Wet Leg have dropped the third single from their upcoming second album moisturizer, due 11 July. Titled “davina mccall”, the track shows a more tender side to the Isle of Wight duo – and Yorkshire fans will have the chance to see it live when the band hit Sheffield’s Foundry on 23 July as part of their summer tour.
“davina mccall” is a gentle, slightly off-centre ballad that mixes early 2000s pop culture references with genuine emotional weight. It’s a song about devotion, but delivered with Wet Leg’s usual wink – a love letter that’s both sincere and knowingly strange.
Written in collaboration between guitarist Hester Chambers and bassist Ellis Durand, the song’s melody and lyrics came together through what Chambers describes as a “puzzle-solving” process with vocalist Rhian Teasdale. The result is a track that feels both playful and unexpectedly heartfelt.
The single arrives alongside a new video, directed by Chris Hopewell, featuring the band as stop-motion clay figures on a surreal adventure to retrieve a stolen feather. The video nods to previous visuals from “CPR” and continues Wet Leg’s knack for blending humour with homemade charm.
A 7” single featuring “davina mccall” and “CPR” will also be released on 11 July. The band have announced more than 180 global listening parties and a string of live dates, including a standout Yorkshire stop at Sheffield’s Foundry.
Earlier this month, Wet Leg appeared on Later… with Jools Holland, performing “CPR” and “catch these fists” – both of which hint at a broader emotional range on their upcoming record.
