Joan Armatrading releases 'Someone Else', from new album

One of the UK’s great singer/songwriters, Joan Armatrading announces her brilliant new album, How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean.

Releasing November 22nd on BMG, the pioneering star has produced a songwriting and recording masterclass. As usual in her recent history, the new record is a triumph of self-sufficiency - entirely written, produced, programmed and engineered by Joan herself.

Leading the way, with one of the album's most ear-catching lyrics, is the single 'I'm Not Moving,' a set of words that Joan was immediately compelled to write after witnessing some alarmingly confrontational public behaviour by a young person. "He was like 'I'm going to kill everybody! I'm not moving! You can get the police! You can't move me!' All the lyrics just flowed, in one, and I knew it had to have an aggression, because that's how he was. I did a version of it that was a little bit milder, but you could tell that wasn't it."

The track is accompanied by a new video that brings Joan’s sentiment to life, with two people taking their own stands and refusing to budge...with a Hitchcock style cameo from the woman herself. WATCH

The 12-track album is the latest embellishment in a catalogue that opened in 1972 with Whatever's For Us. That LP launched the distinguished career that has led to MBE and CBE decorations, Ivor Novello and BASCA Gold Badge Awards for songwriting, BRIT and Grammy nominations, countless honorary degrees and far more. A whole new generation of famous fans, from Little Simz, to Laura Mvula and Arlo Parks have ensured her legend continues for a new generation.