Singer-songwriter Paul Thompson takes listeners on a cosmic journey with his new single The Clocks Went Back, a release that playfully intertwines physics, philosophy, and melody. The track arrives precisely at 2 a.m. BST on Sunday, October 26, 2025—just as the clocks shift back to GMT—creating what Thompson calls “the first song in history to time-travel its release.”
Inspired by Einstein’s theories and the ever-expanding Universe, The Clocks Went Back transforms the concept of daylight saving into a meditation on the nature of time itself. With the Universe expanding at 73.5 kilometers per second, Thompson calculates that in the one hour our clocks retreat, the cosmos will have stretched an astounding 264,600 kilometers—an idea that fuels both the whimsy and wonder of his music.
Philosophical and poetic, the track invites listeners to step beyond human schedules and imagine time as something fluid and infinite. Thompson’s art turns an ordinary clock change into a portal for reflection—on our fleeting existence, on cosmic vastness, and on the strange beauty of moments that feel both gone and eternal.