The Pretenders have today revealed their brand-new single Didn’t Want To Be This Lonely and its accompanying video.
The latest in an increasingly impressive series of videos featuring Hynde and made entirely during lockdown, the video was produced and directed bylongtime collaborator John Minton. John has worked with the likes of Noel Gallagher, Portishead and Savages previously and has made all the videos for this Pretenders album campaign.
Hate For Sale, The Pretenders’ eleventh studio album, was produced by the revered Stephen Street (The Smiths, Blur).It is the first album to be recorded with the now long-standing touring line-up of the group and the first to be written collaboratively by Chrissie Hynde and electrifyingly dynamic guitarist James Walbourne.
Speaking about writing with James for the first time, Chrissie added: “I wanted to write with him since day one. James is especially sought after and has recorded with Jerry Lee Lewis, Dave Gahan, and The Rails, to name but a few. We always planned on writing while on the road, but as anyone in a band will tell you, being on tour is a procrastinator’s dream come true”.
The Pretenders most recent album, 2016’s Alone was a critical success and a welcome return for the line-up, coming eight years after 2008’s Break Up The Concrete.
The band supported Fleetwood Mac on their UK stadium tour in June 2019, which included two shows at Wembley Stadium.
