Raury returns with a new record titled “NEVERALONE.” Inspired by a particularly thrilling skydiving trip. While staying at The Patch, Raury was inspired by Luke Aikins and the upcoming Stride Gum “Heaven Sent” event. The result? “NEVERALONE.” In the track, Raury channels a life-shifting dream that he experienced while in the Midwest to perform at the Electric Forest festival in Rothbury, Michigan in June.

“An essential part I tell a lot of people to look out for in this song is when I say, ‘Where is my shadow?’” he explains, referring to a vision in which he was locked in a gated community with a key that he assumed led to his escape. After it didn’t work, two women appeared to tell him that freedom was acquired through knowledge, not keys, and to instead “live through what you know.”

“NEVERALONE,” the empowering anthem that resulted from this experience of personal growth, tries to make sense of the human experience while operating within it. “I’ma be alright, I’m beaming for the skies, and if I kiss the clouds, then I might be alright,” he raps, leading into a sung chorus over thwacking drums: “You are never alone, no you are never alone, no matter where you go/From L.A. to Tokyo, that you are never alone.”