{"id":922643,"date":"2026-07-26T12:17:29","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:17:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/peter-gabriel-marks-the-blue-moon-with-new-song-a-hard-lesson\/"},"modified":"2026-07-26T12:17:29","modified_gmt":"2026-07-26T17:17:29","slug":"peter-gabriel-marks-the-blue-moon-with-new-song-a-hard-lesson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/2026\/07\/26\/peter-gabriel-marks-the-blue-moon-with-new-song-a-hard-lesson\/","title":{"rendered":"Peter Gabriel Marks the Blue Moon With New Song \u2018A Hard Lesson\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Music <\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstoneindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PeterGabriel-1-960x640.jpg\"> <img alt=\"music\" alt src=\"https:\/\/cdn-ilegigk.nitrocdn.com\/sccIUIbmWTauRiOqCExZqNNyEmbLBkSx\/assets\/images\/optimized\/rev-282c084\/rollingstoneindia.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/PeterGabriel-1-960x640.jpg\" decoding=\"async\" nitro-lazy-empty id=\"MjQ1MToxNTY=-1\" data-nitro-empty-id=\"MjQ1MToxNTY=-1\" previous-src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB2aWV3Qm94PSIwIDAgOTYwIDY0MCIgd2lkdGg9Ijk2MCIgaGVpZ2h0PSI2NDAiIHhtbG5zPSJodHRwOi8vd3d3LnczLm9yZy8yMDAwL3N2ZyI+PC9zdmc+\"> <span>  <\/span> <\/a><\/p>\n<p>Peter Gabriel performs on Sept. 18, 2023 in New York City. Theo Wargo\/Getty Images<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div>\n<p>May 31 marks the second full moon of the month, known as the blue moon, and with it comes another new single from Peter Gabriel\u2019s\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/peter-gabriel-lp-o-i-full-moon-1235493412\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">slowly gestating project,\u00a0<em>oi<\/em>,<\/a>\u00a0\u201cA Hard Lesson.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Like his previous LP,\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/chinese-democracy-peter-gabriel-albums-finally-coming-out-1234656806\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">2023\u2019s<em>\u00a0i\/o<\/em><\/a>,\u00a0he\u2019s slowly unfurling his upcoming album with songs from\u00a0<em>o\/i<\/em>\u00a0releasing with every full moon through the course of 2026. It culminates with the album\u2019s release.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA Hard Lesson\u201d is the oldest song from his upcoming project, the musician revealed on his website. It was written in the late Eighties or early Nineties while Gabriel was in Senegal.<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe title=\"Quirky, strange, a journey. Peter Gabriel - A Hard Lesson. 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I loved the tension created by the use of polyrhythms, particularly the threes and fours, so that was the start of this song,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a quirky, strange and long track but it\u2019s a journey. It\u2019s about trying to find a place, your place, how you fit in. I\u2019ve enjoyed playing with old R&#038;B and folk references as well.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure>\n<p> <iframe title=\"Peter Gabriel - A Hard Lesson (Bright-Side Mix)\" width=\"1140\" height=\"641\" data-lazy-type=\"iframe\" frameborder=\"0\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share;\" nitro-og-src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uJz_RkGFRWU?feature=oembed&#038;autoplay=1\" nitro-lazy-src=\"data:text\/html;base64,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\"><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<\/figure>\n<p>He explained the reason why the song took some decades to come to fruition. \u201cSometimes things take time \u2014 most people do stuff a lot faster \u2013 but I have no problem with understanding my own process,\u201d he wrote. \u201cSome things will mature and evolve spontaneously and some will just stay hidden-away in a box until their moment in the light appears.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>As with his previously released\u00a0<em>oi<\/em>\u00a0songs, the track will receive two mixes. The one he released Sunday is a bright-side mix by Mark \u201cSpike\u201d Stent. The dark-side mix from Tchald Blake will arrive \u201con the next moon,\u201d per his website.<\/p>\n<p>From <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/peter-gabriel-new-song-a-hard-lesson-oi-1235570475\/\">Rolling Stone US.<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/rollingstoneindia.com\/peter-gabriel-marks-the-blue-moon-with-new-song-a-hard-lesson\/\" class=\"button purchase\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Read More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Music Peter Gabriel performs on Sept. 18, 2023 in New York City. Theo Wargo\/Getty Images May 31 marks the second full moon of the month, known as the blue moon, and with it comes another new single from Peter Gabriel\u2019s\u00a0slowly gestating project,\u00a0oi,\u00a0\u201cA Hard Lesson.\u201d Like his previous LP,\u00a02023\u2019s\u00a0i\/o,\u00a0he\u2019s slowly unfurling his upcoming album with songs [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":922644,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[131522],"class_list":["post-922643","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-business-news","tag-podcast-music"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922643","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=922643"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/922643\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/922644"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=922643"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=922643"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/newsycanuse.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=922643"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}