Dean Lewis Announces ‘The Hardest Love’ Album Out Oct 7th + New Single Out Today + AUS TOUR NOV 🌴

DEAN LEWIS

ANNOUNCES NEW ALBUM ‘THE HARDEST LOVE’

RELEASED GLOBALLY FRIDAY OCT 7th

INCLUDES BRAND NEW SINGLE

‘HOW DO I SAY GOODBYE’ – OUT TODAY

PRE-ORDER LP NOW

NATIONAL AUSTRALIAN TOUR

STARTS NOVEMBER 8th

Photo Credit: Kent Tarver

Dean Lewis today announces details of his highly anticipated second album, The Hardest Love as well as the release of the heartbreaking new single, ‘How Do I Say Goodbye’.

The Hardest Love will be released Friday October 7^th and is available to pre-save and pre-order from today from here.

Today’s news arrives as the global superstar prepares to return home for the Australian leg of his global Sad Boi Winter Summer Tour beginning November 8^th in Brisbane. Already numerous shows have sold out across the country with additional shows and extra tickets on sale now.

10-track The Hardest Love album includes previous singles ‘Looks Like Me’ and ‘Hurtless’ as well as the emotive, ‘How Do I Say Goodbye’ – a devastating song about the looming loss of a parent.

Since teasing out ‘How Do I Say Goodbye’ across his socials, the song has already resonated with fans around the world, with over 12K fans creating their own visual content from their own personal experiences.

‘How Do I Say Goodbye’, is co-written with Jon Hume. “We have a weird chemistry where we almost feel a part of each other’s brains,” says Dean. Hume also co-wrote ‘Hurtless’ and the global smash hit ‘Be Alright’, complimenting Dean’s ingenious songwriting ability.

‘Hurtless’, hit Top 30 in the ARIA Singles Chart, # 3 ARIA Australian singles chart, # 1 Shazam, Top 15 Australian Radio Chart, Spotify Top 40 Weekly, Top 15 Apple, #3 iTunes singles chart, #1 iTunes Singer/Songwriter. Dean performed ‘Hurtless’ on X Factor Denmark’s finale, this impassioned breakup hit climbed to #8 on the Danish charts, as well as #6 on Spotify and #7 on Apple in that market.

Other tracks on Dean’s second album The Hardest Love were overseen by ‘Waves’/ ‘Be Alright’ producers Nick Atkinson and Ed Holloway and US pop journeyman Tyler Johnson (Harry Styles).

Dean has spent much off 2022 touring globally across the US and EU as well as performing at festivals with good friend Kygo playing live their hit song ‘Lost Without You. ‘

Limited tickets are still available for his National Australian Tour.

The Hardest Love Track listing

Small Disasters

Looks Like Me

The Hardest Love

Hurtless

All For You

How Do I Say Goodbye

Scares Me

Something To Help

Into The Breeze

To Have You Today

Dean Lewis

2022 Australian Tour Dates

Tues 8 Nov – Brisbane, The Tivoli – SOLD OUT

Wed 9 Nov – Brisbane, The Tivoli – EXTRA DATE

Thu 10 Nov – Gold Coast, Miami Marketta – SOLD OUT

Sat 12 Nov – Newcastle, Civic Theatre – SOLD OUT

Sun 13 Nov – Wollongong, Anita’s Theatre – SOLD OUT

Tues 15 Nov – Perth, PCEC Riverside Theatre

Wed 16 Nov – Fremantle, Metropolis

Fri 18 Nov – Adelaide, Adelaide Entertainment Centre Theatre

Sun 20 Nov – Sydney, Enmore Theatre – SOLD OUT

Mon 21 Nov – Sydney, Enmore Theatre – SOLD OUT

Tues 22 Nov – Canberra, Canberra Theatre – SOLD OUT

Wed 23 Nov – Albury, Entertainment Centre

Fri 25 Nov – Hobart, Odeon Theatre – SOLD OUT

Sun 27 Nov – Melbourne, The Forum – SOLD OUT

Mon 28 Nov – Melbourne, The Forum – SOLD OUT

Tue 29 Nov – Melbourne, The Forum

Thu 1 Dec – Geelong, Costa Hall

Fri 2 Dec – Bendigo, Ulumbarra Theatre

Sat 3 Dec – Traralgon, Gippsland Performing Arts Centre – SOLD OUT

About Dean Lewis

Dean Lewis has sold 3.8M+ albums and EPs worldwide and his music has attracted 7.5+ billion streams to date. He was welcomed into the Spotify Billions club for his hit ‘Be Alright’ which now has 3 billion streams and has been certified 11x platinum in Australia, triple platinum in the U.S.A, platinum in the UK and platinum+ in 22 other countries. Dean has 1.7M Tik Tok followers and 1.1M YouTube followers. Lewis was an Apple Up Next artist in 2019 and played over 200 shows that year, including sold-out U.S. and Australian tours plus many shows and festival slots around Europe. That same year, Dean collaborated with Dutch superstar DJ/producer Martin Garrix on their hit single ‘Used To Love’ and kicked another bucket-list career goal when he performed at the AFL Grand Final.

Off the back of his # 1 Debut album release – 2019’s chart-topping, multiple-award-winning, multiple-Platinum-certified ‘A Place We Knew’ – Dean has cultivated and captivated a huge global fanbase. After ‘Half A Man’ was performed by a contestant on X Factor in Denmark earlier this year, this track from his debut album received a second life when it flew to the top of the Danish charts.

Earlier this year, Dean performed his single ‘Hurtless’ on X Factor Denmark’s finale, this impassioned breakup song climbed to #8 on the Danish charts and topped the Swedish Heatseeker chart, the song now has 59M+ streams. ‘Hurtless’ was preceded by 2021’s ‘Looks Like Me’ and ‘Falling Up’ which have also generated huge numbers, ‘Falling Up’ is ARIA Gold-certified 75M+ global streams, Looks Like Me’ has hit 70M+. Added to this, Dean’s most recent collab with Norwegian DJ/Producer Kygo, has hit 40M+ streams.

Dean Lewis is featured on New Music Daily on Apple Music.