Released April 1, 2016 Recorded 2015 Length 3:21 | Format Digital download Genre Folk rock Label Dualtone | |
"Angela" is a song recorded by American folk rock band The Lumineers for their second studio album, Cleopatra, and released as the album's third single on April 1, 2016.
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Background
The Lumineers has said that the song "Angela," is about "a small town beauty struggling to escape her past." During a recent interview, The Lumineers also mentioned how the name "Angela" isn't a reference to anything specific; noting:
Something like Angela in that song, could have been Los Angeles or Francesca. It just, sometimes words and names feel vary; they feel right.
Through Facebook, The Lumineers premiered a twenty-one second long snippet of a live performance of the song on April 1, 2016.
Live performances
On April 1, 2016, The Lumineers premiered the song "Angela," with a live performance at the iHeartRadio music theater in LA. The performance was aired on Audience Network, at 9pm on April 8, 2016. The Lumineers also performed the song for KEXP at the Columbia City Theater; and on April 16, 2016, they performed the song for The Saturday Sessions, a weekly music slot featured on the daily morning news program, CBS This Morning.