Overview
- The single was released on Wednesday, June 24, 2026, and marks PJ Harvey’s first new music since her 2023 album I Inside the Old Year Dying.
- Harvey wrote the song in the imagined voice of Voyager 2 and quotes Carl Sagan’s description of Earth as a “pale blue dot.”
- Professor Brian Cox invited Harvey to contribute to his Emergence project and she sent him a voice memo that shaped the song’s Voyager framing.
- Harvey worked with composer Dario Marianelli on an orchestral arrangement and recorded the track with a full orchestra at Miraval Studios in Provence.
- Partisan Records issued the single and the release is described by Harvey as part of the ongoing work toward an as‑yet unannounced new album.