Calum Scott has announced his new album, Avenoir, due out Sept. 12, through Capitol Records.
Today, Scott also released a brand-new single, “God Knows,” a wildly romantic epic premiering — alongside a visualizer. “This song came from a pretty rough patch in a relationship and is for anyone out there who has made mistakes, said things in anger or upset, or who has pushed people away,” Scott explains. “Sometimes we don’t realize what we have until it’s gone. I wrote ‘God Knows’ as an unapologetic and desperate act of love to want to make things right again. When I’m writing songs, I like to take sayings or phrases that we say sometimes without thinking, but that hold so much depth and power so that, in a short few words, people can understand it wholeheartedly. Exploring that in ‘God Knows’ helped remind me just how human we all are.”
Avenoir is a follow-up to Scott’s acclaimed sophomore album Bridges (2022), which featured songs like “Rise,” “Biblical” and “If You Ever Change Your Mind,” Avenoir aims to create deeply resonant songs that showcase our most meaningful life moments — from weddings to end-of-life rituals.
A perfect entry point into Avenoir’s unbridled emotionality, “God Knows” brings Calum’s stunning and soulful voice to an intimate yet grandiose expression of longing and remorse.
About the forthcoming project, Scott said:
“Avenoir refers to how we move through life like a rower moves: always moving forward but facing backward, seeing where we’ve been, but not where we’re going,” says Calum. “The songs on this album speak to both regret and sorrow, and to undying love — a plea to live life to its fullest. While writing the album, I asked myself, ‘If I could, would I choose to be able to see what’s coming?’ I truly believe we are made from our successes and our challenges, from adapting and overcoming. The concept of Avenoir challenges all of us to live in the present, serving as a constant reminder that it is the surprises in life and the not knowing that makes life terrifying, but also truly magical.”
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The gorgeous power ballad ‘God Knows’ should have been our Eurovision entry – heavenly lyrical, superb (unexpected!) chord progressions, soaring melody, plus an obligatory key change! Hopefully Calum can be earmarked for next year – and he’s from Hull, for goodness sake. Fingers crossed, Calum for Eurovision 2026.