Westlife’s New Album Will Pay Homage to Their Celtic Roots

Westlife in concert in June. Photo by Shutterstock (10300337c)

Our favorite 2000s boy band Westlife is gearing up to make an epic comeback with Spectrum – their first album in nine years. Members of the Irish group recently shared some exciting news about this highly-anticipated record and said it will be inspired by Celtic music.

Westlife member Mark Feehily recently discussed their new sound with Official Charts and got us really intrigued about a couple of songs set to be featured on their new album.

“One of them is just a very cool tip of the hat to Celtic music. It’s very contemporary but it’s got a Celtic fusion side to it. I had a song on my album called ‘Sanctuary’ which sampled Clannad but it had more a pop/hip-hop beat to it. It’s kind of in the same world as that. It’s cool, edgy and contemporary,” said Feehily.

Spectrum is set to be released on November 8th, and Westlife teased the album with three singles “Hello My Love”, “Better Man” and “Dynamite” – all co-written by Ed Sheeran and Steve Mac.