Disturbed Drop Fiery First New Song in Four Years 'Hey You'

2022-07-15 23:45:03 By : Mr. Abner Min

Disturbed are back with a brand new single "Hey You," which serves as their first music release in four years. They also put out a cinematic sci-fi video to go along with it.

Late last year, frontman David Draiman teased that the band's follow-up to 2018's Evolution will be "angsty" and "aggressive," further adding that it'll sound like "old-school Disturbed." The vocalist placed it between The Sickness and Ten Thousands Fists in terms of their discography — and based on the galloping rhythm of "Hey You," his description seems to be pretty accurate so far.

"'Hey You' is basically a wake-up call. I think that the lockdown and the pandemic in general, the past two years, three years of our existence already at this point, has been this incredible, perfect storm of elements," Draiman explained of the song during a new interview with Loudwire Nights host Toni Gonzalez.

"We had isolation, we had removal from any kind of normalcy, we had people really go down the rabbit hole of social media in a big, big way. And if anything, it intensified the division that was already there. People really stick to their respective camps and their respective allegiances, whether it's political or religious or otherwise. It's become hyper-intensified over the course of these past number of years."

Draiman further elaborated that "Hey You" in particular addresses all of the "outrage addiction" he's witnessed over the last few years, which is something he's never seen in his life.

"This song is speaking to that, it's speaking to the fact that we're our own worst enemy sometimes because of these little barriers we set up for ourselves," he concluded.

Check out the video for the song and its lyrics below. To hear more about the album, tune into Loudwire Nights tonight at 7PM ET to hear the full interview.

Loudwire Nights with Toni Gonzalez airs nightly starting at 7PM ET. You can tune in anytime, from anywhere right here or by downloading the Loudwire app.

Hey You Have you had enough of it? How the blind are leading the blind Hey you Are you angered enough Do you feel confined Are you losing your mind Hey You Done putting up with it Inner peace isn’t easy to find Hey You Are you strong enough to stop jumping in Can we begin again then And when you won’t let go Just keep this thought in mind The closest mirror reveals the true enemy staring back at you Hey you, walking away You’ve got the wrong kind of mindset, and it’s helping no one Hey you throw it away You’ll only grow to despise it Realize it Hey you Hey you Can you feel the effect of it That shot keeps rotting your mind Hey you Have you woken up Do you still deny it Are you comply Hey you The world is so full of it Madness is easy to find Hey you Is it bad enough You continue to lie Telling me you’re fine with it You know you can’t let go So keep this thought in mind Your greatest enemy is still alive, and growing inside you Hey you, walking away You’ve got the wrong kind of mindset, and it’s helping no one Hey you throw it away You’ll only grow to despise it Realize it Hey you, walking away You’ve got the wrong kind of mindset, and it’s helping no one Hey you throw it away You’ll only grow to despise it Realize it Hey you There’s too many of us There’s too many of us There’s too many Too many of us, there’s too many of us around There’s too many of us There’s too many of us There’s too many Too many of us, too many of us now There’s too many of us There’s too many of us There’s too many, too many of us There’s too many of us around There’s too many of us There’s too many of us There’s too many Hey you, walking away You’ve got the wrong kind of mindset, and it’s helping no one Hey you throw it away You’ll only grow to despise it Realize it Hey you, walking away You’ve got the wrong kind of mindset, and it’s helping no one Hey you throw it away You’ll only grow to despise it You know you’ll grow to despise it Hey you, there’s too many of us around Hey you, there’s too many of us around Hey you, there’s too many of us around

Distubed, 'Hey You' Music Video