As part of the humanitarian efforts for Ukraine, Pink Floyd is finally breaking their hiatus to release a brand new single.
This midnight, the iconic English rock band is debuting their newest song as a band in almost thirty years.
Pink Floyd New Song 'Hey, Hey, Rise Up'
According to NME, Pink Floyd will be releasing their latest single, "Hey, Hey, Rise Up," tomorrow, Apr. 8, 2022.
However, contrary to avid fans' expectations, David Gilmour would not be providing lead vocals for the new single. Instead, Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk's voice acapella vocals will be sampled on the track.
Khlyvnyuk is the frontman of BoomBox, a Ukrainian rock and pop band formed in 2004.
Per Variety, Pink Floyd will lift the acapella vocals of Khlyvnyuk from an Instagram post shot in Kyiv's Sofiyskaya Square for the new single.
The Ukrainian vocalist is singing a World War I-era Ukrainian folk protest song, "The Red Viburnum In The Meadow." The old chant was revived to serve as Ukrainians' cry against Russia's unprecedented war.
The last line of "The Red Viburnum In The Meadow" translates to "Hey hey, rise up and rejoice," which was where Pink Floyd originated the title of their new song.
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Pink Floyd 'Hey, Hey, Rise Up!' Proceeds
David Gilmour, Nick Mason, Guy Pratt, and Nitin Sawhney reunited and recorded the upcoming single last Mar. 30, 2022. More so, Mat Whitecross directed an accompanying music video for "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!." Per Pink Floyd's latest Instagram post, all proceeds of the single will go directly to Ukrainian Humanitarian Relief.
"I hope it will receive wide support and publicity. We want to raise funds for humanitarian charities, and raise morale. We want express our support for Ukraine and in that way, show that most of the world thinks that it is totally wrong for a superpower to invade the independent democratic country that Ukraine has become," Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian daughter in law and grandchildren, wrote.
This is not the first time the rock band has stood their ground with the Ukrainians during the ongoing siege.
Last month, Pink Floyd and David Gilmour removed their music from 1987 onwards on all digital music providers in Russia and Belarus.
Local media reports that Khlyvnyuk was recently hospitalized with a mortar shrapnel wound after being injured by Russian invaders. Gilmour apparently played him a little bit of the song over the phone before the wounded singer gave him his blessing.
Fans could pre-save the "Hey, Hey, Rise Up!" here.
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