Australian duo Empire of the Sun are back to usher in a new era with their new single, “Changes.” Stream it below.

Produced by Empire of the Sun with frequent collaborator Peter Mayes and Swedish hitmakers Vargas & Lagola, Magnus Lidehäll, and Pontus Winnberg, “Changes” features a sleek, glossy electropop instrumental with big, sweeping synths. Equally dramatic are the lyrics about digging deep within: “We go far to the early break of dawn/ We wearing faces that we’ve never worn before.”

The Michael Maxxis-directed music video was filmed in Thailand and follows a young kid who witnesses a spaceship crash. Watch it below.

In a statement, Lord Nick Littlemore said the song “represents the shifting sands of time, empires rise and fall but the sun shall shine on.” He also invited listeners to “come once more into the world we’ve created, delve deeper within and be rewarded with its ever-expanding story,...