Lola Young is back in fittingly honest fashion.
Today, the British singer, who won praise for her 2025 album I’m Only F**king Myself and a Grammy for her hit "Messy," releases her new song, "From Down Here," produced by none other than James Blake. The song features Young's recognizably vulnerable writing style and emotionally raw vocals, filled with rasp and expressiveness.
The track, which Young shares was written the day after her emotional Grammy win, finds the singer capturing her fleeting emotional state as she both achieves her dream of musical stardom and contends with the turmoil it brings. "I'm between a rock and the hardеst place / Can I make them laugh? Can I make them stay?" she sings on the new song over a beat that boasts Blake's recognizable production style with warped electric piano chords and a simple yet haunting chopped drum loop.
Young has been lying relatively low since she announced her hiatus in September 2025 following a stage collapse at All Things Go festival in New York City. "I'm going away for a while. It pains me to say I have to cancel everything for the foreseeable future," she wrote on Instagram in September 2025, announcing the pause in activity. "I really hope you'll give me a second chance once I've had some time to work on myself and come back stronger. Love you all, Lola x."
Since then, Young has been moving towards a full return to public life, gracing the cover of Rolling Stone's Future of Music issue and announcing a run of headline dates in the U.K., as well as a top slot at All Things Go. “All Things Go, we have unfinished business,” Young said in a statement, referencing last year's health incident. “I feel blessed and ready to take it to the next level. Thank you for having me back."
The new song, which expresses a sense of both anxiety and dogged commitment to moving forward, captures this moment in Young's career. Young writes about the highs and lows of modern popstardom in strikingly raw fashion. With that, it's a promising and exciting start to a new chapter for Young.
