarily having to think about where it’s going to go. It’s more more about enjoying the experience of writing and having no expectations or limitations on the process.”

Asked if they are working with a producer, Edge says, “I so enjoyed working with [Dutch DJ] Martin Garrix [on the UEFA Euro 2020 song ‘We Are the People’] and I hope to work with him in the future. But we haven’t made any firm decisions on what the next thing will be in terms of personnel. I just don’t know.”

U2 recently gave us a taste of something new with “Your Song Saved My Life” from the soundtrack to the animated film Sing 2, in which Bono provides the voice of lion rock star Clay Calloway.

Edge says, “That’s not a thing that U2 normally does, but it’s in the of spirit of mixing it up, keeping people guessing, and trying different things. It felt like a worthy thing. And also, it’s a movie about great songs and we we felt very comfortable in the company that we were keeping there.”

U2’s last album was 2017’s Songs of Experience.