Lola Young has released her new single ‘One Thing’ with a Dave Meyers-directed video

Lola Young has released her new single ‘One Thing’, accompanied by a Dave Meyers-directed music video.

The track showcases Young’s spoken word delivery and vocal performance. “It’s a song that on first listen sounds like I’m talking about one thing. Sex. Which I am, of course. However sex in itself is never about one thing,” Young explains.

The music video presents various scenarios including a first date, classroom scenes, and boxing ring sequences. “I wanted to make a song and music video that is thought-provoking and highlights sex being both a fun and light thing, not always meaningful, as well as showing how gender roles can be reversed,” says Young.

The South London artist’s previous single ‘Messy’, from her album ‘This Wasn’t Meant For You Anyway’, was Number 1 in the UK Singles Chart for four weeks. Y

Her dates in full read:

MAY
25 BBC Radio 1’s Big Weekend, Liverpool, UK

JUNE
4 La Madeleine, Brussels, Belgium
5 Georg-Elser-Halle, Hamburg, Germany
10 Accor Arena, Paris, France
11 Accor Arena, Paris, France
15 Capital FM Summertime Ball, London, UK
17 Meltdown Festival, London, UK
27 Glastonbury, Somerset, UK

JULY
3 Open’er Festival, Poland
4 Rock Werchter, Belgium
5 Roskilde Festival, Denmark
17 Gurtenfestival, Bern, Switzerland
18 Lollapalooza Paris, Paris, France

AUGUST
7 Øya Festival, Oslo, Norway
9 Way Out West Festival, Gothenburg, Sweden
10 Flow Festival, Helsinki, Finland
14 Paredes De Coura, Portugal
16 MS Dockville, Hamburg, Germany
17 Lowlands Festival, The Netherlands

SEPTEMBER
27 All Things Go Festival, Queens, New York
28 All Things Go Festival, Columbia, MD