Katy J Pearson releases new single ‘Maybe’

Folk-pop wonder Katy J Pearson has shared another preview from her forthcoming new album ‘Someday, Now.’

The mesmerising track gets lifted from her third album, which is set for release next month - 20th September - via Heavenly Records - and was recorded in Wales at Rockfield Studios, with musicians Davey Newington (Boy Azooga), Huw Evans (H Hawkline), and Joel Burton as her band, and Nathan Jenkins - aka Bullion - taking the production reins.

Speaking of ‘Maybe’, Katy has said: “I’ve had this song with me for years now - it took a while to get there… When I was in the rehearsal room with Huw Evans [H. Hawkline], a few lyric tweaks happened. The chorus used to be maybe I need your love / to show me that I’m good enough and he was like, ‘why are you being like this to yourself? It should be the other way round!’ And I was like oh, ok, thank you, feminist ally in the room. When a man’s telling me what to do in a studio I can get my back up pretty quickly, so it was brave of him to suggest it, but he was right.

“When we changed the sentiment of the song [now maybe I don’t need your love / to show me that I’m good enough] my whole feeling about it changed, and it meant that we managed to actually get a handle on what it was meant to be like sonically. It just shows that it’s really important who you choose to have in a room with you…”

Alongside the new cut, Katy’s also shared an accompanying video, directed by Edie Lawrence; it’s an archery-based clip, which comes inspired by “celebrating sisterhood and women working together. With a mostly female crew again, it wouldn’t have been made without the expertise of our extremely talented choreographer Sophie Chinner and costume designer Kiera Saunders,” Edie says. “Sexism and misogyny is still rife in this world which is why celebrating and supporting other women is so important.”

Watch the video below.