Working on new album with Ronson

In 2019, Duran Duran were working on a new album with Ronson, Erol Alkan and Giorgio Moroder handling production duties, and Graham Coxon and Lykke Li being confirmed as collaborators. Rhodes described the content and sound of a possible first single to be “very different for us.” Initially planned for release in 2020, the recording of the album was put on hold in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic . On 8 January 2021, a cover of ” Five Years ” by David Bowie was released for the fifth anniversary of his death. On 13 January 2021, Rolling Stone included the album at number 50 on their “54 Most Anticipated Albums of 2021” list. Le Bon said that the album is “quite naked, raw. The grass is slightly sharp and twinkly rather than smooth,” and is “groovy (and) modern and very honest. The lyrics are quite something.” On 18 May, the album title was announced as Future Past .