BoyWithUke has announced his highly-anticipated new album, Lucid Dreams, out on October 6th via Mercury Records/Republic Records. To celebrate the announcement, he has unveiled his most honest and vulnerable song to date titled “Trauma,” today. The track finds BoyWithUke opening up like never before, painting a painful portrait of his upbringing over his signature ukulele. Listen to the song and watch the accompanying music video now below.
BoyWithUke says, “It’s my most personal song. I didn’t have the worst childhood, but we had money problems and family issues. School wasn’t the greatest. There was some bullying. The song is about how it affects me now. I’m working on it, so I hope this song helps other people acknowledge and work on themselves.”
Ultimately, BoyWithUke wants “Trauma” to be a message to his fans that they’re not alone. The track is brought to life with the official music video, directed by BoyWithUke’s frequent collaborator Kevin Lien.
The forthcoming Lucid Dreams album encapsulates in BoyWithUke’s words: “my desires, my fears, my past, and my dreams.” He continues, “Like The Odyssey, Lucid Dreams is the culmination of my personal journey so far. Each song is like a different step on the path. I’m facing past traumas, making the music I want to make, and figuring out who I am. The album is BoyWithUke blossoming, spreading his wings, and finding himself.” In creating the album, he wrote, recorded, and produced a majority of the new songs without any collaborators in just a three-week period.
Coming up next, BoyWithUke continues his biggest headline tour yet, which kicks off next week in Warsaw, Poland on August 13th. The North American run of the tour will begin on September 6th in Houston, TX at House of Blues and stops in major markets, such as Atlanta, Washington D.C., New York City, Boston, and Los Angeles, then concludes on October 3rd in Phoenix, AZ at Van Buren, with Naethen Apollo opening. Earlier this spring, BoyWithUke sold out shows across Asia and Australia. See the list of upcoming tour dates below. Tickets are available now.