--- title: Florence and the Machine Debut New Song How Big How Blue How Beautiful description: The track will appear on the band's third album canonical: https://time.com/3703258/florence-and-the-machine-new-song-album/ author: Samantha Grossman article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2015-02-10T18:45:27.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:16:43.748Z article:section: Entertainment og:title: Florence and the Machine Are Back With a Beautiful New Song and Video og:description: The track will appear on the band's third album og:url: https://time.com/3703258/florence-and-the-machine-new-song-album/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56c2bdb4400f6a3/69877e70cd1bba2e1a6f5229/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-11-45-00-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 1200 og:image:height: 675 og:image:alt: Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 11.45.00 AM og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: Florence and the Machine Are Back With a Beautiful New Song and Video twitter:description: The track will appear on the band's third album twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56c2bdb4400f6a3/69877e70cd1bba2e1a6f5229/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-11-45-00-am.png?branch=production&width=1920&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # Florence and the Machine Are Back With a Beautiful New Song and Video by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 10, 2015 6:45 PM UTC  by [Samantha Grossman](https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/) ## Samantha Grossman Feb 10, 2015 6:45 PM UTC Florence and the Machine haven’t made an album since 2011’s _Ceremonials,_ so we’ve got some good news: the band just announced its upcoming [third studio album](http://consequenceofsound.net/2015/02/florence-and-the-machine-announce-new-album/). In the meantime, the band has unveiled a new song from the album, called “How Big, How Blue, How Beautiful.” Oh, and we also get a new music video to go along with it. The track is mysterious and lush and heavy on instrumentals, leading up to a big swell of brass halfway through. The video is appropriately vague and features lead singer Florence Welch interacting with someone who appears to be her doppelgänger. It’s all pretty bizarre and doesn’t give us a ton of insight into what the album will feel like as a whole, but that’s okay. We’re still excited. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/3703258/florence-and-the-machine-new-song-album/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/3703258/florence-and-the-machine-new-song-album/"},"headline":"Florence and the Machine Are Back With a Beautiful New Song and Video","datePublished":"2015-02-10T18:45:27.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:16:43.748Z","description":"The track will appear on the band's third album","url":"https://time.com/3703258/florence-and-the-machine-new-song-album/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Music"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56c2bdb4400f6a3/69877e70cd1bba2e1a6f5229/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-11-45-00-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Samantha Grossman","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/samantha-grossman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltb56c2bdb4400f6a3/69877e70cd1bba2e1a6f5229/screen-shot-2015-02-10-at-11-45-00-am.png?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Screen Shot 2015-02-10 at 11.45.00 AM","caption":"","creditText":"","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/3703258/florence-and-the-machine-new-song-album/","name":"Florence and the Machine Are Back With a Beautiful New Song and Video"}}]}] ```