‘THE BIG ISSUE SEEMED LIKE A NATURAL COLLABORATION’
On January 6, 2021, the US Capitol building was under attack. More than 2,000 people – waving the stars and stripes, guns, and signs supporting Donald Trump – stormed the seat of federal power. American democracy was poised on a knife edge. Across the country, Matt Bellamy was in his LA home watching the turmoil unfurl. He was in the midst of his longest-ever absence from England, had just become a dad for the second time… and was starting to write Muse’s ninth studio album.
“It’s been a very unusual period of time to be getting creative,” says Bellamy. “It’s very hard to get creative without thinking a little bit more about what’s going on out there.”
Bellamy was in Los Angeles with his wife, American model Elle Evans, and their dogs when Covid hit. Like so many people who enjoy living away from home only because they can go
