Today, UK singer-songwriter Devon releases his new mixtape ‘WHEN THE WORLD GOES QUIET’. A collection of songs written mostly at night, when silence allowed space for reflection, the project reveals the parts of ourselves often hidden away. Across its tracklist, Devon pieces together moments of guilt, frustration, reckoning and release, mirroring the chaos and clarity of real life. Fresh off the back of supporting McFly at their summer shows, Devon will bring his mixtape to life on his own UK headline tour this November.
At the heart of the mixtape is new focus track ‘UNDECIDED’, a song that turns its gaze both outward and inward. “At its core, it’s a song that is confused,” Devon explains. “It shows both sides of a coin and doesn’t just point the finger; in classic Devon fashion, it turns the mirror on myself.” That balance of empathy and self-critique runs throughout the project, with each track pulling another layer from a complicated story.
The journey begins with ‘BAD THING’, a hushed confession of going too far and letting something destructive happen, before moving into ‘FEELING LIKE YOURS’, a bittersweet reflection on fleeting connection. The guilt surfaces in “KGL”, where Devon admits the weight of being “the other person”. Later, ‘PEER PRESSURE’ shows clarity emerging as outside voices cloud judgment, before the spiral takes hold on ‘THIS IS WHERE I’M GOING TO DIE’ – a raw moment of anxiety and self-doubt about choices, direction, and whether escape is possible. The mixtape closes with ‘SCREWS’, folding into friendship, gratitude, and the people who remain through it all.
For Devon, ‘WHEN THE WORLD GOES QUIET’ is more than a mixtape, it’s a late-night world of hidden thoughts and confronting truths. “These songs made me look at myself in a darker light and showed a side to me that isn’t perfect. The side we don’t like to think about, a hidden world. Again, when the world goes quiet.”
To showcase the release, Devon will be taking to the road for his biggest UK headline tour to date. The six-date run in November will see him step onto stages he once stood in as a fan, including London’s Colours and Bristol’s Thekla. “This tour is the biggest, scariest one yet,” he says. “I’ve spent the summer playing huge outdoor shows with McFly, so I’m excited to bring that energy into these sweaty, tight headline shows.”
Catch Devon on his 2025 tour dates:
- Thu 06 November – Heartbreakers, Southampton
- Sat 08 November – Thekla, Bristol
- Thu 13 November – Colours, London
- Fri 14 November – Tafte, Manchester
- Fri 21 November – Zerox, Shooting Gallery, Newcastle
- Sat 22 November – Hyde Park Book Club, Leeds
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