Tom Walker - I Am *Pre-Order

Release Date Friday 3rd May 2024
All pre-orders will be dispatched/made ready for collection on that date.

After becoming 2019’s biggest UK-signed selling artist, with a number 1 debut album, an
international hit single in ‘Leave A Light On’, three million worldwide album sales and over
four billion global streams in tow, Tom Walker makes his hard-fought return with brand new
studio record, I Am, out May 31st, 2024.
Where previously, Tom became known for powerful accounts of other people’s stories,
including a friend’s battle with drugs (‘Leave A Light On’), and articulating his own relatable
feelings for his now wife (‘Just You & I’); he now finds himself writing about his own personal
struggles and anxieties, creative challenges, sadness and moments of despair. It is a
sometimes visceral account of who Tom Walker is in 2023, hence the title: I Am.
“I Am is a culmination of me trying to figure out who I am for the last four years.” explains
Tom. “This record is a snapshot of what's been going on in my life, and what's been
happening around me – what's made me happy or sad, ecstatic or miserable.”
The first taste of new music came last month with the rallying cry comeback single ‘Burn’,
which took a swipe at his record label over urgent, hammering beats. Today sees second
offering ‘Freaking Out’ (listen here) - a huge song nailed with a dream team of producers
Fraser T. Smith (Adele, Stormzy) and Stuart Price (Madonna, The Killers). It’s a personal
cry for help which tackles social anxiety and addresses the re-learning of how to be himself
and the creative artist forcibly stalled by Covid.
After writing, and binning, a plethora of new tracks, an exhausted Tom subsequently headed
out to Los Angeles to write with the McDonough brothers, Toby Gadd, Ryan Daly & Castle,
who’s credits between them include Beyonce, Joji, Khalid, Mimi Webb and John Legend.
The trip reignited the excitement and love of trying brand new things.
The results speak for themselves. As well as ‘Freaking Out’ and ‘Burn’, there’s ‘Head
Underwater’, a soulful rhythmic pop anthem with a soaring vocal that, again, sounds like a
whole new Walker. For ‘Holy Ghost’, think: Hozier produced by Labrinth – hymnal,
electronic soul, and finally, a mention for ‘Lifeline’. No one outside Tom’s inner-circle will be
hearing this towering ballad until next year – the emotions behind it are too raw. It’s a
searingly emotional tribute to a friend who died by suicide in March.
Make sure to catch Tom on your TV screens on November 11th, where he will appear on
the latest series of Later…with Jools Holland, performing ‘Burn’ and ‘Freaking Out’.

Looking ahead, as Tom succinctly puts it; “I will die for these songs. It’s the first time in a
long time I’ve felt like that. You’ve got to ignore what everyone else wants from you, and
you’ve got to back yourself.”
And with that, welcome to the exciting, limitless next phase of Tom Walker. A man who
knows where he’s headed: to arena-scale songs with molecular-level heart.

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