The chart-topping, multi-Platinum and Ivor Novello-winning Passenger returns with a new album ‘Wild Love’ which is set to be released on November 6th. He introduces the record by sharing the brand-new song ‘It Was Gonna Be You’. Listen HERE.
Passenger – real name Mike Rosenberg – was inspired by recently (and unexpectedly) becoming a husband and father. ‘Wild Love’ captures the whirlwind of emotions as their relationship developed – the excitement, the upheaval, the trepidation and the joy.
Passenger says, “Going from a working relationship to a romantic one is scary. The older you get, the more of the spikier sides of love you’ve seen. Things go sour for all sorts of reasons and with someone so close, the stakes are so much higher. ‘Wild Love’ is the title track because it sums up the theme of the album. Do you give in to your doubts and do nothing, or do you face your fears and go for it? I wrote the song as I was realising that the choice was obvious.”
While the ‘Wild Love’ album charts the couple’s personal experiences – taking the plunge, cherished early memories together, the realisation that this new love could be one that lasts – the single ‘It Was Gonna Be You’ is an outlier from a previous chapter in his life, a story of discovering that relationships can rapidly unravel. It is set to a classic Passenger sound of bright, buoyant melody coloured with flourishes of piano and Americana-tinged guitar twangs.
While ‘Wild Love’ was written over the course of several years, it was recorded in the summer of 2025. Passenger and long-term producer Chris Vallejo decamped to their new studio in the South Downs, a beautiful creative space built by adapting an old agricultural barn.
‘Wild Love’ is available to pre-order / pre-save HERE. In addition to its digital release, stunning physical formats include a gatefold coloured vinyl in two exclusive colours, a natural and a white vinyl available from select indie stores, and a Deluxe hardcover book CD.
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