Tom Odell is back, and he’s hitting a nerve once again. The British singer-songwriter has just released his latest single, “Don’t Let Me Go,” a raw and vulnerable track that captures the heavy emotions of being stuck in an unraveling relationship. Released this Friday alongside a stirring new music video, the track captures the raw desperation of clinging to something that’s already slipping away — a relationship fraying at the seams, weighed down by helplessness and the quiet sense that the end is inevitable.
“The sense, almost every week, that the world is ending in some capacity — which it is, for some people,” Odell says of the emotional undercurrent fueling the song. That feeling of looming catastrophe — both personal and global — is all over “Don’t Let Me Go,” from its trembling piano lines to Odell’s cracked, pleading vocals. It’s a heavy listen, but never a hollow one; Odell has a way of making even the darkest emotions feel cathartic.
Tom Odell is currently touring Europe as an opener for Billie Eilish’s sold-out Hit Me Hard and Soft arena tour, and bringing this new chapter of his music to some of the biggest stages of his career so far. Later this summer, he’ll join The Lumineers across U.S. arenas on their Automatic World Tour before heading into a full international tour in the fall — momentum that shows no signs of slowing, even more than a decade into his career.
If anything, Odell’s connection with listeners has only grown more visceral. His last album, Black Friday, made a global splash, debuting at number five on Spotify’s Top Album Debut Chart, while its haunting title track crossed 700 million streams. Meanwhile, his breakout hit “Another Love” — first released in 2012 — found a new life on TikTok as an anthem of resilience and solidarity, with billions of plays fueling a resurgence few could have predicted.
But Tom Odell has never really played by pop’s rules. As he’s said before, mainstream success was never the goal; it’s the personal connection, the quiet relief of shared vulnerability and not conformity, that he’s always chased. Vulnerable, aching, and soulfully honest, he’s carving it even deeper with “Don’t Let Me Go,” offering up another aching, beautifully human piece of himself to the world.
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