Sting will release his latest studio set, titled The Bridge, on November 19th, according to The Los Angeles Times. Sting said the new songs were, “written in a year of global pandemic, personal loss, separation, disruption, lockdown and extraordinary social and political turmoil.”
He spoke about the new collection, explaining that it was recorded in relative isolation, recalling, “Wherever there was a studio, that’s where I was — New York, the Bahamas, everywhere. That’s how I kept myself sane, turning up at 10:30 every morning and working until dinnertime.”
When pressed as to whether he would've written and recorded a new album had Covid not happened, Sting said, “It was certainly time for me to make a record, but the circumstances were unique. It’s difficult to get people together in one place, so I did a lot of recording remotely via Zoom and via studio technology. But I think the theme of the record is building bridges between separations. I didn’t begin that way — I was just writing songs — but at some point in the process I went, 'Oh, that’s what this is about.'”
