Jeremy Zucker has shared a brand new single, “surprise!” The monitor seems on the New Jersey-born, LA-based artist’s upcoming album, Backyard State, out August 22 through Mercury Information.
An introspective and uplifting acoustic ballad, “surprise!” is a love letter written to the multi-platinum singer, songwriter and producer’s youthful self: “You don’t always need to know/Exactly what the future holds.” Zucker explains that “‘surprise’ is really surreal for me because it’s a letter to my younger self, who’s dream I’m literally living. That’s why the line ‘Cuz strange as it seems, I’m living your dreams, the voice coming out your speakers’ hits so hard for me, on one side I’m kind of time traveling, and on another, someone else who is listening could be listening to their future self. But the lyrics of the song hold all of what is special about it.”
Backyard State is Zucker’s third full-length album. The album is led by “Hometown,” a sentimental anthem about returning to his New Jersey roots and revisiting childhood by way of an grownup lens. The 14-track album paperwork Zucker’s determination to maneuver throughout the nation to pursue his musical goals.
In September, Zucker will embark on the “Welcome to the Garden State Tour.” The North American leg begins in San Diego on September sixteenth at The Observatory North Park earlier than stopping in main cities by way of October, together with Nashville’s Brooklyn Bowl, New York’s Brooklyn Metal, Toronto’s HISTORY, Los Angeles’ The Wiltern, and extra. Zucker lately introduced a second leg of the tour in Australia later this fall.
Earlier this yr, Zucker and Chelsea Cutler lined Gracie Abrams’ viral hit “That’s So True” as a part of their latest SiriusXM Coffeehouse Session. In late 2024, Zucker and Cutler launched brent iii—the third installment of their fan favourite collaborative sequence. 2019’s brent yielded the Double-Platinum “you were good to me” and the fan favourite “please.” 2021’s brent ii included the Gold-Licensed “this is how you fall in love” and “emily.”
Hearken to Jeremy Zucker’s “surprise!” now.
