Who We Used to Be

Who We Used to Be is the seventh studio album by English singer James Blunt, released on 27 October 2023 through Atlantic Records. It was preceded by the release of three singles, including the lead single "Beside You". It was released alongside Blunt's quasi-memoir Loosely Based on a Made-Up Story. Background Blunt wrote the song "Dark Thought" about visiting his friend Carrie Fisher's house after she had died in 2016. The two met in England in 2003, and Blunt lived in Fisher's house in Los Angeles after he moved there to record Back to Bedlam (2004). Fisher had previously spoken about how she "became James's therapist".