Weyes Blood Entrances on "God Turn Me Into a Flower," Final Single Before New Album

Weyes Blood Entrances on "God Turn Me Into a Flower," Final Single Before New Album,It feels like you're stepping into a world of her design, with all different bird calls emerging at the end of the track, immersing you in an imaginary, breathless universe.

Weyes Blood Entrances on “God Turn Me Into a Flower,” Final Single Before New Album

Just a couple days before the much-anticipated release of Weyes Blood’s (aka Natalie Mering) forthcoming album, And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow, Mering has released yet another song that somehow immediately finds its seat in the center of your heart.

On “God Turn Me Into A Flower,” her third single from this album, Mering emerges from a synth-laden darkness, with gentle, drawn-out tones that trail off into the sky. It feels like you’re stepping into a world of her design, with all different bird calls emerging at the end of the track, immersing you in an imaginary, breathless universe. The artist truly steps up to the daunting task of having her voice be the main attraction of the track. Some synth and strings join her, but for the most part, it is her singing twisting throughout the open space created, at some times deeply sorrowful, at others at peace with it all. The way the birds chime in at the end leaves the track feeling like a call to freedom, full of hope even as Mering repeats, “Oh God, turn me into a flower.” Coming from the cathedral-esque quiet of the beginning, it truly does feel like a prayer.

Watch the video for “God Turn Me Into a Flower,” listen to a 2015 Weyes Blood session from the Paste archives and see the artist’s tour dates below, and check out our interview with the artist here. And in the Darkness, Hearts Aglow is out Friday, Nov. 18, on Sub Pop.

<p><h2>Weyes Blood Tour Dates:</h2> </p> <p>December<br />08 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel [SOLD OUT]<br />09 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Theatre at Ace Hotel</p> <p>January 2023<br />28 – Berlin, DE @ Festsaal Kreuzberg<br />30 – Stockholm, SE @ Berns<br />31 – Oslo, NO @ Rockefeller</p> <p>February 2023<br />01 – Copenhagen, DK @ VEGA<br />03 – Cologne, DE @ Kulturkirche<br />04 – Paris, FR @ Le Trianon<br />05 – Brussels, BE @ Botanique – Orangerie<br />06 – Amsterdam, NL @ Paradiso<br />08 – London, UK @ Roundhouse<br />09 – Bristol, UK @ SWX<br />10 – Glasgow, UK @ QMU<br />12 – Dublin, IE @ Vicar Street<br />13 – Manchester, UK @ O2 Ritz<br />14 – Brighton, UK @ CHALK<br />22 – Nashville, TN @ Brooklyn Bowl<br />23 – Atlanta, GA @ Variety Playhouse<br />24 – Asheville, NC @ The Orange Peel<br />25 – Carrboro, NC @ Cat’s Cradle<br />27 – Washington, DC @ 9:30 Club<br />28 – Philadelphia, PA @ Union Transfer</p> <p>March 2023<br />03 – Brooklyn, NY @ Brooklyn Steel<br />05 – Boston, MA @ Royale<br />07 – Montreal, QC @ Corona Theatre<br />08 – Toronto, ON @ The Danforth Music Hall<br />10 – Detroit, MI @ El Club<br />11 – Chicago, IL @ Riviera Theatre<br />13 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Pabst Theater<br />14 – Minneapolis, MN @ First Avenue<br />15 – Des Moines, IA @ Wooly’s<br />17 – Englewood, CO @ Gothic Theatre<br />18 – Salt Lake City, UT @ The Depot<br />19 – Boise, ID @ Knitting Factory Concert House<br />21 – Vancouver, BC @ Commodore Ballroom<br />22 – Seattle, WA @ The Showbox<br />23 – Portland, OR @ McMenamins Crystal Ballroom<br />25 – San Francisco, CA @ The Regency Ballroom<br />28 – Phoenix, AZ @ The Van Buren<br />29 – Santa Fe, NM @ Meow Wolf<br />31 – Austin, TX @ Stubb’s Waller Creek Amphitheater</p>  <p>April<br />01 – Dallas, TX @ Studio at The Factory<br />02 – Tulsa, OK @ Cain’s Ballroom