Australian alt-pop artist Yorke is back with a brand new single ‘sorry in advance’ from the upcoming new EP ‘unfinished business’ out June 13.
The pulsating supercharged pop song, ‘sorry in advance’ was co-written with Ciara Muscat (TWICE, Red Velvet, ITZY, tripleS) and produced by SB90 (Thandi Phoenix, Fractures). It taps into a K-pop melodic and arrangement style, alongside Yorke’s sultry and effortless vocals. They say one of the hardest things to do as a musician is write a happy song; well, Yorke has not just written a ‘happy’ song, but a determined, assertive, cheeky one at that. This is Yorke as we’ve never seen her before.
Yorke shares, “on the way to the studio that day, I found out that my song ‘Window Shopping’ was suddenly charting on Shazam in Japan, three years after its release. The response for that song over there has been pretty incredible to be honest. I started thinking about the songwriting itself, and how funny it was that if I'd written it now, I’d have a much more jaded/unapologetic view about dating (less trying to impress someone and more putting myself first). We played around with this idea in the session, and Window Shopping’s older sister song was born!”
‘sorry in advance’ is the third single from the new EP ‘unfinished business’, following the pop track with the irresistible chorus ‘i wanna hate you’ and the catchy electronic-pop song ‘love on the run’. Accompanying the track is a music video visualiser, taking us behind the scenes from the cinematic inspired video shoot sets from ‘i wanna hate you’ and ‘love on the run’, giving us a glimpse into the fun and playful world of Yorke.
‘unfinished business’ takes us into the next exciting era for Yorke, diving deeper into the pulsating, dark pop world, with a renewed and fearless confidence and sparkle. With Yorke’s warm and relatable vulnerability along with her innate songwriting prowess feeling more dynamic than ever, it’s a sophisticated, masterful step forward for this young artist; a nod towards a vast, untapped well of personal creativity. “I just wanted to create a fun, dynamic pop project fans could dance to,” Yorke says.
Crafted by Yorke between Australia, Los Angeles, London and New Zealand, ‘unfinished business’ was inspired by the new wave of love, acceptance, and growth, life in all its beauty; good vs bad, dark vs light and the moments between. As the EP title alludes to, ‘unfinished business’ implies a loose thread, a story still yet to be told. “For me, unfinished business feels like the beginning of my creative freedom, and I’ve still got so much more left to give and so much room for growth,” Yorke shares.
Yorke was recently announced as an ARIA Collab artist - a landmark program designed to catapult Australian talent onto the global stage through high-impact collaborations with international producers - and will work with GRAMMY- nominated producer Tommy Brown (Ariana Grande, Justin Bieber, BTS).
Yorke is also getting ready to travel to Japan to perform with Japanese rock band indigo la End on June 21 at the sold-out Tokyo International Forum Hall show performing ‘sorry in advance’. She recently wrapped up her ‘Young In Love’ regional tour supporting Kita Alexander, and has shared the stage with music legends Ball Park Music, Amy Shark, The Veronicas, Ruel, Peach PRC, San Cisco, and UK stars Lewis Capaldi, Good Neighbours, Dylan. Her festival credits include Spilt Milk and For The Love.
Internationally, Yorke has made a significant impact in Japan and Korea with her viral single ‘Window Shopping’ ft. Joan, which has garnered over 12.1 million streams in those markets and 24.1 million streams overall. Her music has been shared by K-Pop titans TWICE and SixTONES, and indigo la End used her single ‘like in the movies’ as their walk on track for their tour earlier this year.
With two EP releases and 43 million streams under her belt, Yorke’s next era of new music is set to add to these impressive credentials, as she takes this creative leap forward with more boldness and fearlessness than ever before, and we are ready to go on the ride with her.