David Bowie releases new song after 10 year break

Fans and critics alike have long believed that the king of glam rock, David Bowie, had quietly settled into retirement. That’s why it came as such a surprise when Bowie celebrated his 66^th birthday by releasing a new song and announcing an upcoming album.

Just after midnight last night a new video “Where Are We Now” appeared on Bowie’s website along with the announcement that a new album The Next Day will be released come March. Bowie has not been seen in public much lately and many believed him to be in bad health but as it turns out Bowie has been hard at work back in the studio with long-time producer Tony Visconti, his collaborator on a dozen albums.

Critics were quick to review the new song and most are ecstatic over the comeback. Neil McCormick of the Daily Telegraph called the song “lush, stately, beautifully strange, weaving resonant piano chords, decaying synths and echoing drums around a single chord progression and a weary, tenderly understated, quietly defiant vocal. The elegiac new single may be the most surprising, perfect and welcome comeback in rock history.”