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[[File:MUSE 2022 2000-696x442.jpg|thumb|right|New album promo pic<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CYb-0PFL5xU/</ref>]]
| Name = Unnatural Selection
{{Discobox
| Album = [[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]] <small>(6)</small><ref name="mw20090703">
| Name = Will of the People
{{cite |
| Tracks = 10
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| Length = TBA
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| Recorded = 2020–2021
| Length = 6:54, 7:20 <small>(5.1 DVD Version)</small>
| AltTitles = Billions of Digits Carved Into Tablets of Crystal<ref>{{cite/Q 2009-07}}</ref>
| First = [[Teignmouth Den 2009 - 4th (gig)|4{{supo|th}} September 2009]]
| Latest = [[Wales_Newport_Centre_2015_(gig) | 19{{supo|th}} March 2015]]
| Recorded = [[Studio Bellini]], [[Moltrasio|Lake Como]] and Milan, Italy, 2009
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], [[Dominic Howard]], [[Christopher Wolstenholme]]
| Writer = [[Matthew Bellamy]], [[Dominic Howard]], [[Christopher Wolstenholme]]
| Producer = Muse
| Producer = Muse, [[Aleks Von Korff]]
| Chart position = -
| Art = TBA
}}
| Publisher = TBA
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| Release = 2022 / TBA
| Current = Unnatural Selection
| Chart = N/A
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| Previous = Simulation Theory
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== Description ==
== Information ==
"Unnatural Selection" opens with a church organ, giving way to a fast, heavy guitar riff backed up by steady drumming. During the verses, this guitar riff is mirrored by the bass. A calmer section with a slow tempo kicks in later, before the song ends with a heavy riff outro.<ref name="le200907">{{cite/l'express200907}}</ref> NME described Unnatural Selection as one of the more guitar-driven songs on ''[[The Resistance (album)|The Resistance]].''<ref>{{cite/nme20090707}}</ref> It is notable for it's fast-paced, energetic sound, which is particularly effective when heard by a live crowd.


[[Christopher Wolstenholme]] thinks that the song might address the idea of the British royal family being descendants of giant lizards, as proposed by David Icke among others.<ref>{{cite/Q 2009-08-21}}</ref> Wolstenholme also stated in an interview with FHM that it was influenced by [[Queens of the Stone Age]] in places, and that it was the most 'rock' track on the album. <ref> FHM - "Muse: The Resistance - Album number five and Muse have lost the plot in the best possible way." </ref>
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>


[[Matthew Bellamy]] said, "This song is influenced by the book 'Black Swan' which is basically a whinge about how we live in a 'winner takes all' world i.e. those who do well take more and more and the losers have to settle for less and less. Amongst other things, the song is saying 'If you can't beat them, then join them.'"<ref>iTunes LP - The Resistance</ref>
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>
On My Taratata, a French TV program Matt said, "The song Unnatural Selection is about luck, and how much luck has a big impact on people's lives, depending on where you're born, where you are." A video of this program can be seen [http://www.mytaratata.com/Pages/VIDEO_page_video.aspx?sig=iLyROoafI9T9 here].


[[Dominic Howard]] described the outro riff as "clean Iron Maiden" in an interview.
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."''.


The bridge of the song bears a resemblance to "Lay All Your Love On Me" by ABBA, and also Chopin's Polonaises Op. 71 Allegro moderato. The bridge's chord progression also resembles the beginning progression of Mozart's Symphony No. 25 In G Minor, K. 183: I. Allegro Con Brio.
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’.".
During the final pre-chorus, Matt sings "Ocean" in a vocal style similar to that of Serj Tankian of [[System of a Down]], who have influenced Muse in the past.


== Information ==
== Recording ==
On the 5.1 Surround Sound edition of the album, the track features a short Queen-esque guitar solo after the organ intro and before the main riff begins.


Matt can be clearly heard making a "whoo!" sound at 2:02 and a more faint "phwoa!" sound at 6:27 which is better heard on good speakers or the 5.1 version.
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.


The song has been used as filler music by the Australian TV channel 9's coverage of the 2010/2011 Ashes series.
[[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]].


==Live==
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>


Unnatural Selection appeared very often on The Resistance tour, especially in 2009. This would be short-lived, however, as the song was excluded from 2011 and 2012 setlists. It wouldn't be until the end of the 2013 tour that it would be performed live again. It continued to be performed live far more frequently than other revived songs from around the same time. For the Psycho UK Tour, Muse prepared Unnatural Selection to be performed, deeming it a fan favourite enough to bring it back to setlists. Unnatural Selection was performed at two out of the first three gigs in 2015, at both of which fans yelled for Assassin to be played instead. Muse listened, and replaced Unnatural Selection from that point onwards with Assassin.  
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.


[[Unnatural Selection (live) | More here]]
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>


== 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.
{{lyrics
|They'll laugh as they watch us fall
The lucky don't care at all
No chance for fate
It's unnatural selection
I want the truth


I'm hungry for some unrest
== Release ==
I wanna push it beyond a peaceful protest
I wanna speak in a language that they will understand
Dedication to a new age
Is this the end of destruction and rampage?
Another chance to erase then repeat it again


Counter balance this commotion
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 of "4", possibly being the fourth track on the album. The 60 second stream was then screen-recorded by a few people, with copyright bots deleting the posts, and revealing the song name, 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".
We're not droplets in the ocean
Ocean


They'll laugh as they watch us fall
[[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 [https://wontstanddown.muse.mu/ wontstanddown.muse.mu] has been spotted being online a day earlier. Together with it also came the single artwork (which was leaked through source code via the 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 the afforementioned site, and was released on Jan. 13th on all afforementioned digital platforms. Almost two months later, on Matt Bellamy's Instagram story, posted on March 2nd, 2022, when Bellamy went over the guitar tuning for Won't Stand Down, he  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>
The lucky don't care at all


No (hey)
On March 9th, 2022, Muse posted a short, half-minute video on their YouTube, simply titled "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> The animation was produced by California-based animation studio, Frame 48, with creative direction from [[Jesse Lee Stout]] of Metaform Studio, head sculpting made by 3D designer Tyrone Yarde and key art produced by digital artist Tiago Marinho.
Chance (hey)
For fate (hey)
It's unnatural selection
I want the truth!


No religion or mind virus
The graffiti on the statues, shown on the possible album artwork at the end of the previously-mentioned clip, is speculated to show all song titles (however this has not been fully confirmed yet); including (apart from "Won't Stand Down" & "Compliance") the following writings: "''Liberation''" & "''Will of the People''" on Dom's head, "''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, and the tracklist itself, still have to be officially announced.
Is there a hope that the facts would ever find us
Just make sure that you are looking out for number one
I'm hungry for some unrest
Well let's push it beyond a peaceful protest
I wanna speak in a language that you will understand


Counter balance this commotion
Both the Won't Stand Down single artwork and its music video include a monogram image, displayed on the characters' suits and throughout various places across the music video. The monogram also appears on the supposed album artwork. 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).
We're not droplets in the ocean
Ocean


They'll laugh as they watch us crawl
On March 11th, 2022, it was discovered by Muse fans that the index code from the previously mentioned site, [https://wontstanddown.muse.mu/api/v1/catalogue/new/ wontstanddown.muse.mu], contains basic album info, including the presumed tracklist and anagrams for each song which will appear on the album. The same day, Muse announced a new single, [[Compliance (single)|Compliance]], to be released on March 17th, 2022, available for pre-saving on [http://mu-se.co/compliance-prerelease mu-se.co/compliance-prerelease].<ref>https://twitter.com/muse/status/1502298309368631296</ref>
The lucky don't share at all


No (hey)
== Tracklist ==
Hope (hey)
''Based on data from JSON output off of [https://wontstanddown.muse.mu/api/v1/catalogue/new/ wontstanddown.muse.mu]''
For fate (hey)
It's a random chance selection
I want the truth!


Try to ride out the storm
{{tracklist
Whilst they'll make you believe
|01 = Will of the People
They are the special ones
|02 = Compliance
(We have not been chosen)
|03 = Liberation
|04 = Won't Stand Down
|05 = Ghosts (How Can I Move On)
|06 = You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
|07 = Kill or Be Killed
|08 = Verona
|09 = Euphoria
|10 = We Are Fucking Fucked
}}


Injustice is the norm
== Personnel ==
You won't be the first
''Incomplete''
And you know you won't be the last


Counter balance this commotion
'''Muse'''
We're not droplets in the ocean
*[[Matt Bellamy]] - Vocals, backing vocals, guitar, keyboards, co-production
Ocean, ocean, ocean!
*[[Chris Wolstenholme]] - Bass, backing vocals, co-production
*[[Dominic Howard]] - Drums, co-production


They'll laugh as they watch us fall
'''Production'''
And the lucky, they don't care at all
*[[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


No (hey)
'''Art'''
Chance (hey)
*[[Jesse Lee Stout]] - Creative direction
For fate (hey)
 
It's unnatural selection,  
== Ninth album recording gallery ==
I want the truth! I want the truth!  
<gallery>
I want the truth! I want the truth!
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]
}}
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])
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])
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])
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]
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])
File:2021-07-24_BellamyAbbeyRoad.jpg | "Good to be back" (24th July 2021; [https://www.instagram.com/p/CRtsMriBtpm/ Muse's Instagram])
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 ==
* [[Unnatural Selection (tablature) | Unnatural Selection tablature]]
{{Backto | The Resistance (album) | The Resistance}}

Revision as of 14:26, 14 March 2022

New album promo pic[1]
Muse album
Name Will of the People
Tracks 10
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 of "4", possibly being the fourth track on the album. The 60 second stream was then screen-recorded by a few people, with copyright bots deleting the posts, and revealing the song name, 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 wontstanddown.muse.mu has been spotted being online a day earlier. Together with it also came the single artwork (which was leaked through source code via the 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 the afforementioned site, and was released on Jan. 13th on all afforementioned digital platforms. Almost two months later, on Matt Bellamy's Instagram story, posted on March 2nd, 2022, when Bellamy went over the guitar tuning for Won't Stand Down, he 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, 2022, Muse posted a short, half-minute video on their YouTube, simply titled "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] The animation was produced by California-based animation studio, Frame 48, with creative direction from Jesse Lee Stout of Metaform Studio, head sculpting made by 3D designer Tyrone Yarde and key art produced by digital artist Tiago Marinho.

The graffiti on the statues, shown on the possible album artwork at the end of the previously-mentioned clip, is speculated to show all song titles (however this has not been fully confirmed yet); including (apart from "Won't Stand Down" & "Compliance") the following writings: "Liberation" & "Will of the People" on Dom's head, "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, and the tracklist itself, still have to be officially announced.

Both the Won't Stand Down single artwork and its music video include a monogram image, displayed on the characters' suits and throughout various places across the music video. The monogram also appears on the supposed album artwork. 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).

On March 11th, 2022, it was discovered by Muse fans that the index code from the previously mentioned site, wontstanddown.muse.mu, contains basic album info, including the presumed tracklist and anagrams for each song which will appear on the album. The same day, Muse announced a new single, Compliance, to be released on March 17th, 2022, available for pre-saving on mu-se.co/compliance-prerelease.[15]

Tracklist

Based on data from JSON output off of wontstanddown.muse.mu

  1. Will of the People
  2. Compliance
  3. Liberation
  4. Won't Stand Down
  5. Ghosts (How Can I Move On)
  6. You Make Me Feel Like It's Halloween
  7. Kill or Be Killed
  8. Verona
  9. Euphoria
  10. We Are Fucking Fucked

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

Art

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
  15. ↑ https://twitter.com/muse/status/1502298309368631296
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