Florence + the Machine return with a wild, cathartic title track called Everybody Scream. Florence Welch performs with intense physical abandon, often dancing barefoot and thrashing through songs with the force of a personal moshpit. Past injuries and a 2023 life-saving emergency surgery forced cancellations and a confrontation with bodily limits. Recovery and healing fueled the new album, and the title track explores the interplay of ecstasy and agony. The song interrogates the cost of theatrical abandon and portrays a Jekyll-and-Hyde possession that both confines and ultimately releases Welch.
Watching her onstage, you'd think Florence Welch has no problem giving her body to performance. As Florence + the Machine's primary conduit, Welch aches and bellows during their now-arena-sized shows. She shuffles across the stage, barefoot, at a pace so quick you might worry she'll trip over some stage wiring. She dances with pure abandon; she thrashes across songs like "Spectrum" and "My Love" with the force and intensity of a personal moshpit.
In 2023, Welch underwent life-saving emergency surgery, which led to the cancellation of several Florence + the Machine shows and forced her to reckon with her body's own limits. It was her journey toward recovery and healing that fueled Everybody Scream, but what immediately sticks out about its title track is its relationship between ecstasy and agony, the Jekyll and Hyde-esque possession that holds Welch captive before it sets her free.
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