Originally scheduled to drop in fall 2021, Khalid's third studio album, Everything Is Changing is taking longer than expected to arrive, but good things take time. On July 21, he dropped "New Normal," his first single from the album, which was inspired by "the pandemic and the emotional toll that quarantine took on me and my friends," according to Billboard.
"Everything Is Changing as an album really takes that a step further with all of the songs centreing around trying to find a purpose and a sense of self in a world where everything is digitally connected but emotionally disconnected," he said. "As we all come out of quarantine and venture more into the world and try to reconnect with people we haven't seen in over a year, I hope the messages explored within the album open up conversations and allow people to access their feelings in a new way."