April (song)

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"April"
Single by Rose Gray
from the album A Little Louder, Please
Released12 September 2025 (2025-09-12)
Genre Club-pop [1]
Length3:15
Label Polydor
Songwriters
  • Rose Gray
  • Alex Drury
Producer
Rose Gray singles chronology
"Everything Changes (But I Won't)"
(2025)		"April"
(2025)		"Lotus"
(2025)
Music video
"April" on YouTube

"April" is a song recorded by English singer-songwriter Rose Gray. It was released by Polydor Records on 12 September 2025 as the second single from A Little Louder, Please , the deluxe edition of her debut studio album, Louder, Please . Gray co-wrote the song with Alex Drury, with Alex Metric producing it.

Contents

Following the genre of the original album, "April" is a club-pop song and Gray views it as "the big sister" of Louder, Please. The lyrical content of "April" explores a woman that Gray met on a night out, describing her as a carefree, sexy woman on the dancefloor who made her want to live more.

Background and release

Gray released her debut studio album, Louder, Please , on 17 January 2025. The composition of the album was shaped by Gray's adoration of nightlife and clubbing in London. [2] In August of that year, she released a remix of album track "Everything Changes (But I Won't)", featuring Shygirl and Casey MQ. [3] The next month, Gray announced that a deluxe edition to the album would be released, titled A Little Louder, Please. [4] "April" was released alongside the announcement. [5]

A club-pop song, Clash magazine wrote that "April" is "a slinky ode to living in the moment and an extension of the distilled dance euphoria she explored on [Louder, Please]". [1] They also likened the track to "post-millennia Clubland glory". [1] AntiMusic also described the song as "shimmering" and "carefree". [6] Gray stated that she views "April" as "the big sister" and an extension to the original album. [4] Speaking about the meaning of the song, Gray said: "have you ever met someone out and just thought, whatever 'it' is, you've got it? Carefree, sexy and completely in their body. That's what 'April' is about." [4] She added that the subject of the song was someone she met on a club dancefloor who made her want to live more. Gray co-wrote the song with Alex Drury, with Alex Metric producing it. A visualiser was also released for "April", directed by Rauri Cantelo. [7]

Credits and personnel

Credits adapted from Spotify. [8]

Release history

RegionDateFormatLabelRef.
Various12 September 2025 Polydor Records [9]

References

  1. 1 2 3 "Rose Gray Returns With New Single 'April'". Clash . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  2. ↑ "Rose Gray – 'Louder, Please' review: transcendence and escapism from London's underground raves". NME . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  3. ↑ "Rose Gray Reimagines 'Everything Changes (But I Won't)' With Shygirl and Casey MQ". antiMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  4. 1 2 3 "Rose Gray has shared her new single 'April' from the deluxe edition of 'A Little Louder, Please'". Dork . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  5. ↑ "Rose Gray: 'I was obsessed with Merlin when I was 14. I loved that wizard'". Capital . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  6. ↑ "Rose Gray Shares 'April To Announce Expanded 'Please' Album". antiMusic. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  7. ↑ "Rose Gray – April". Euphoria. Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  8. ↑ "April - song and lyrics by Rose Gray". Spotify . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
  9. ↑ "Radio 1's Future Artists with Sian Eleri". BBC . Retrieved 2 October 2025.
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