Florence Welch Teases Mystery Project With Cryptic ‘KING’ Posts: ‘Something’s Coming’
Florence Welch returned to social media on Tuesday (Feb. 22) to tease the possibility of an impending and rather royal comeback.
“Did you miss me….,” she captioned the Instagram post with a black heart emoji. In the portrait shot by famed photographer-turned-director Autumn de Wilde, the mystical singer dons an elaborate headpiece over her mane of fiery hair, along with a black gown and gold jewelry, while the word “KING” is emblazoned across the bottom of the frame in all caps.
Meanwhile, Welch shared an even more mysterious post on TikTok. In the video, the singer’s gold-laden, tattooed hands are seen turning over a playing card to reveal the same portrait next to a pink envelope with an ornate seal, all as the strum of a bass gradually gets louder. “Something’s coming,” she captioned the clip.
If the posts do indeed herald the coming arrival of new music, it would be Florence and the Machine‘s first full-length studio effort since 2018’s High as Hope, which featured singles “Sky Full of Song,” “Hunger” and “Patricia.” In the interim, the band contributed the delightfully sinister “Call Me Cruella” to the soundtrack for 2021’s Cruella, the live-action Disney origin story starring Emma Stone as the iconic Dalmatian-loving villain.
Back in 2020, Welch provided the entertainment for the first ever virtual Met Gala celebration, performing a stripped down rendition of Lungs-era hit “You’ve Got the Love” after an introduction from Vogue editor in chief Anna Wintour. (The evening also included a DJ set by the late Virgil Abloh.)
Check out Welch’s enigmatic “KING” teases below.
Something's coming pic.twitter.com/2NtR2c3y2c
— florence welch (@florencemachine) February 22, 2022
