{"id":2387344,"date":"2026-04-24T12:57:01","date_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:57:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2387344"},"modified":"2026-04-24T12:57:01","modified_gmt":"2026-04-24T12:57:01","slug":"neil-youngs-new-album-features-three-songs-he-wrote-63-years-ago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/neil-youngs-new-album-features-three-songs-he-wrote-63-years-ago\/","title":{"rendered":"Neil Young&#8217;s new album features three songs he wrote 63 years ago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/neil-young\">Neil Young<\/a>\u2018s upcoming new album features three songs that he wrote 63 years ago.<\/p>\n<ul class=\"post-content-read-more\">\n<li><strong>READ MORE:\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/live\/neil-young-glastonbury-2025-live-review-setlist-photos-3874220\">Neil Young live at Glastonbury 2025: a no frills set that proves that sometimes, the old ways are the best<\/a><\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>The folk icon has recently completed his latest album, and has given fans some insight into the songs it will include.<\/p>\n<p>In a new message shared to his <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/neilyoungarchives.com\/news\/3\/article?id=Music%20-%20Moon%20to%20Moon\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Neil Young Archives<\/a> site, he wrote that he and the Chrome Hearts have been working in Rick Rubin\u2019s Shangri-La studio in Malibu on the record, which they began mastering during a recent full moon.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s quite a special album to me. Music is a gift and when it comes like this I really feel it. Everything here feels so good. I hope you will agree,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>He goes on to say that they recorded five new songs before running out and needing more. \u201cThe next morning I had a song going through my head and was playing it. I checked it out in the archives and found it was from 1963, unreleased,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were more. I found three others with it\u2026. also unreleased! Three 60 year old songs and five brand new ones! We finished mixing and assembling one month later on the next full full moon\u2026 April 1st. It was fast! \u201d<\/p>\n<p>Young then confirms that they have \u201ca complete mastered record, ready to go.\u201d It will follow the upcoming \u2018As Time Explodes\u2019 Chrome Hearts live album, which was recorded on their 2025 Europe and US tour.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"neil young and the chrome hearts | Harvest Moon | Live at BST Hyde Park 2025\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LgmQTQ6W498?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>He\u2019d previously<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-is-back-in-the-studio-writing-songs-about-the-worst-president-in-the-history-of-our-country-3934456\"> revealed that he was channelling anger at the Trump administration into the new album<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPolitics today is sad and depressing for me. I can\u2019t do it anymore. I can go out and demonstrate my feelings about it. We have the worst president in the history of our country. Every day a bad TV show produced by DJT is what we get,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>In spite of this, he said music was bringing him more joy. \u201cNow, thankfully, once again, I\u2019m in the studio recording a new album with the Chrome Hearts. I love the songs and the feelings of life and love. Music is. So far we have eight new songs. They make me feel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Young recently\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-gifts-his-music-to-greenland-blasts-amazon-bezos-and-trump-3925736]\">gifted his entire music catalogue to the people of Greenland<\/a>\u00a0for free, while hitting out at Amazon, Jeff Bezos and\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/donald-trump\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u00a0after the President threatened to annex the Arctic island.<\/p>\n<p>He even joined\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/joan-baez\">Joan Baez<\/a>,\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-joan-baez-maggie-rogers-jam-to-rockin-in-the-free-world-at-bernie-sanders-rally-3854543\">Bernie Sanders, and Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez at the \u201cFighting Oligarchy\u201d tour, where he performed songs live in opposition to the president<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, he shared a\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-shares-new-anti-trump-protest-song-big-crime-3890056\">song criticising Trump called \u2018Big Crime\u2019<\/a>, where he hit out at the Republican party leader, and he also\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-not-scared-of-trump-backs-bruce-springsteen-and-taylor-swift-in-fight-against-us-president-3863836\">told his fans earlier this year that Trump was \u201cout of control\u201d and \u201cwe need a real president\u201d.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>More recently, Young cancelled\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-to-headline-blenheim-palace-festival-2026-with-elvis-costello-3910882\">his entire UK and European tour<\/a>\u00a0and said \u201cthis is not the time\u201d to be playing shows.<\/p>\n<p>He later\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/neil-young-breaks-silence-on-cancelling-2026-uk-and-european-tour-dates-3931883\">provided some clarity on his reasons for axing the tour<\/a>. Replying to a fan who was checking \u201ceverything is OK\u201d, Young wrote: \u201cAll is good Michael. Just needed a break. Listening to my body.\u201d<\/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>Neil Young\u2018s upcoming new album features three songs that he wrote 63 years ago. 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