The artist continues her epic summer with new single & video release
Grammy Award-nominated, Multi-platinum-certified artist Gayle has shared her new single, “Leave Me for Dead.” Written by Gayle with Lostboy (Tiesto’s “The Business” and “The Motto” with Ava Max), Cleo Tighe (Kehlani, P!NK, Noah Cyrus), and Starsmith (Kehlani, Ellie Goulding), the song is accompanied by a deliciously dark companion music video in which Gayle mischievously stages her own funeral, directed by filmmaker Acacia Evans (Miranda Lambert, Yellowcard).
“This song is a eulogy to my past relationships and the intensity of the feeling that someone leaving me is a permanent decision,” Gayle shares. “Once you leave, you’re gone. you have to make the decision to leave me for dead.”
“Leave Me for Dead” – which Gayle introduced to fans while traveling Europe and the United Kingdom as a special guest on Pink’s Summer Carnival 2023 – marks the latest in a series of new songs from Gayle, including the rebellious “Don’t Call Me Pretty.” First previewed live during her special guest run on the blockbuster Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour, “Don’t Call Me Pretty” is joined by a DIY music video featuring vlog scenes from the road.
In addition, Gayle recently contributed “Butterflies” to Barbie the Album, Atlantic Records’ global chart-topping musical companion to the landmark summer event film, Barbie, starring Margot Robbie and Ryan Gosling as Barbie and Ken and distributed by Warner Bros. Pictures.
Other recent highlights include high-profile collaborations as co-writing Kelly Clarkson’s smash new ballad, “Me,” as well as a feature on Lauren Spencer Smith’s “Fantasy.”
The pop star will celebrate her new music and much more on her upcoming North American headline tour, The Scared But Trying Tour, getting underway at Tampa, Florida’s Crowbar on October 17th and then continuing through a hometown show at Nashville’s famed Basement East on November 15th.
The Scared But Trying Tour continues an epic summer from Gayle, including a just-wrapped series of North American stadium shows as a special guest on the blockbuster Taylor Swift | The Eras Tour. Gayle kicked off the year with the release of riff-driven rock song, “Everybody Hates Me.” Released after the artwork was first revealed via her new Discord server, “Everybody Hates Me” marked Gayle’s first new music since 2022’s A Study of The Human Experience Volume Two and a Half, collecting alternate versions of select tracks from her two acclaimed debut EPs, A Study of the Human Experience Volume One and A Study of the Human Experience Volume Two.
