Peter Gabriel announces new album, titled “o/i”. Here is the first single “Been Undone”

Peter Gabriel has announced the release of a new album, entitled “o/i”, and has anticipated its contents with the first single, “Been Undone”, which will be released tomorrow, January 3, 2026. The project arrives as a direct sequel to “i/o” (2023) and takes up its conceptual approach: this time too, in fact, Gabriel will release a song every full moon, until the release of the complete album expected by the end of the year.
As stated in the official note, each piece of “o/i” will be proposed in two alternative versions, defined as “Dark-Side” and “Bright-Side”, to underline the plurality of readings and emotional states that run through the work. “Been Undone”, the first extract, is presented in his Dark-Side Mix, curated by Tchad Blake.

Each track on the album will also be associated with a visual work. “Been Undone” is accompanied by “Ciclotrama 156 (Palindrome)” by Brazilian artist Janaina Mello Landini, active in São Paulo. Gabriel explained the choice like this: the use of the rope and its progressive unwinding evoke natural structures, from tree trunks to the ramifications of the brain, opening up to multiple interpretative “entry points”. The artist will also create original work specifically designed for the song, which Gabriel says adds further creative tension to the project.
“Been Undone” was written and produced by Gabriel himself and recorded between Real World Studios in Bath and The Beehive in London.

Presenting the album, Gabriel said: “I'm happy to say that tonight, with the full moon, we start a new year of monthly releases under the name 'o/i'. The songs are a collection of thoughts and feelings. I'm thinking a lot about the future and how we might react: we are entering an unprecedented transition phase, probably triggered by three main waves, artificial intelligence, quantum computing and the brain-computer interface. Artists have the task of looking into the fog and, when they glimpse something, to hold it in front of a mirror.”
Gabriel then summarized the relationship between the two albums as a sort of complementary diptych: “i/o” represents “the inside finding a new way out”, while “o/i” is “the outside finding a new way in”. A reflection that broadens to a less individualistic vision of the human being, understood as an integral part of nature and of a broader whole, in which emotional and physical connection becomes a tool for finding one's place.
Some of the new songs, he added, will flow into the “brain project” that Gabriel has been carrying out for years, while others are born simply from the desire to convey joy. “I hope you like them,” he concluded.
In a different context, Gabriel also recently thanked director Josh Safdie for including his song “I Have The Touch” in the film “Marty Supreme”, starring Timothée Chalamet.