{"id":33717,"date":"2018-01-16T11:12:13","date_gmt":"2018-01-16T00:12:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/?p=33717"},"modified":"2018-01-16T11:12:13","modified_gmt":"2018-01-16T00:12:13","slug":"andrew-w-k-releases-first-song-9-years-music-worth-living-taken-upcoming-album-youre-not-alone-march-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/maytherockbewithyou.com\/mtrbwy\/2018\/01\/andrew-w-k-releases-first-song-9-years-music-worth-living-taken-upcoming-album-youre-not-alone-march-2\/","title":{"rendered":"ANDREW W.K. Releases First Song In 9 Years ‘Music Is Worth Living For’ Taken From Upcoming Album ‘You’re Not Alone’ out March 2."},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Andrew W.K.<\/strong>\u00a0is excited to release his newest anthem,\u00a0Music Is Worth Living For<\/strong><\/em>, the debut single from his upcoming album,\u00a0You’re Not Alone<\/em><\/strong>, due out\u00a0March 2nd, 2018<\/strong>\u00a0via\u00a0Sony Music Australia<\/strong>.\u00a0You\u2019re Not Alone<\/em>\u00a0<\/strong>is Andrew\u2019s first collection of brand new rock songs since 2009.<\/p>\n

\nAlbum pre-orders are available\u00a0HERE<\/a>.<\/strong><\/div>\n

The new song,\u00a0Music Is Worth Living For<\/strong><\/em>, features Andrew\u2019s characteristically full-blown style, cranked up to an even higher level of emotional intensity. Surging layers of sweeping melody carry across every section of the song, and Andrew\u2019s powerful lyrical declarations are punctuated by a choral refrain of the title, professed to the doubters and true believers alike – it\u2019s a mass of rock music maximalism worth living for.<\/p>\n

About the new track, Andrew says,\u00a0\u201c\u2018Music Is Worth Living For\u2019 is an exaltation of my love for music itself. It\u2019s also me pleading with myself to recognize music\u2019s eternal power and glory, in the face of hardship and pain. The song is an effort to remind myself that life is worth living, if for no other reason than because of the beauty music conveys. Music is a mysterious phenomenon – it seems both to magically overwhelm and sublimate our suffering, but also to starkly dignify the struggles of our daily life. The physical power of music must be coming from some sort of unshakable truth, sent from the primal core of all being. It\u2019s so effortless and elegant in its intensity. I truly believe that listening to music can transform you into a better person. In that way, all my songs have been me just trying to get better, trying to cheer myself up, trying to convince myself that there is hope and joy in the world no matter how dark it may seem. And the lyrics of this song, especially in the verses, are me calling out my own interior negative forces – the lowest and darkest impulses inside me, that wish to hold me down in despair – and I\u2019m telling those malevolent urges once and for all that they won\u2019t break me. I will persevere. And when I triumph, somehow, someday, it will be because of music. This song is a celebration of that essential and divine life-force that music is both emanating from and emitting to us. This song is about how good music makes it feel to not be dead. As the last line of the chorus proclaims, \u2018Music makes me want to stay alive.\u2019 That\u2019s probably the truest lyric I\u2019ve ever written.”<\/em><\/p>\n