After 28 years, the band Pink Floyd returns with a song about Ukraine

Pink Floyd have reunited to record their first new material in 28 years, an anti-war protest song in Ukraine. Hey Hey Rise Up (Hey Hey, Get Up!) Is the title of the song and in this comeback come David Gilmour and Nick Mason along with Floyd long bassist Guy Pratt and Nitin Sawhney on keyboard.

But the song is built around a refrain by Boombox band Ukrainian singer Andriy Khlyvnyuk. Gilmour says the song is a show "anger at a superpower occupying a peaceful nation." But it is also intended as a moral stimulus for the people of Ukraine and a call for "peace."

Work on the song began a few weeks ago, when Gilmou-itr appeared to Khlyvnyuk on Instagram. The singer had posted his footage in Kiev's Sofiyskaya Square, fully armed and ready to fight the Russian occupation. In front of the camera, Khlyvnyuk sang The Red Viburnum In The Meadow, a protest song written during World War I, which has become a rallying cry in Ukraine over the past six weeks.

“Sapo më bëri përshtypje që, pasi është një a capella, dikush mund ta kthejë këtë në një këngë të bukur”, tha Gilmour për Matt Everitt në BBC 6 Music. Rastësisht, Gilmour kishte performuar drejtpërdrejt me BoomBox në vitin 2015, në një koncert përfitimesh në Londër për Teatrin Free Belarus - dhe ai kontaktoi Khlyvnyuk për të kërkuar leje.

“Unë fola me të, në fakt, nga shtrati i tij i spitalit, ku ai kishte një lëndim mjaft të lehtë nga një mortaja”, tha ylli. “Pra, ai është aty në vijën e parë. Unë i luajta atij pak nga kënga në linjën telefonike dhe ai më dha bekimin e tij."

Të ardhurat do të shkojnë për ndihmën humanitare.

The song has a special significance for Gilmour, as his bride is the artist of Ukrainian origin Janina Pedan. He told the BBC that she had inspired the artwork for the song, which features Ukraine's national flower, the sunflower.

"My daughter-in-law told us the story of a woman at the beginning of this conflict, giving sunflower seeds to Russian soldiers and saying she hoped the sunflower would grow where they died."