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{{Songbox |
[[File:MUSE 2022 2000-696x442.jpg|thumb|right|New album promo pic<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYb-0PFL5xU/</ref>]]
| Name = Time Is Running Out
{{Discobox
| Album =
| Name = Will of the People
{{drop
| Tracks = TBA
|[[Absolution (album)|Absolution]] <small>(3) AU (20)</small>
| Length = TBA
|[[Time Is Running Out (single)|Time Is Running Out]] <small>CD (1)</small>, <small>[[Time Is Running Out (single)#Vinyl|vinyl]] (1)</small>, <small>[[Time Is Running Out (single)#DVD|DVD]] (1, 2)</small>
| Recorded = 2020–2021
|[[Absolution (album)|Absolution Sampler]] <small>(1)</small>
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], [[Dominic Howard]], [[Christopher Wolstenholme]]
|[[Sing for Absolution (single)|Sing for Absolution]] <small>BX CD/DVD2, BX CD3 (2)</small>
| Producer = Muse, [[Aleks Von Korff]]
|[[Absolution Tour (DVD)|Absolution Tour]] <small>(10)</small>
| Art = TBA
|[[H.A.A.R.P. (live)|H.A.A.R.P.]] <small>CD (9), DVD (13)</small>
| Publisher = TBA
|[[Live at Rome Olympic Stadium (live)|Live at Rome Olympic Stadium]] <small>DVD (13)</small>
|Format = TBA
|CatNumber = TBA
| Release = 2022 / TBA
| Chart = N/A
| Previous = Simulation Theory
| PreviousLink = Simulation Theory (album)
| Next =
| NextLink =
| single1 = Won't Stand Down | image1 = WontStandDown.jpg
| Type = album
}}
}}
| Length = 3:56
| AltTitles = -
| First = [[London Studios 2003 (gig)|29{{supo|th}} August 2003]]
| Latest =
| Recorded = [[Grouse Lodge Residential Recording Studios|Grouse Lodge]], 2003
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]]
| Producer = [[Rich Costey]]<ref>
{{cite
|desc=Absolution notes
|pub=Taste Media
|date=2003-09
|cat=5050466-8555-1-0
|doc=Absolution (album)
|type=int
}}</ref>
| Chart position = 8<ref>[http://www.chartstats.com/songinfo.php?id=31185 Chartstats.com]</ref>
}}
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| Current = Time Is Running Out
| Next = [[Sing for Absolution (song) | Sing for Absolution]]
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| Previous = [[Hullabaloo (album) | Hullabaloo ''(2002)'']]
| Current = [[Absolution (album) | Absolution ''(2003)'']]
| Next = [[Black Holes and Revelations (album) | Black Holes and Revelations ''(2006)'']]
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==Information==
"Time Is Running Out" was first aired over BBC Radio 1 on 21st July 2003.<ref>
{{cite
|title=Cctv - Muse rehearsals
|desc=MicroCuts news
|date=2003-07-16
|pub=MicroCuts
|url=http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/07162003-cctv_muse_rehearsals.php
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}}</ref>
The song is about about the emotion of a person during the last moments of the person's life, which by Bellamy's account can be applied to "society, a relationship, your religion or whatever".<ref name="nocite"/>
In a French Interview matt said: "In fact, this song is almost a kind of generality that you can apply to anything, like a relationship, I try to write songs that in General may apply to many situations. It speaks of the feeling of being cornered by someone. "Time Is Running Out" refers the fact that is trying to break this confinement or something like that.<ref name="RockMagSeptember2003">
{{cite |
title="Apocalypse Now" September 2003 | desc=French interview about Absolution | date=2003-09 | auth=Rock Mag | pub=Rock Mag| doc="Apocalypse Now"| type=int
}}</ref>
According to matt: "'Time Is Running Out' went from being a pile of cack to the grooviest, coolest song on the record."<ref name="NME20130913">
{{cite |
title = It's the end of the world as we know it | desc = NME Interview | date = 2013-09-13 | url = http://www.microcuts.net/gallery/photo-muse-press-4-2010-441-nme-icons-muse-18290.html | auth = Mark Beaumont | dom=microcuts.net | type = ext
}}</ref>
For to Dominic Howard: "Time Is Running Out can mean to change things, for example in a relationship, or how you feel towards society."<ref>{{cite/laut20031002}}</ref>
==Description==
[[File:MattAndDomWheelWagon.jpg | thumb | right | Matt and Dom with the wagon wheel as seen in "The Making of Absolution"]]
===Recording===
"Time Is Running Out" was one of the last songs to be written and recorded for ''Absolution''.<ref name="riu20071203">{{cite/ripitup20071203}}</ref> It was influenced by [[Michael Jackson]],<ref name="riu20071203"/> and went though numerous changes before a final version was decided on.<ref>Chris - ''Absolution'' EPK '''(needed)'''</ref>
According to Matt they used an electric piano that U2 used on New Year's Day, the piano was recorded and then they added effects.<ref name="RockMagSeptember2003"/>
On the [[Absolution]] "making of" dvd, the band are seeing rehearsing the song starting with the section found before the second chorus of the final track.
During the second verse, a wagon wheel being hit was synchronised with the snare drum. The wheel is a very old one that Bellamy and [[Dominic Howard|Howard]] found whilst taking a walk during the recording of ''Absolution''.<ref name="nocite"/> Clicks and claps made by [[Tom Kirk]] and the band by clicking their fingers and clapping their hands against their laps can be heard throughout the track. A video of this clicking and clapping is on the ''Absolution'' UK bonus 'making of' DVD.
===Other versions===
There is an acoustic version of the song that is thought to have a different bass line. The song was covered on the 14th of May on Radio 1 by [[the Feeling]], with some lyrical differences. A recording is available from [http://microcuts.net/uk/news/archives/05142006-the_feeling_cover_muse.php here] and [http://muselive.com/forums.php?m=posts&p=712747#712747 here].
==Live==
Time is Running Out is the 2nd most performed Muse song, with Plug in Baby being first (of course).
[[Time Is Running Out (live) | More here]]
== Lyrics ==
{{lyrics
|I think I'm drowning
Asphyxiated
I wanna break this spell
That you've created
You're something beautiful
A contradiction
I wanna play the game
I want the friction
You will be the death of me
Yeah, you will be the death of me


Bury it
== Information ==
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it


Our time is running out
Matt first hinted at working on new Muse material in an interview with ALT 98.7 FM backstage at the ALTerEGO Festival in January of 2020 where he said that the goal for 2020 was to work on new Muse material, allthough the plans were probably halted due to the coronavirus pandemic as the three were unable to get together due to the lockdowns. Bellamy instead focused on releasing his solo material. Matt also hinted on working on Muse material in a May interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio, saying that he has a few pieces written that are suited for Muse.<ref>https://youtu.be/wGHqxU-63HM?t=292</ref> In an interview with Rolling Stone, also in May, he said that that the idea would be to record the album in 2021 and potentially go on a tour in 2022. <ref>https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muse-matt-bellamy-interview-coronavirus-quarantine-999208/</ref>
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out


I wanted freedom
Bellamy confirmed he started writing the new Muse album in an interview with [[The Jaded Hearts Club|The Jaded Hearts Club Band]] for The Sun.<ref>https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12884819/matt-bellamy-thought-jaded-hearts-club-were-the-beatles/</ref> He also hinted at the band working on the next album in a brief Instagram comment in March 2021.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/lxdvdb/new_album_on_the_way_confirmed/</ref>
Bound and restricted
I tried to give you up
But I'm addicted


Now that you know I'm trapped
In the interview, Bellamy said the following: ''"I started writing when all the protests and all the chaos were kicking off. It’s a weird thing to say but it suits the music I write. It keeps you a little bit on edge."''.
Sense of elation
You'd never dream of
Breaking this fixation


You will squeeze the life out of me
Bellamy jokingly said, in an Instagram comment reply on [https://www.instagram.com/p/COBjSGLhFzP/ Dom Howard's Instagram post], that the album would include "emotional gasps and many usages of the word ‘soul’.".


Bury it
== Recording ==
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it


And our time is running out
In an interview with NME, Bellamy said that he'd like the idea of the band "totally resetting" and going back to their hometown of Teignmouth, Devon to rehearse and record the next album. It appears however, that this was not the case, as the first studio pictures that started to emerge were from Bellamy's studio, located somewhere in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and later sessions took place at [[Abbey Road Studios]]. The first proof of Muse being in the studio was an Instagram post of [https://www.instagram.com/p/CMT4hOxjpeI/ Matt playing a piano], posted in March of 2021, however work likely began even earlier.
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Oooooh


You will suck the life out of me
[[Aleks Von Korff]], who previously worked with Muse as an engineer on [[Simulation Theory (album)|Simulation Theory]], and produced Bellamy's solo material - songs like [[Tomorrow's World (Matthew Bellamy song)|Tomorrow's World]], also posted a picture from this L.A. studio, with the wooden Kawai piano. It is presumed he's also producing the album or at least some parts of it. According to him, the studio, named by Von Korff as "The Black Lodge", had been fully built in early 2020.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/</ref> The studio has previously been seen during the recording sessions for the debut album of Matt's cover band/supergroup [[The Jaded Hearts Club]], aswell as during the recording of [[Simulation Theory (album)|Simulation Theory]].


Bury it
Between April and June 2021, they took a break from recording, to work on a remix of [[Origin_of_Symmetry_(album)#Origin_of_Symmetry:_XX_Anniversary_RemiXX|Origin of Symmetry]]. In early June, Chris came to L.A. to join Dom and Matt continuing work on the album.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6Xo7IjPs1/</ref>
I won't let you bury it
I won't let you smother it
I won't let you murder it


And our time is running out
In November of 2021, [[Adrian Bushby]] posted a picture of him and Howard at [[Abbey Road Studios]], tracking drums, hinting at the album being partially tracked in there.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBaoDFtHHk/?utm_medium=copy_link</ref> Prior to that, on July 24th, 2021, Muse also posted a picture of Bellamy holding one of his Manson guitars, posing infront of Abbey Road Studios with the caption saying "Good to be back".<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CRtsMriBtpm/</ref> Bellamy also posted a picture of Bing infront of Abbey Road Studios around that time.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CTFAGKPjCx5/</ref> This makes the upcoming album the first of their LPs to (also) be recorded at Abbey Road in 20 years, when [[Origin of Symmetry (album)|Origin of Symmetry]] was recorded at the studios.
Our time is running out
You can't push it underground
You can't stop it screaming out
How did it come to this?
Ooooohh
}}


=== Alternative lyrics ===
On December 1st, 2021, Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer at Sterling Sound Studios posted a picture of Bellamy and Howard sitting on a couch. This implies that the band finished recording the album and it is already being mastered. <ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CW9SHCXPtJy/</ref>
The first print of ''Absolution'' was withdrawn due to an error in the track listing.
 
The CD insert also contained the following lyrics for verse 2, which were also changed in the reprint:
 
{{lyrics
|I wanted freedom, bound and restricted
I tried to give you up, but I'm addicted
Now that you know I'm trapped, since ovulation
You'd never dream of breaking this fixation
You will be the death of me
Yeah you will be the death of me
}}


=== Live alternative lyrics ===
The album has been, compared to previous releases, recorded in almost complete secrecy, with very few images from the recording sessions themselves, and no real info as to what we might expect from it, up until Matt's snippet of [[Won't Stand Down (single)|Won't Stand Down]] was streamed live on Instagram.
At a Muse gig in "Het Goffertpark" in Nijmegen on June the 19th [[Matthew Bellamy]] replaces the original line<ref name="tiro20100619">
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|title=Video Time is running out @ Goffertpark
|desc=Time is running out live @ Goffertpark
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|fetch=2010-01-07
|auth=Youtube
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{{lyrics
== Release ==
|You will suck the life out of me
}}


to:
On December 25th, 2021, Bellamy made up for the lack of a muse.mu Christmas present with a short livestream from his Tesla, on Muse's Instagram profile, showcasing part of [[Won't Stand Down (single)|Won't Stand Down]], as seen on the car dashboard, together with a track number "4", meaning it'll likely be the fourth track on the album. The 60 second stream was then screen-recorded by a few people, with copyright bots deleting the post, and revealing the song name in the process, meaning that the song was, at that time, nearing it's release. Matt's minute-long stream can be listened to [https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/romrcw/full_60_second_preview_of_new_song_wont_stand/ here]. The then approaching release of the song was teased once again on Muse's New Years Eve Instagram post, when they wrote a caption saying "Looking forward to WSD. We'll see you on the other side!" under a picture, before quickly replacing "WSD" with "2022".


{{lyrics
[[Won't Stand Down (single)|Won't Stand Down]] was subsequently announced a week later, on January 7th, 2022, on Muse's social media<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYbuFCOKPfv/</ref>, after the "https://wontstanddown.muse.mu/" site has been spotted being already online a day earlier. Together with it also came the single artwork (which was leaked through source code via the wontstanddown website a few hours before it's official unveiling), and a new promo image of the band. The song could be pre-saved and pre-added on Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music at [https://wontstanddown.muse.mu/ wontstanddown.muse.mu], and was released on Jan. 13th on all afforementioned digital platforms. The single artwork and the music video also included a monogram image, displayed on the characters' suits and throughout various places across the music video. It has been theorised that the monogram might have been linked to the album name, which appeared to be the case, as the album is titled "Will of the People", which goes along with the letters in the monogram itself (WOTP). The monogram also appears on the supposed album artwork.
|You will fuck the life out of me
}}


This explicit line might refer to his rumoured new found love [[Kate Hudson]].
In Matt Bellamy's Instagram story, posted on March 2nd, 2022, when Bellamy went over the guitar tuning for Won't Stand Down, he also mentioned that a second heavy song will appear on the album. With this, he further confirmed that Won't Stand Down will indeed appear on the upcoming album.<ref>https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/t5fv8w/from_matts_instagram_story/</ref>


On March 9th, 2021, Muse posted a short, half-minute video on their YouTube, simply titeld "MUSE", which depicts statues of the band's heads being torn down by a group of rioters in the middle of a desert, while wearing masks from the Won't Stand Down music video, with a choir of Matts singing the line "The Will of the People", the supposed name of the upcoming album (and likely an upcoming song also).<ref>https://youtu.be/nzHnwHzp9o4</ref> In addition, the graffiti on the statues, shown on the possible album artwork at the end of this clip, is speculated to show all song titles (however this has not been fully confirmed yet);; including (apart from "Won't Stand Down") the following writings: "''Liberation''" & "''Will of the People''" on Dom's head, "''Compliance''", "''Die''" & "''Kill or Be Killed''" on Matt's head, and "''Ghosts''", "''Won't Stand Down''" & "''Euphoria''" on Chris's head, with two more writings, which have yet to be deciphered (one supposedly being "Fuck off" on Matt's head). Dom's head also includes "IX" written on, in roman numericals, which likely stands for the album being their ninth one, while the monogram from the Won't Stand Down single artwork and music video also appears on the three heads as graffiti. It's not been confirmed whether the image at the end is the actual album artwork, while the release date, with the tracklist itself still have to be officially announced.


In some live concerts,
== Tracklist ==
''Incomplete, obviously''


{{lyrics
{{tracklist
|Our time is running out
|04 = Won't Stand Down
}}
}}


is changed to:
== Personnel ==
''Incomplete''


{{lyrics
'''Muse'''
|'Cause our time is running out
*[[Matt Bellamy]] - Vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, co-production
}}
*[[Chris Wolstenholme]] - Bass, backing vocals, co-production
*[[Dominic Howard]] - Drums, co-production


And
'''Production'''
{{lyrics
*[[Aleks Von Korff]] - Additional production, Engineering, ATMOS Mixing
|You can't push it underground
*[[Adrian Bushby]] - Engineering
}}
*Joe Devenney - Engineering assistant
*Dan Lancaster - Mixing
*Rhys May - Mixing assistant
*Chris Whitemyer - Technical assistant
*Andy Maxwell - Abbey Road assistance
*Tommy Bosustow - Abbey Road assistance
*Chris Gehringer - Mastering


is sometimes changed to:
== Ninth album recording gallery ==
 
<gallery>
{{lyrics
File:2021_16_02_AVKRack.jpg | "One of these kinda days ☺️❤️🍝" (16th February 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLVKL00B2hg/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram]
|You can't push it underneath the ground
File:2021_27_02_AVKMellotron.jpg | "Brought a few toys from home into work 🤗🎹" (27th February 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CLx1Mf6hoSb/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram]
}}
File:2021-12-03_KKawaiAVK.jpg | "ty @kawaipianos for this beauty 🤍 sounding innnnnncredible 👌🏻" (12th March 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CMVDlJJhgc0/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
 
File:2021-12-03_MattExplorers.jpg.png | "Who can name that tune?" (''video'') (12th March 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CMT4hOxjpeI/ Matt's Instagram])
And sometimes he says
File:2021-06-04_AVKAmps1.jpg | "Havin a blast with the @uaudio OX Amp top box. Making some naaaasty 🤘🏻 things and the OX is coming through in a huge way!..." (6th April 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVrZ4yBNmJ/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
{{lyrics
File:2021-06-04_AVKAmps2.jpg | "Havin a blast with the @uaudio OX Amp top box. Making some naaaasty 🤘🏻 things and the OX is coming through in a huge way!..." (6th April 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVrZ4yBNmJ/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
|I'm losing control
File:2021-06-04_AVKAmps3.jpg | "Havin a blast with the @uaudio OX Amp top box. Making some naaaasty 🤘🏻 things and the OX is coming through in a huge way!..." (6th April 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CNVrZ4yBNmJ/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
}}
File:2021-12-04_RoxaneBettyDom.jpg | "Being Dom Malkovitch 🎨 @roxannebettycreative" (12th April 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CNlBWLHjCue/ Matt's Instagram])
 
File:2021-23-04_DomFloyd.jpg | "The producer still needs naps. He wanted to let you know the new album is sounding fat and to hope you are all keeping well and healthy 🙏🤟🏼🥁" (23rd April 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/COBjSGLhFzP/ Dom's Instagram]
In place of  
File:2021-23-04_AVKBar.jpg | "Old fashioned time at the studio bar after a nice long week of tracking 🥃😌" (23rd April 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/COCFq66BHTW/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
 
File:2021-13-06_StudioDogAVK.jpg | "Studio dog best dog 😍" (13th June 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CQC7TPghyBx/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
{{lyrics
File:2021-07-24_BellamyAbbeyRoad.jpg | "Good to be back" (24th July 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CRtsMriBtpm/ Muse's Instagram])
|How did it come to this?
File:2021_08_11_BushbyInstagram.jpg | "Drum tracking with @muse at @abbeyroadstudios a couple months back. In my happy place with @domhoward77 and the gang 💕🎵" (8th November 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBaoDFtHHk/ Adrian Bushby's Instagram])
}}
File:2021_24_11_DomDogAVK.jpg | "girl wouldn’t stop chewing on cables, so put her in my lap while working. not the most productive day but probs the cutest.🤍" (24th November 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CWo6DE3vq42/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2021_01_12_ChrisGehringerMuse.jpg | "@muse" (1st December 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CW9SHCXPtJy/ Chris Gehringer's Instagram])
File:2021_12_25_AVKStudio1.png | "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (''video'') (25th December 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2021 12 25 AVKStudio2.jpg | "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2021 12 25 AVKStudio3.jpg | "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2021 12 25 AVKStudio4.jpg | "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2021 12 25 AVKStudio5.jpg | "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2022_01_10_AVKWSDBassScreen.png | "THURSDAY! 1.13 #wontstanddown @muse 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻" (''video'') (10th January 2022; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiXIHfrqOM/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2022_01_10_AVKWSDWahs.jpg | "THURSDAY! 1.13 #wontstanddown @muse 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻" (10th January 2022; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CYiXIHfrqOM/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2022_02_06_AVKMattMarshall.jpg | "Don’t let your memes be dreams. Also, cabinets def sound better with a few @mansonguitarworks headstock shaped holes in em courtesy of Matt." (6th February 2022; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CZnTUjGPock/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
File:2022_02_07_BellamyGuitarViol.png | "I used this GuitarViol (Kind of half fretted mini cello with a guitar tuning) to record the pizzicato strings for the verse of #wontstanddown Recorded around 12-16 takes to sound orchestral. @muse" (''video'') (7th February 2022; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CZr0AqTJNt2/ Matt's Instagram])
File:2022_02_07_AVKGuitarViol.jpg | "Coupla DPAs, a 122v, some a-ha…and boy you got a stew goin’ 🎻👨🏻‍🍳 Pizz strings on the guitarviol for Won’t Stand Down 🤘🏻" (7th February 2022; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CZsNANIPK6Q/ Aleks Von Korff's Instagram])
</gallery>


==References==
==References==
<references/>
<references/>
==See also==
*[[Time Is Running Out (video)|Time Is Running Out video]]
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Revision as of 04:30, 10 March 2022

New album promo pic[1]
Muse album
Name Will of the People
Tracks TBA
Total length TBA
Recorded 2020–2021
Writer/composer Matthew Bellamy, Dominic Howard, Christopher Wolstenholme
Producer Muse, Aleks Von Korff
Art work TBA
Publisher TBA
Format(s) TBA
Catalogue № TBA
Release date 2022 / TBA
Chart position N/A
album chronology
Simulation Theory
←
Will of the People
Singles
WontStandDown.jpg


Information

Matt first hinted at working on new Muse material in an interview with ALT 98.7 FM backstage at the ALTerEGO Festival in January of 2020 where he said that the goal for 2020 was to work on new Muse material, allthough the plans were probably halted due to the coronavirus pandemic as the three were unable to get together due to the lockdowns. Bellamy instead focused on releasing his solo material. Matt also hinted on working on Muse material in a May interview with Zane Lowe on Beats 1 Radio, saying that he has a few pieces written that are suited for Muse.[2] In an interview with Rolling Stone, also in May, he said that that the idea would be to record the album in 2021 and potentially go on a tour in 2022. [3]

Bellamy confirmed he started writing the new Muse album in an interview with The Jaded Hearts Club Band for The Sun.[4] He also hinted at the band working on the next album in a brief Instagram comment in March 2021.[5]

In the interview, Bellamy said the following: "I started writing when all the protests and all the chaos were kicking off. It’s a weird thing to say but it suits the music I write. It keeps you a little bit on edge.".

Bellamy jokingly said, in an Instagram comment reply on Dom Howard's Instagram post, that the album would include "emotional gasps and many usages of the word ‘soul’.".

Recording

In an interview with NME, Bellamy said that he'd like the idea of the band "totally resetting" and going back to their hometown of Teignmouth, Devon to rehearse and record the next album. It appears however, that this was not the case, as the first studio pictures that started to emerge were from Bellamy's studio, located somewhere in Santa Monica, Los Angeles, and later sessions took place at Abbey Road Studios. The first proof of Muse being in the studio was an Instagram post of Matt playing a piano, posted in March of 2021, however work likely began even earlier.

Aleks Von Korff, who previously worked with Muse as an engineer on Simulation Theory, and produced Bellamy's solo material - songs like Tomorrow's World, also posted a picture from this L.A. studio, with the wooden Kawai piano. It is presumed he's also producing the album or at least some parts of it. According to him, the studio, named by Von Korff as "The Black Lodge", had been fully built in early 2020.[6] The studio has previously been seen during the recording sessions for the debut album of Matt's cover band/supergroup The Jaded Hearts Club, aswell as during the recording of Simulation Theory.

Between April and June 2021, they took a break from recording, to work on a remix of Origin of Symmetry. In early June, Chris came to L.A. to join Dom and Matt continuing work on the album.[7]

In November of 2021, Adrian Bushby posted a picture of him and Howard at Abbey Road Studios, tracking drums, hinting at the album being partially tracked in there.[8] Prior to that, on July 24th, 2021, Muse also posted a picture of Bellamy holding one of his Manson guitars, posing infront of Abbey Road Studios with the caption saying "Good to be back".[9] Bellamy also posted a picture of Bing infront of Abbey Road Studios around that time.[10] This makes the upcoming album the first of their LPs to (also) be recorded at Abbey Road in 20 years, when Origin of Symmetry was recorded at the studios.

On December 1st, 2021, Chris Gehringer, mastering engineer at Sterling Sound Studios posted a picture of Bellamy and Howard sitting on a couch. This implies that the band finished recording the album and it is already being mastered. [11]

The album has been, compared to previous releases, recorded in almost complete secrecy, with very few images from the recording sessions themselves, and no real info as to what we might expect from it, up until Matt's snippet of Won't Stand Down was streamed live on Instagram.

Release

On December 25th, 2021, Bellamy made up for the lack of a muse.mu Christmas present with a short livestream from his Tesla, on Muse's Instagram profile, showcasing part of Won't Stand Down, as seen on the car dashboard, together with a track number "4", meaning it'll likely be the fourth track on the album. The 60 second stream was then screen-recorded by a few people, with copyright bots deleting the post, and revealing the song name in the process, meaning that the song was, at that time, nearing it's release. Matt's minute-long stream can be listened to here. The then approaching release of the song was teased once again on Muse's New Years Eve Instagram post, when they wrote a caption saying "Looking forward to WSD. We'll see you on the other side!" under a picture, before quickly replacing "WSD" with "2022".

Won't Stand Down was subsequently announced a week later, on January 7th, 2022, on Muse's social media[12], after the "https://wontstanddown.muse.mu/" site has been spotted being already online a day earlier. Together with it also came the single artwork (which was leaked through source code via the wontstanddown website a few hours before it's official unveiling), and a new promo image of the band. The song could be pre-saved and pre-added on Spotify, Deezer and Apple Music at wontstanddown.muse.mu, and was released on Jan. 13th on all afforementioned digital platforms. The single artwork and the music video also included a monogram image, displayed on the characters' suits and throughout various places across the music video. It has been theorised that the monogram might have been linked to the album name, which appeared to be the case, as the album is titled "Will of the People", which goes along with the letters in the monogram itself (WOTP). The monogram also appears on the supposed album artwork.

In Matt Bellamy's Instagram story, posted on March 2nd, 2022, when Bellamy went over the guitar tuning for Won't Stand Down, he also mentioned that a second heavy song will appear on the album. With this, he further confirmed that Won't Stand Down will indeed appear on the upcoming album.[13]

On March 9th, 2021, Muse posted a short, half-minute video on their YouTube, simply titeld "MUSE", which depicts statues of the band's heads being torn down by a group of rioters in the middle of a desert, while wearing masks from the Won't Stand Down music video, with a choir of Matts singing the line "The Will of the People", the supposed name of the upcoming album (and likely an upcoming song also).[14] In addition, the graffiti on the statues, shown on the possible album artwork at the end of this clip, is speculated to show all song titles (however this has not been fully confirmed yet);; including (apart from "Won't Stand Down") the following writings: "Liberation" & "Will of the People" on Dom's head, "Compliance", "Die" & "Kill or Be Killed" on Matt's head, and "Ghosts", "Won't Stand Down" & "Euphoria" on Chris's head, with two more writings, which have yet to be deciphered (one supposedly being "Fuck off" on Matt's head). Dom's head also includes "IX" written on, in roman numericals, which likely stands for the album being their ninth one, while the monogram from the Won't Stand Down single artwork and music video also appears on the three heads as graffiti. It's not been confirmed whether the image at the end is the actual album artwork, while the release date, with the tracklist itself still have to be officially announced.

Tracklist

Incomplete, obviously

  1. Won't Stand Down

Personnel

Incomplete

Muse

Production

  • Aleks Von Korff - Additional production, Engineering, ATMOS Mixing
  • Adrian Bushby - Engineering
  • Joe Devenney - Engineering assistant
  • Dan Lancaster - Mixing
  • Rhys May - Mixing assistant
  • Chris Whitemyer - Technical assistant
  • Andy Maxwell - Abbey Road assistance
  • Tommy Bosustow - Abbey Road assistance
  • Chris Gehringer - Mastering

Ninth album recording gallery

  • "One of these kinda days ☺️❤️🍝" (16th February 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram

  • "Brought a few toys from home into work 🤗🎹" (27th February 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram

  • "ty @kawaipianos for this beauty 🤍 sounding innnnnncredible 👌🏻" (12th March 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Who can name that tune?" (video) (12th March 2021; Matt's Instagram)

  • "Havin a blast with the @uaudio OX Amp top box. Making some naaaasty 🤘🏻 things and the OX is coming through in a huge way!..." (6th April 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Havin a blast with the @uaudio OX Amp top box. Making some naaaasty 🤘🏻 things and the OX is coming through in a huge way!..." (6th April 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Havin a blast with the @uaudio OX Amp top box. Making some naaaasty 🤘🏻 things and the OX is coming through in a huge way!..." (6th April 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Being Dom Malkovitch 🎨 @roxannebettycreative" (12th April 2021; Matt's Instagram)

  • "The producer still needs naps. He wanted to let you know the new album is sounding fat and to hope you are all keeping well and healthy 🙏🤟🏼🥁" (23rd April 2021; Dom's Instagram

  • "Old fashioned time at the studio bar after a nice long week of tracking 🥃😌" (23rd April 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Studio dog best dog 😍" (13th June 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Good to be back" (24th July 2021; Muse's Instagram)

  • "Drum tracking with @muse at @abbeyroadstudios a couple months back. In my happy place with @domhoward77 and the gang 💕🎵" (8th November 2021; Adrian Bushby's Instagram)

  • "girl wouldn’t stop chewing on cables, so put her in my lap while working. not the most productive day but probs the cutest.🤍" (24th November 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "@muse" (1st December 2021; Chris Gehringer's Instagram)

  • "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (video) (25th December 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Spent the last year and a half in this space after putting it all together in the summer of 2020. ⁣As this Christmas is pretty much the first full break I’ve had since then - been nice to scroll back and reflect on things! Feelin grateful 🙌🏻 Happy Holidays y’all 🙂" (25th December 2021; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "THURSDAY! 1.13 #wontstanddown @muse 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻" (video) (10th January 2022; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "THURSDAY! 1.13 #wontstanddown @muse 🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻🤘🏻" (10th January 2022; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "Don’t let your memes be dreams. Also, cabinets def sound better with a few @mansonguitarworks headstock shaped holes in em courtesy of Matt." (6th February 2022; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

  • "I used this GuitarViol (Kind of half fretted mini cello with a guitar tuning) to record the pizzicato strings for the verse of #wontstanddown Recorded around 12-16 takes to sound orchestral. @muse" (video) (7th February 2022; Matt's Instagram)

  • "Coupla DPAs, a 122v, some a-ha…and boy you got a stew goin’ 🎻👨🏻‍🍳 Pizz strings on the guitarviol for Won’t Stand Down 🤘🏻" (7th February 2022; Aleks Von Korff's Instagram)

References

  1. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CYb-0PFL5xU/
  2. ↑ https://youtu.be/wGHqxU-63HM?t=292
  3. ↑ https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/muse-matt-bellamy-interview-coronavirus-quarantine-999208/
  4. ↑ https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/12884819/matt-bellamy-thought-jaded-hearts-club-were-the-beatles/
  5. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/lxdvdb/new_album_on_the_way_confirmed/
  6. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CX6KyANuNT8/
  7. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CP6Xo7IjPs1/
  8. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CWBaoDFtHHk/?utm_medium=copy_link
  9. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CRtsMriBtpm/
  10. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CTFAGKPjCx5/
  11. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CW9SHCXPtJy/
  12. ↑ https://www.instagram.com/p/CYbuFCOKPfv/
  13. ↑ https://www.reddit.com/r/Muse/comments/t5fv8w/from_matts_instagram_story/
  14. ↑ https://youtu.be/nzHnwHzp9o4
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