At long last, The Cure has released new music. “Alone,” its first new song in 16 years, premiered on Mary Anne Hobbs’ BBC 6 Music radio show Thursday morning.

Accurately described in the song as a “broken-voiced lament,” “Alone” is the first single and opening track of “Songs of a Lost World” — the Cure’s first studio album since 2018’s “4:13 Dream” —

Boys can cry about this one actually. After 16 long years, The Cure is finally back. There must be something in the air with the new Bon Iver EP, the Oasis reunion, the Linkin Park reunion, and, well, the Jane’s Addiction reunion, but hopefully, The Cure’s album cycle will go slightly better than that last one.

The Cure have confirmed Songs of a Lost World, their long-awaited follow-up to 2008’s Top 20 Billboard hit 4:13 Dream. It’s set for release on Nov. 1 and you can hear the new song “Alone” as well. Frontman Robert Smith has said this new song ultimately “unlocked the record.