#José González Returns With First New Song in 5 Years: Listen

José González is back with his first new song in more than 5 years. Watch a lyric video for “El Invento,” his first Spanish-language release, below. He wrote the lyrics with help from his young daughter, according to a press release. 

“Every now and then I try to write lyrics in Spanish—this time I succeeded!” González adds in a press release. “I guess talking to Laura in Spanish every day helped. I started writing ‘El Invento’ around 2017 when she was born. The song is about the questions—who we are, where we’re going and why? Whom can we thank for our existence? Historically, most traditions have invented answers to these questions. Thereof the name of the song: The Invention (god).”

The Swedish singer-songwriter released his last studio album, Vestiges & Claws, in 2015. That was his first solo full-length since 2007’s In Our Nature, although he worked on multiple releases in between, including a few with his Junip project. He released a live album, Live In Europe, with the String Theory orchestra in 2018.