By Malanie Gardea
It’s been 28 years since English rock band Pink Floyd recorded any new music, until now.
“Hey Hey, Rise Up!” was created with the help of Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk of the band Boombox.
David Gilmour wanted to write the track after seeing a video that Khlyvnyuk posted on Instagram. In the clip the Boombox member sang “The Red Viburnum In The Meadow,” a protest that dates back to WWI.
The Boombox singer ended his US tour and returned home to Kyiv to defend his country.
Pink Floyd’s guitarist spoke to BBC about the track and how it came to be.
“I spoke to him [Khlyvnyuk], actually, from his hospital bed, where he had a pretty minor injury from a mortar,” the star said. “So he’s right there on the front line.”
“Hey Hey, Rise Up!” is a track to support Khlyvnyuk’s message of Resistance.
All proceeds will go to humanitarian relief in Ukraine. Check out the video below.
Pink Floyd – Hey Hey Rise Up (feat. Andriy Khlyvnyuk of Boombox)
Gilmour’s daughter-in-law, Janina Pedan, a Ukrainian artist, created the artwork for the track that features the national flower of Ukraine, the sunflower.
“My daughter-in-law told us the story of a woman at the beginning of this conflict,” Gilmour told BBC. “Giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and saying that she hoped that sunflowers would sprout where they died.”
