Watch Emma Louise's 'God Between Us' Video
(The Oriel) Fresh off the collaborative album Dumb with fellow lauded Aussie Flume, singer-songwriter Emma Louise announces her fourth studio album Sunshine for Happiness, out May 1, an ethereal and deeply personal collection that transforms a moment of personal collapse into a radiant musical rebirth. Alongside the announcement, Emma also shares the album's new single, "God Between Us."
Set against rich piano and luminous instrumentation, "God Between Us" offers an early glimpse into the album's emotional and spiritual core. Like much of Sunshine for Happiness, the track balances vulnerability with transcendence, capturing Emma's search for meaning in moments of joy, loss, and transformation. Emma reflected, ""God Between Us" is about how love is underneath everything, no matter if it's good or bad. It's in both the creation of, and the destruction of everything."
Accompanying the release of "God Between Us" is a stunning official music video showcasing natural beauty around the world, shot by Sam Kristofski (Tame Impala, PNAU) on 16mm film in front of the active Kīlauea volcano in Hawaii, as well as in Los Angeles and at Emma's property in Australia.
The creation of Sunshine for Happiness began back in 2020. Emma found herself at the lowest point of her life. Following the release of her acclaimed 2018 album Lilac Everything, she felt burned out, isolated, and ready to walk away from music entirely. During what she described as a "complete mental breakdown," she checked herself into a hospital in Los Angeles, an experience that would ultimately reshape both her life and art.
Inside the hospital sat a piano. Drawn to it almost instinctively, Emma began writing songs free from expectation or pressure. What followed was a creative outpouring, reflections on love, healing, longing, and the clarity that can emerge from darkness. At her personal lowest, she found an unexpected peace and turned it into song.
These songs became Sunshine for Happiness, a luminous 12-track album that documents the breakdown that became a breakthrough. Across the album, Emma explores the space where beauty and suffering coexist. "Beggar" captures the desperation of longing for love, while "Medicine" reflects on mistaking toxicity for healing. "Nothing Could Tear Us Apart" examines the blind faith that loving hard enough can save a relationship. Elsewhere, Emma contemplates mortality ("Dust"), celebrates presence ("All Beautiful Things"), and reflects on collective grief ("Trigger of a Gun").
The album closes with a trio that traces Emma's inner transformation. "Holy Holy" offers gratitude for survival and renewal, "The Absence of You" wrestles with losing spiritual connection while still finding beauty in darkness, and "Through Love We See The World" emerges as a triumphant declaration of connection and healing.
Sunshine for Happiness was created with a GRAMMY-award winning team, of Tobias Jesso Jr. (Olivia Dean, Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, Dua Lipa, HAIM) and Shawn Everett (Sombr, Miley Cyrus, Kacey Musgraves, Maggie Rogers, Hozier).
SUNSHINE FOR HAPPINESS TRACKLISTING
Beggar
Nothing Could Tear Us Apart
God Between Us
Bahía de Bandera
Dust
All Beautiful Things
Trigger Of A Gun
Holy Holy
Through Love We See The World
The Absence Of You
Medicine
It's Hard To Say Goodbye
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