beabadoobee has shared a surprise new single to celebrate Valentines Day. “Glue Song” is a short and sweet, two-minute jam centering a sing-song melody and some simple acoustic strumming that gives way to sugary strings and a subtle trumpet. “Don’t forget to kiss me / Or else you’ll have to miss me / I guess I’m stuck forever by the glue,” she sings early on, getting cute with it right out of the gate.
“I wrote a lot of this song while on tour across Australia and Asia in the back of cars and traveling,” she writes in a press release. “It’s a heartfelt song that means a lot to me… a love song and the first one I’ve written in my new relationship. I usually write these songs that are sad; in the past, with my writing, even when it doesn’t sound sad looking back, the lyrics usually have been. For the first time, this is just me being really happy. I’m in a really positive place for the first time in a long time and feeling love. We recorded the song with my guitarist and producer Jacob in his house and added in trumpets and strings. This song feels really personal and I went to my home town in Iloilo [Phillipines] to film the music video. It’s where I was born, and so that also added another personal touch to the song.”
beabadoobee’s sophomore album, Beatopia, arrived in July 2022. She’ll kick off a European tour March 4 in Hamburg, Germany and head stateside later that month to join Taylor Swift’s Eras tour. Watch the Jacob Erland-directed visual treatment for “Glue Song,” check out the track’s artwork, and see all of beabadoobee’s upcoming tour dates below.
“Glue Song” single art
Beabadoobee 2023 tour dates
March 4 - Hamburg, Germany - Uebel & Gefährlich
March 5 - Berlin, Berlin - Hole44
March 7 - Munich, Germany - Technikum
March 8 - Milan, Lombardy - Magazzini Generali
March 9 - Zürich, ZH - Dynamo Zürich (Dynamo)
March 11 - Paris, France - Le Trabendo
March 12 - Luxembourg, Luxembourg District - Rotondes
March 13 - Brussels, Brussels - La Madeleine
March 15 - Frankfurt, Germany - Zoom Frankfurt
March 16 - Cologne, Germany - Stollwerck
March 17 - Amsterdam, North Holland - Tolhuistuin
March 19 - Oslo, Oslo - Vulkan Arena
March 20 - Stockholm, Stockholm County - Fryshuset Arenan
March 21 - Copenhagen, Denmark - Vega
March 24 - Las Vegas, NV - Allegiant Stadium*
March 25 - Las Vegas, NV - Allegiant Stadium*
March 27 - San Diego, CA - Soma
March 28 - Tucson, AZ - The Rialto Theatre
March 31 - San Antonio, TX - The Aztec Theatre
April 1 - Arlington, TX - AT&T Stadium *
April 2 - Arlington, TX - AT&T Stadium *
April 13 - Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium*
April 14 - Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium*
April 15 - Tampa, FL - Raymond James Stadium*
April 19 - Pensacola, FL - Vinyl Music Hall
April 21 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium*
April 22 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium*
April 23 - Houston, TX - NRG Stadium*
April 25 - Nashville, TN - Marathon Music Works
April 28 - Atlanta, GA - Mercedes-Benz Stadium*
April 29 - Atlanta, GA - Mercedes-Benz Stadium*
*Supporting Taylor Swift’s Eras Tour