The band and Interscope Records will donate a portion of the song's proceeds to MusiCares and the COVID-19 Relief Fund. OneRepublic unveiled their hopeful new single "Better Days" on Wednesday (March 25).
On the comforting, mid-tempo ballad, the band looks to a brighter future amid the chaos and fear of the current state of the world. "Oh, I know that there'll be better days/ Oh, that sunshine 'bout to come my way/ May we never, ever shed another tear for today/ 'Cause oh, I know that there'll be better days," frontman Ryan Tedder croons on the track's booming, choir-backed chorus.
According to Tedder, the song was directly inspired by the ongoing coronavirus pandemic upending lives across the globe. "We were in the final week of our