{"id":2297307,"date":"2026-02-24T12:13:22","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:13:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2297307"},"modified":"2026-02-24T12:13:22","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T12:13:22","slug":"watch-powerful-new-short-film-to-accompany-u2s-new-song-yours-eternally","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/watch-powerful-new-short-film-to-accompany-u2s-new-song-yours-eternally\/","title":{"rendered":"Watch powerful new short film to accompany U2&#8217;s new song &#8216;Yours Eternally&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/u2\">U2<\/a> have shared a powerful new short film to accompany the video for their song \u2018Yours Eternally\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The track, which sees <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/bono\">Bono<\/a> and guitarist <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-edge\">The Edge<\/a> collaborate with <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/ed-sheeran\">Ed Sheeran<\/a> and Ukrainian musician-turned-soldier Taras Topolia, features on U2\u2019s politically-charged EP \u2018Days Of Ash\u2019, which<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/u2-surprise-release-politically-charged-days-of-ash-ep-these-songs-were-impatient-to-be-out-in-the-world-they-are-songs-of-defiance-and-dismay-3930166\"> the band surprise released last week<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The track is written in the form of a letter from a soldier on active duty, and comes with a short documentary film directed by Ukrainian cinematographer and filmmaker Ilya Mikhaylus.<\/p>\n<p>The film, which is soundtracked by U2\u2019s new song, captures the daily lives of Alina and her fellow soldiers fighting on the frontlines of the war, and marks four years since Russia invaded Ukraine. It is part of a full scale documentary set to be released at the end of this year. Watch it below.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"U2 - Yours Eternally ft. Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia (Documentary Short Film)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/p92NzxFmseo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Mikhaylus said of the short film: \u201cFor four years, Ukraine has been resisting Russia\u2019s full-scale invasion, and the soldiers of the Khartiya Corps are among the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians defending their homeland.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn this short film, and in the upcoming full-length documentary, we attempt to show the beating human heart of those incredible men and women, the struggles and sacrifices they are making everyday for the most sacred thing on this planet \u2013 freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Since the start of the war on February 2024, the number of casualties on both sides totals nearly two million people, reports <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/news.sky.com\/story\/ukraine-war-latest-vladimir-putin-has-started-wwiii-zelenskyy-says-on-cusp-of-war-anniversary-12541713\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>Sky News<\/em><\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Arriving last week, \u2018Days Of Ash\u2019 featured six tracks and was described by Bono and co. as a response to current events, and dedicated to those fighting on the frontlines of freedom.<\/p>\n<p>Four of the tracks are about individuals, and centre around a mother, a father, a teenage girl whose lives were cut short, as well as from the point of view of a soldier who laments at having to give up his dreams of creativity to go and defend the freedom of his country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s been a thrill having the four of us back together in the studio over the last year,\u201d Bono shared, also revealing that a full album of new material will be arriving later in 2026.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe songs on \u2018Days of Ash\u2019 are very different in mood and theme to the ones we\u2019re going to put on our album later in the year. These EP tracks couldn\u2019t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world. They are songs of defiance and dismay, of lamentation,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3930167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999.jpg\" alt=\"U2 'Propaganda' 2026\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2829\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999.jpg 2000w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999-400x566.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999-800x1132.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999-696x984.jpg 696w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999-1392x1969.jpg 1392w, https:\/\/www.nme.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/u2-propaganda@2000x2999-1068x1511.jpg 1068w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 2000px) 100vw, 2000px\"\/><\/p>\n<p>To coincide with the new EP, U2 also announced the return of their fanzine, <em>Propaganda<\/em>.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bob-opens-up-about-u2-new-days-of-ash-ep-the-songs-all-being-presented-here-are-all-reactions-to-present-day-anxieties-3930193\">Speaking in\u00a0<em>Propaganda<\/em>\u00a0about how he came to work with Sheeran<\/a>, Bono said: \u201cOnly in the last few years have we gotten to know Ed and his wife Cherry \u2013 she\u2019s a very serious person\u2026fun\u2026but a serious climate activist, really walks the talk. Ed is a whirling dervish of a talent. High energy which he can turn on easier than he can turn off. I see a lot of my younger self in Ed, although he takes himself a little less seriously than I took myself at his age.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He went on to say that when Sheeran came over to Dublin to record, he noticed they had \u201cother things in common.\u201d He elaborated: \u201cHe\u2019s even more impatient in the studio than me\u2026\u201d He said when working together, they \u201cwrote songs into the small hours\u201d and said \u201cthere might have been a certain amount of Guinness involved.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The new EP arrives following Bono\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bono-on-how-to-achieve-freedom-in-sudan-in-gaza-across-the-middle-east-in-every-part-of-the-world-where-health-and-humanity-are-at-risk-3826348\">sharing his thoughts on the best way to achieve freedom<\/a>\u00a0\u201cin every part of the world where health and humanity are at risk\u201d in op-ed for\u00a0<em><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/ideas\/archive\/2025\/01\/the-gorgeous-unglamorous-work-of-freedom\/681212\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The Atlantic\u00a0<\/a><\/em>last year.<\/p>\n<p>He wrote the piece ahead of\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bono-michael-j-fox-and-denzel-washington-receive-presidential-medal-of-freedom-3826077\">receiving the Presidential Medal of Freedom in the US<\/a>. Since then, the singer has gone on to speak out about the Israel-Palestine crisis,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/u2-speak-out-on-israels-actions-in-gaza-the-level-of-depravity-and-lawlessness-we-are-seeing-now-feels-like-uncharted-territory-3883909\">saying Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s actions \u201cfeel like uncharted territory\u201d<\/a>, and also<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bono-calls-for-israel-to-release-palestinian-prisoner-marwan-barghouti-both-sides-must-be-represented-by-leaders-seen-as-legitimate-in-their-own-communities-3922216\">\u00a0call for the release of Palestinian prisoner Marwan Barghouti<\/a>, who is imprisoned in an Israeli jail.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U2 have shared a powerful new short film to accompany the video for their song \u2018Yours Eternally\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. The track, which sees Bono and guitarist The Edge collaborate with Ed Sheeran and Ukrainian musician-turned-soldier Taras Topolia, features on U2\u2019s politically-charged EP \u2018Days Of Ash\u2019, which the band surprise released last week. 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