FLETCHER has introduced her sophomore full-length ‘In Search Of The Antidote’, and launched its lead single, ‘Lead Me On’.

Launched late final week, the New Jersey singer’s lovelorn observe marks a departure from the fragile, dreamy soundscapes of her 2022 debut album ‘Lady Of My Desires’, in favour of driving pop-rock. ‘Lead Me On’ finds FLETCHER reflecting on an unrequited love, with its verses detailing the variations between her and a lover (“I used to be made to search out you / However your coronary heart is continually operating / Simply by no means towards me“), earlier than culminating in a cathartic hook: “So why don’t you simply lead me on / Trigger one thing is best than nothing in any respect“.

The observe was accompanied by a video directed by Alexandre Moors, which depicts the singer wandering the rooms of a big home occupied by bohemians. Watch the video for ‘Lead Me On’ under:

‘Lead Me On’ serves because the lead single from FLETCHER’s upcoming sophomore full-length album, ‘In Search Of The Antidote’, which will probably be launched through Capitol/EMI Information on March 22 – pre-order your copy right here.

Jennifer Decilveo, who has penned tracks for acts together with Take That, Miley Cyrus and Hozier, produced the document with songwriting contributions from Jon Bellion, Julia Michaels, Michael Pollack and extra.

In a press launch, the singer said that the document will provide followers an introspective look into themes of “id, insecurity, ego and self-fulfilment”, concluding that “love is the antidote”. “Over time, I’ve seemed for the antidote in so many issues: girls, the highway, the stage, followers, spirituality and self-reflection,” she wrote. “Making this album was an excavation, a deep dive the place I requested myself what would actually heal me, and my final realization was that love is the antidote.”

‘In Search Of The Antidote’ additionally marks the singer’s first full-length since being identified with Lyme Illness, which she revealed over X in September 2023, and resulted within the postponement of her stay dates in Europe, the UK, Australia and New Zealand to this yr.

“You all know the way a lot I like performing and seeing you on the highway and I’m actually heartbroken to allow you to down,” she wrote in an announcement on Instagram in gentle of the postponements. “I need to present up for you all 100% and provide the finest present that I do know that I’ve in me and one that you just deserve.”

In June 2023, FLETCHER sat down with NME to talk about her affirmation practices, which served as the idea for her ‘Lady Of My Desires’ crowd favorite, ‘I Love You, Bitch’. “I’ve at all times struggled with fairly intense efficiency nervousness,” she admitted. “And earlier than I’m going on stage I’ll make eye contact with myself and I’ll say, ‘You’re that bitch. You’re that bitch. You’re that bitch. You are able to do something, you might be something, and I simply say, ‘I like you’.”