Moncrieff Releases New Song Shangri-La
Award-winning Irish singer Moncrieff releases the latest track from his hotly anticipated debut album, Maybe It’s Fine.
March 28 – Today, Moncrieff unveils his new single Shangri-La. A euphoric burst of sun-kissed pop, the track is the latest song to be taken from the award-winning singer’s debut album, Maybe It’s Fine, due out on May 9 via Warner Music Central Europe and available to pre-order HERE.
Shangri-La follows Hard Feelings, How It Ends and I Just Don’t Think I’ll Make It Over You as our first tastes of Maybe It’s Fine, a record whose breadth of sounds, styles and ways of storytelling showcases the remarkable evolution of Moncrieff as an artist since he first broke through almost a decade ago. It’s a journey which has seen him win over fans including Elton John and late DJ/producer Avicii, clock up over 40 million streams and win the prestigious RTÉ Choice Music Prize for his 2022 track Warm.
Possibly Moncrieff’s most uplifting track to date, Shangri-La’s joyous collision of beats, melody and spangled synthesiser lines reflects the carefree recklessness in his lyrics: conjuring up images of heady endless nights and giddy, boundless freedom.
“It’s one of the few songs on the album that isn’t purely narrative-based. There is a story, but it’s more of a feeling. And the feeling is being intoxicated,” says Moncrieff of the track.
“It’s about two people becoming so recklessly infatuated with each other that in the moment, it feels like they’re on drugs. I was seeing this person, and I knew deep down that it was never going to end well but it was just so much fun being with them. They were so charismatic, gorgeous… seriously good craic. I was totally taken in but looking back now there were some serious red flags. The song encapsulates all the best parts of that experience and that person while also wilfully ignoring everything else. That pure, carefree feeling is so enticing. It’s only when you come down that you realise it’s something else!”
Though it might be Moncrieff’s debut album, Maybe It’s Fine is a document of his journey through adulthood. Its twelve songs find him charting and surveying his own growth, both as musician and a person. From the struggling songwriter making a break from Ireland to London while still reeling from the loss of his siblings when he was a teenager, to the multifaceted, genre-straddling artist of today.
“I started this journey into music ten years ago. There’s been literally thousands of stories and ideas since and trying to condense it into twelve songs was difficult,” says Moncrieff. “In that time, I’ve been countless different versions of myself. This album is the story of that growth. Where I’ve come from, where I am and where I’m going.
Shangri-La is available on all major platforms via Warner Music Central Europe. Maybe It’s Fine is available to pre-order now.
