British band New Hope Club have returned with their new single “Trouble in Paradise“. Written by New Hope Club with Ross Golan, “‘Trouble in Paradise’ is a song about gut-wrenching disappointment,” says the band. “It all started with a relationship that was so good in the beginning but like a lot of things, began to unravel. We’ve all been there, when a relationship burns so hot in the beginning but then fizzles just as quickly. The initial love bubble. Then the ‘oh shit’ realization.”
“We also wrote it at a time when we had first decided to move to Los Angeles, and were quickly finding out that the city isn’t quite paradise either. While the lyrics are about something that makes you want to scream into your pillow, we wanted to make the sound something completely different, something you can dance to and feel empowered by.”
On working with acclaimed producer Ross Golan and renown songwriter John Ryan, the band said, “We are huge fans of The Police / Sting and wanted to experiment with what a New Hope Club take could sound like with the help of Ross Golan and John Ryan. We ended up with this driving but sort of haunting beat that sonically takes you through the realization that there might be ‘trouble in paradise.’ We wrote this song back in 2021, but have had it stuck in our heads ever since. We played it on our most recent world tour and it was immediately a fan favourite. Fans knew all of the words after the first show and have never stopped trolling our comments asking us to release. But the time is now!! We are about to embark on our UK/US tour and it’s the perfect end of summer song…the end of paradise if you will. We can’t wait to share it with the world!”
New Hope Club will return to perform headline shows in the UK & US this September and October. For all New Hope Club dates visit their website.
UK tour dates
22-Sept Birmingham, UK O2
23-Sept Manchester, UK Deaf Institute
24-Sept Glasgow, UK Stereo
26-Sept London, UK Colours
US tour dates
30-Sep New York, NY Baby’s All Right
7-Oct Chicago, IL Beat Kitchen
8-Oct Minneapolis, MN 7th St Entry
18-Oct Los Angeles, CA Teragram Ballroom
20-Oct San Francisco, CA Café Du Nord
22-Oct San Diego, CA HOB