Arcade Fire share second WE single "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)"

27 April 2022, 17:52 | Written by Cerys Kenneally

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Arcade Fire have released new song "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" as a second taster of their first album in five years, WE.

After announcing WE with the lead single "The Lightning I, II" last month, Arcade Fire have unveiled a second preview of their upcoming record titled "Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)".

Arcade Fire wrote of the track on Instagram, "There’s nothing saccharine about unconditional love in a world that is coming apart at the seams. WE need each other, in all of our imperfection. Lookout Kid is a reminder, a lullaby for the end times, sung to my son, but for everyone… Trust your heart, trust your mind, trust your body, trust your soul. Shit is going to get worse before it gets better, but it always gets better, and no one’s perfect. Let me say it again. No one’s perfect."

WE will follow 2017's Everything Now. The new album is produced by Nigel Godrich, Win Butler and Régine Chassagne, and was recorded between New Orleans, El Paso and Mount Desert Island.

"Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)" is out now. Arcade Fire's WE album will arrive via Columbia Records on 6 May, and is available to pre-order now. They'll play a reopening show at London's KOKO this Friday (29 April)