Mar 26, 2026 8:04am PT

Paul McCartney Releases New Single, ‘Days We Left Behind,’ to Be Followed by First Album in Nearly Six Years, ‘The Boys of Dungeon Lane’

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After five years of reports about an album in progress, Paul McCartney released a new single, “Days We Left Behind,” Thursday morning. The single, a love letter to Liverpool, arrived concurrent with the official news that the album he has been working on with producer Andrew Watt is indeed on the way. “The Boys of Dungeon Lane” is due out May 29.

The forthcoming set will be McCartney’s first new album since his pandemic-bred, self-produced “McCartney III” came out in December 2020.

Paul McCartney Releases New Single, 'Days We Left Behind,' to Be Followed by First Album in Nearly Six Years, 'The Boys of Dungeon Lane'