Conan Gray has shared his highly anticipated new album, Found Heaven, co-produced by the legendary Max Martin, Greg Kurstin, and Shawn Everett.
Found Heaven includes the single “Alley Rose” and newly released “Fainted Love,” in addition to “Lonely Dancers,” “Killing Me,” “Winner,” and “Never Ending Song.”
“Winner” first arrived in August of 2023. On the cut he sings, “Now there’s no one/Who ever has done better/At making me feel worse,” he sings over the anthemic instrumental. “Now you really are the winner/Yeah, there’s nothing/That ever did quite kill me/More than what you did/Now you really are the winner/Take a bow cos you’re the winner.”
“I wrote this song at 2am,” Gray explained in a press release. “Everything at the piano just spilled out all at once. it was a moment where I finally felt like, ‘fine. great job. you did it. you hurt me more than anybody ever could hurt me.’ and it oddly felt nice.
“I see now that there is a certain freedom that comes from recognizing that you’ve been hurt. in no longer running, and just facing the fact that ‘you win. you hurt me.’ I hope this song helps people find a little piece of that freedom.”
This year, Conan Gray will embark on his worldwide Found Heaven On Tour hitting 16 countries around the globe. Multiple dates in the U.S. are already sold out including, New York, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, Dallas/Ft. Worth, Atlanta, Boston, and more. The North American tour dates will be supported by singer-songwriter Maisie Peters, and the European shows will be supported by electro-pop duo Between Friends.
In 2023, Conan graced the stage of the Global Citizen Festival in New York’s Central Park, performed for nearly 300,000 people at Lollapalooza across Latin America, and almost 40,000 people at Outside Lands. Continuing to make fashion headlines, Conan wore a custom Balmain look while attending the 2023 Met Gala. He quickly was named among the evenings “Best Dressed” by the likes of Vogue, Esquire, Teen Vogue, Insider, NPR, and more.