Muse have done it again, and this time they literally launched the announcement into space. The Grammy Award-winning English rock trio have revealed their tenth studio album, ‘The WOW! Signal,’ arriving June 26 via Warner Records, alongside lead single “Be With You” and its accompanying music video. To mark the occasion, the band partnered with Sent Into Space to send a specially-designed tablet 33 kilometres into the atmosphere, premiering the video mid-flight while a second package carried stickers for a limited-edition vinyl release for fans to claim.
“Be With You” opens on a massive church organ and Matt Bellamy’s commanding vocal before igniting into driving electronica and searing rock. The track moves from dejection to resolve, from “I’ve used up every ounce of luck” to “I feel my life has just begun.” Directed by Nico Paolillo (Deafheaven, Bad Omens), the video stars Ella Balinska (Resident Evil, The Occupant), who is pulled out into the night by an unseen force before witnessing something beautiful and terrifying alongside a stranger drawn by the same strange energy.
The album’s title draws from one of modern science’s most compelling mysteries. In 1977, astronomer Jerry Ehman detected a powerful 72-second radio burst from the constellation Sagittarius, so anomalous in its bandwidth and intensity that he circled the data sequence and wrote “Wow!” beside it. That signal, never explained and never repeated, has captivated scientists and theorists ever since. Muse have built their new album around those same themes: cosmic mystery, existential hope, and the possibility of contact with something far greater.
‘The WOW! Signal’ is Muse’s first album since 2022’s ‘Will Of The People,’ which debuted at number one on Billboard’s Top Rock Albums and Top Alternative Albums charts, and marked their seventh consecutive UK chart-topping debut. Since forming in 1994, the band has sold over 30 million albums worldwide and earned two Grammy Awards, five MTV Europe Music Awards, and two Brit Awards among many others.
‘The WOW! Signal’ arrives June 26.
Track Listing:
- The Dark Forest
- Nightshift Superstar
- Shimmering Scars
- Cryogen
- Be With You
- Hexagons
- The Sickness In You & I
- Unravelling
- Hush
- Space Debris