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- Cam released her latest single, “Alchemy,” on Friday
- The genre-blending track celebrates the cyclical nature of life, death and each stage in between
- To accompany the song, Cam released a one-take visual directed by James Mackel
Cam is back with a magical new single.
Months after the “Burning House” singer earned a Grammy for her work on Beyoncé’s Cowboy Carter, the country star released a brand-new single titled “Alchemy.”
The genre-blending track, which is her first release in over four years, celebrates the cyclical nature of life, death and each stage in between, per a press release.
“I wanted to write something where we just focused on melody, but it turned into a song about reflecting on what we’re made of, where we’re coming from and where we’re going,” Cam, 40, said in a press release.
To accompany the single, Cam released a one-take visual directed by James Mackel, where she performs the song wearing a black pant suit.
“Alchemy” follows the release of Cam’s 2020 album The Otherside and 2015’s Untamed, which featured her Grammy-nominated single “Burning House.”
In May 2024, Cam opened up to PEOPLE about working on five Cowboy Carter tracks. On the album, she’s credited as a writer on “Ameriican Requiem,” “Protector,” “Daughter,” “Tyrant” and “Amen”; co-producing “Ameriican Requiem,” “Daughter” and “Amen”; providing background vocals on “Ameriican Requiem” and “Amen”; and engineering on “Daughter.”
“I just think this album is doing incredible things, it’s going to keep doing incredible things, and just watching it, it’s such a fun ride to be on,” Cam said of Cowboy Carter. “I’m so proud of it.”
She also opened up about the “surreal” feeling of working with the Lemonade songstress.
“I know I said surreal earlier, but it just feels like a dream to have someone who’s been at the top of her career over 20-plus years see what you’re doing and invite you in, which is a very sacred space for artists. It’s a huge honor, and I think it’s one of the biggest compliments of my life to be just asked, not even the fact that anything made it or didn’t. Just being asked is one of the biggest compliments of my life, yeah,” she said.
When asked how working on Cowboy Carter inspired her creatively, Cam said she wanted to make music in a way that “honors who I am and who my collaborators are.”
“I want this in my everyday life too, not just in the studio. I think that those values and just holding onto those, going into the studio every day, is just making music so much more fun. I’m having such a good time, and it sounds great,” she said. “[My manager] gave me a shirt that says, “Sounds like bulls— to me,” so we put that up in the studio too, so we don’t fall into any bulls— while we’re working. No bulls—.”
Listen to “Alchemy” here.
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