Pink Floyd Releasing ‘Hey Hey Rise Up’ In Assist of Ukrainian Folks

Pink Floyd‘s David Gilmour and Nick Mason have recorded the band’s first new authentic materials since 1994’s Division Bell album, the music “Hey Hey Rise Up.” The observe is in assist of the folks of Ukraine within the midst of the horrific, unprovoked struggle launched in February by Russian dictator Vladimir Putin. Due out on Friday (April 8), it options the Floyd guitarist/vocalist and drummer joined by longtime PF bass participant Man Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboards, in addition to vocals by Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the Ukrainian band Boombox.

“We, like so many, have been feeling the fury and the frustration of this vile act of an impartial, peaceable democratic nation being invaded and having its folks murdered by one of many world’s main powers,” stated Gilmour, who has a Ukrainian daughter-in-law and grandchildren. The observe was recorded on March 30 and includes a cappella vocals lifted from this Instagram publish from Khlyvnyuk singing in Sofiyskaya Sq. within the Ukrainian capital of Kyiv.

“I performed him a bit of little bit of the music down the cellphone line and he gave me his blessing. We each hope to do one thing collectively in particular person sooner or later,” Gilmour stated in a press release concerning the music, which weaves in Khlyvnyuk’s model of the Ukrainian protest music “The Pink Viburnum within the Meadow,” written throughout WWI and adopted recently as a world rallying cry towards the struggle. The title of the brand new music was impressed by the final line of “Meadow,” which interprets into “Hey hey stand up and rejoice.”

Based on the assertion, Gilmour spoke to Khlyvnyuk from his hospital mattress in Kyiv, the place the Boombox singer is recovering from a mortar shrapnel damage. “I hope it’s going to obtain extensive assist and publicity,” stated Gilmour. “We wish to elevate funds for humanitarian charities, and lift morale. We wish specific our assist for Ukraine and in that means, present that many of the world thinks that it’s completely unsuitable for a superpower to invade the impartial democratic nation that Ukraine has develop into.”

The video for the music was filmed by Mat Whitecross (Coldplay, Rolling Stones) and shot the identical day the observe was recorded within the barn the place Gilmour and his household recorded their pandemic “Von Trapped” livestream session throughout lockdown; it was additionally the spot the place the guitarist recorded his “Barn Jams” with late PF founding member keyboardist Richard Wright in 2007.

The art work (seen under) includes a portray of the sunflower, the nationwide flower of Ukraine, by Cuban artist Yosan Leon; it’s described as a “direct reference to the lady who was seen world wide giving sunflower seeds to Russian troopers and telling them to hold them of their pockets in order that after they die sunflowers will develop.”

Pink Floyd be a part of a rising roster of artists performing and releasing music in assist of the besieged folks of Ukraine. On Tuesday, an extra roster of artists and entertainers have been introduced as a part of the Stand Up for Ukraine social media motion, which was featured within the 2022 Grammy telecast when Ukraine President Zelenskyy appeared through video.

The brand new record of names consists of Adam Lambert, Alex Len of the Sacramento Kings, Antykila, Arlo Parks, Ashlee Simpson, Au/Ra, Axelle Pink, Barenaked Girls, Bastille, Becky Lynch, Bevy Smith, Billy Porter, Bridget Moynahan, Bruce Springsteen, Carole King, Chris Tomlin, Christine and the Queens, Connie Britton, Dave Matthews, Daymond John, Dora Jar, Drew McIntyre, Dylan Dunlap, Ellen DeGeneres, Ellie Goulding, Evan Ross, Fall Out Boy, Finn Bälor, Gelila Assefa Puck, Hozier, Isha Sesay, Jamala, Jesse McCartney, Jon Bon Jovi, Julian Lennon, KD Lang, Kalush, Kesha, Lennon Stella, Little Large, Lola Lennox, Luis Fonsi, MÅNESKIN, Masha Efrosinina, Max Kilman, Metallica, Michael Blackson, Miyavi, Nicky Jam, Nigel Barker, Nikolaj Coster-Waldau, Noah Cyrus, Nuno Bettencourt, Padma Lakshmi, Panic! At The Disco, Rachel Brosnahan, Rita Ora, Rufus Wainwright, Seth ‘Freakin’ Rollins, SOFI TUKKER, Sviatoslav “Svi” Mykhailiuk of the Toronto Raptors, Third Eye Blind, Ukulele U, Vitaly Potapenko of the Memphis Grizzlies, Weezer, Inside Temptation, Zucchero, 5 Seconds of Summer season, the NBA, NBPA, NHL Alumni Affiliation and WWE.

They be a part of a lengthy record of beforehand introduced acts that features The Weeknd, Alanis Morissette, Celine Dion, Garth Brooks and Trisha Yearwood, Inexperienced Day, Finneas, Miley Cyrus, Katy Perry, Pearl Jam, Madonna, U2, Tame Impala and plenty of extra.

Take a look at the quilt and hearken to Khlyynyuk’s authentic vocal under.