{"id":903206,"date":"2026-05-03T04:29:08","date_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:29:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/charlie-vaughan-releases-hazy-new-single-dont-wanna-drive\/"},"modified":"2026-05-03T04:29:08","modified_gmt":"2026-05-03T09:29:08","slug":"charlie-vaughan-releases-hazy-new-single-dont-wanna-drive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/05\/03\/charlie-vaughan-releases-hazy-new-single-dont-wanna-drive\/","title":{"rendered":"Charlie Vaughan Releases Hazy New Single \u2018Don\u2019t Wanna Drive\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"page\">\n<div>\n<p>&#8220;I wanted to write something dreamy and simple&#8230;&#8221;<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            10 \u00b7 04 \u00b7 2026                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<article id=\"article-full\" about=\"\/news\/track-of-the-day-284-lexie-carroll\" typeof=\"sioc:Item foaf:Document\">\n<div property=\"content:encoded\">\n<p><strong>Charlie Vaughan<\/strong> with new single \u2018Don\u2019t Wanna Drive\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>Out now, the track taps into the English songwriter\u2019s craft for melody, a hazy Spring-focussed jewel that merges deft indie tropes with an ace ear-worm chorus.<\/p>\n<p>Fresh from supporting The Backseat Lovers and indie-rock royalty Hamilton Leithauser across Europe and the UK last year, Charlie Vaughan takes this energy into the studio on his refreshing new single.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018Don\u2019t Wanna Drive\u2019 represents an urge towards simplicity, with Charlie trimming down his songwriting into something more direct.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI wanted to write something dreamy and simple \u2013 no crazy structures\u201d Charlie elaborates. \u201cWhen we started to play the song on the road it changed a lot, we started playing it fast and with really driving drums. The bit at the end came from a beautiful fluke at a rehearsal and me and the band knew this was the perfect end.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Backed by a neat video, you can catch Charlie Vaughan at London\u2019s Paper Dress Vintage tonight (April 10th).<\/p>\n<p>Tune in now.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Don't Wanna Drive - Official Music Video\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5Hp96NOc4lQ?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe>\n<\/p>\n<\/figure><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\n                                            &#8211;\n                                        <\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\n                                                Join the Clash mailing list for up to the minute music, fashion and film news.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p> Robin Murray<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.clashmusic.com\/news\/charlie-vaughan-releases-hazy-new-single-dont-wanna-drive\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;I wanted to write something dreamy and simple&#8230;&#8221; 10 \u00b7 04 \u00b7 2026 Charlie Vaughan with new single \u2018Don\u2019t Wanna Drive\u2019. Out now, the track taps into the English songwriter\u2019s craft for melody, a hazy Spring-focussed jewel that merges deft indie tropes with an ace ear-worm chorus. Fresh from supporting The Backseat Lovers and indie-rock<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":903207,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2041,28050],"tags":[7368,133273],"class_list":{"0":"post-903206","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-charlie","8":"category-vaughan","9":"tag-charlie","10":"tag-vaughan"},"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903206","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=903206"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/903206\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/903207"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=903206"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=903206"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=903206"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}