Powerhouse Amy MacDonald is back with 'Can You Hear Me'!

Monday 23rd June 2025

Release date: Out now Label: Infectious

After five consecutive UK Top 10 albums, 12 million sales and over a billion streams, Amy Macdonald has become one of the UK’s most beloved and authentic singer-songwriters. Her down-to-earth spirit and emotive songwriting remains as compelling as ever, as evidenced by her new album ‘Is This What You’ve Been Waiting For?’ which is released on July 11th via Infectious. Amy today previews the album by sharing her latest single ‘Can You Hear Me?’. Listen HERE.

Bristling with energy like a gunslinger bursting through saloon doors, ‘Can You Hear Me?’ has a subtly different feel to Amy’s recent singles. Its tight rhythmic pulse and sparkling guitar textures provide a disco-tinged twist on Amy’s core sound. Yet its message is in keeping with Amy’s predilection for lyrical themes which offer a beacon of hope in troubled circumstances. This time, Amy seeks to inspire the next generation to keep their faith for a brighter future. The song was written by Amy and Matt Jones, and produced by Nicolas Rebscher (Aurora, Ella Henderson, Louis Tomlinson).

Amy says, “I was playing TRNSMT Festival in Glasgow, and I found myself looking out at the audience, thinking, oh my gosh, these are all kids! They weren't even born when I started making music, they’re not going to know me at all. This is going to be awful. And we went out and we played this full set, and it was one of the most amazing gigs that I'd done in my life.

Seeing this younger generation, the ones that had just been fucked over totally by Covid, the government… But they were so happy and loving life. And I thought, you know what? We're actually in good hands. Like, what a great flipping group, what amazing positivity. It was one of those weird moments where you get on stage and it really feels like, ‘Oh, this is why I do this.’ So ‘Can You Hear Me?’ was kind of a call to arms for the younger generations.”

Posted by Craig Jones