The Secret He Had Missed

"The Secret He Had Missed"
Single by Manic Street Preachers
from the album The Ultra Vivid Lament
Released16 July 2021
GenreRock
Length3:39
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)Dave Eringa
Manic Street Preachers singles chronology
"Orwellian"
(2021)
"The Secret He Had Missed"
(2021)
"Rosebud"
(2022)

"The Secret He Had Missed" is a song by Manic Street Preachers presented as the second single from their 14th studio album The Ultra Vivid Lament. It was released on 16 July 2021,[1] alongside an official YouTube video, directed by Kieran Evans and filmed in Tenby and Newport's Dolman Theatre.[2]

The co-singer is Sunflower Bean's Julia Cumming, in a conversation styled-lyric, although the official video features the actress Aimee-Ffion Edwards from Peaky Blinders.

  1. ^ "Manic Street Preachers unveil new single 'The Secret He Had Missed'". 19 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.
  2. ^ "New Single 'The Secret He Had Missed'". 16 July 2021. Retrieved 20 September 2021.