| People Watching | |
| Type: | studio |
| Artist: | Sam Fender |
| Cover: | People Watching Sam Fender album cover.jpg |
| Released: | 21 February 2025 |
| Label: | Polydor |
| Prev Title: | Seventeen Going Under |
| Prev Year: | 2021 |
| Next Year: | --> |
People Watching is the upcoming third studio album by English musician Sam Fender. The album will be released on 21 February 2025 through Polydor Records.[1] According to Fender this album will explore "colourful stories and observations of everyday characters living their everyday, but often extraordinary, lives."[2] The album's eponymous lead single, "People Watching", was released on 15 November 2024.
On 3 August 2024, Fender premiered two songs of the upcoming album during a show at Plymouth Pavilions: "People Watching" and "Nostalgia's Lie".[3] On 13 November 2024, Fender announced his third album "People Watching" ahead of the release of the title track on 15 November 2024.[4]
The album's artwork features a photograph by the late Tish Murtha, a social documentary photographer who documented marginalised communities and working-class life in Newcastle upon Tyne.[5]