People Watching (album)

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People Watching
People Watching Sam Fender album cover.jpg
Studio album by
Released21 February 2025
Label Polydor
Producer
Sam Fender chronology
Seventeen Going Under
(2021)
People Watching
(2025)
Singles from People Watching
  1. "People Watching"
    Released: 15 November 2024
  2. "Wild Long Lie"
    Released: 2 December 2024

People Watching is the upcoming third studio album by English musician Sam Fender. The album will be released on 21 February 2025 through Polydor Records. [1] According to Fender this album will explore "colourful stories and observations of everyday characters living their everyday, but often extraordinary, lives." [2] The album's eponymous lead single, "People Watching", was released on 15 November 2024.

Contents

Background

On 3 August 2024, Fender premiered two songs of the upcoming album during a show at Plymouth Pavilions: "People Watching" and "Nostalgia's Lie". [3] On 13 November 2024, Fender announced his third album "People Watching" ahead of the release of the title track on 15 November 2024. [4]

The album's artwork features a photograph by the late Tish Murtha, a social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities and working-class life in Newcastle upon Tyne. [5]

Track listing

People Watching track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."People Watching" Sam Fender Fender, Adam Granduciel, Joe Atkinson, Dean Thompson5:04
2."Nostalgia's Lie"   
3."Chin Up"   
4."Wild Long Lie"  6:04
5."Arm’s Length"   
6."Crumbling Empire"   
7."Little Bit Closer"   
8."Rein Me In"   
9."TV Dinner"   
10."Something Heavy"   
11."Remember My Name"   

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