Arcade Fire announces their seventh album Pink Elephant will be released on May 9th. The 10 track collection was produced by Win Butler, Régine Chassagne and Daniel Lanois. The term “pink elephant” refers to that paradoxical effect where the effort to suppress a thought leads to it being impossible to avoid. 

The album announcement arrives with a new single “Year Of The Snake” lassic buoyed by the enveloping warmth of Régine’s vocals and features her Arcade Fire debut on bass, and Win’s debut on drums. The song’s title refers to 2025 being the Lunar Year of the Snake, which represents a time for renewal, positive transformation and new beginnings as the band sheds its skin once again and is born anew – delivering the unique trademark sound of Arcade Fire. Watch the video HERE. 

Pink Elephant is the first full-length collection for Arcade Fire since 2022’s WE, which debuted at #1 on Billboard’s Top U.S. Albums Sales, #1 in the UK, Ireland and the Netherlands.

In the coming days Arcade Fire will announce special gigs in select cities where the band will perform Pink Elephant in its entirety prior to its release.