On Thursday (18 March), the trio announced that members Mikey Goldsworthy and Emre Türkmen will be stepping back from their duties, and that the band’s forthcoming third album will be an “Olly endeavour”. “The three of us are still good friends.
Mikey will be part of the Y&Y family and play with us live and Emre will focus on being a writer/producer,” the statement reads. “These past twelve months have been crazy for us all and we want to thank you for the love and support you’ve given us over the years (& years).
New Y&Y music will be coming this spring.” Since their 2012 debut, Years & Years have released two critically-acclaimed studio albums: Communion (2015) and Palo Santo (2018).