Florence + The Machine have returned with their powerful new single “King,” a stirring examination of gender identity and the expectations inherent within. While the song’s release is not accompanied by news of their fifth studio album, we’ll assume that this represents the first preview of the group’s follow-up to 2018’s High As Hope.

“As an artist, I never actually thought about my gender that much,” Florence welch reflects in an official statment. “I just got on with it. I was as good as the men and I just went out there and matched them every time. But now, thinking about being a woman in my 30s and the future, I suddenly feel this tearing of my identity and my desires. That to be a performer, but also to want a family might not be as simple for me as it is for my male counterparts. I had modelled myself almost exclusively on male performers, and for the first time I felt a wall come down between me and my idols as I have to make decisions they did not.”

Watch the Autumn de Wilde directed video for “King” below.

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