Typhoons

The follow-up single to "Trouble's Coming," "Typhoons" continues Royal Blood's through-line between hard rock and dance music. The song is also the title track of the Sussex duo's third album. "We sort of stumbled on this sound, and it was immediately fun to play," frontman Mike Kerr said in a statement. "That's what sparked the creativity on the new album, the chasing of that feeling. It's weird, though – if you think back to 'Figure It Out,' it kind of contains the embryo of this album. We realized that we didn't have to completely destroy what we'd created so far; we just had to shift it, change it. On paper, it's a small reinvention. But when you hear it, it sounds so fresh."

Lyrically, the song is about the depression and anxiety that sometimes overwhelms Kerr. He shared on social media: "Typhoons is what it sounds like to be truly lost in your own thoughts to a hellish extent but also about how dark spells, much like storms are not permanent. This song was one those special moments where the process didn't resemble writing whatsoever. More like being tethered to the earth, receiving holy lightning. Look after each other and crank this until you see smoke."

Both Royal Blood's "Trouble's Coming" and "Typhoons" are about Kerr's anxieties, but while "Trouble's Coming" finds him in the depths of despair, "Typhoons" is a tad more hopeful, as Kerr acknowledges that in time, his depression will blow over.