UK singer / songwriter Joan Armatrading has announced the release of her upcoming album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, set to come out on November 22.

She also shared the record’s lead single ‘I’m Not Moving’, described in a press statement as “one of the album’s most ear-catching lyrics”, and penned after Armatrading witnessed some alarmingly confrontational public behaviour by a young person.

“He was like 'I'm going to kill everybody! I'm not moving!” The singer explains. “You can get the police! You can't move me!' All the lyrics just flowed, in one, and I knew it had to have an aggression, because that's how he was. I did a version of it that was a little bit milder, but you could tell that wasn't it."

Listen to ‘I’m Not Moving’ below:

Entirely written, produced, programmed and engineered by Armatrading herself, the record is the latest offering in a catalogue that opened in 1972 with her debut LP Whatever’s For Us, launching a career that has led to MBE and CBE decorations, Ivor Novello and BASCA Gold Badge Awards for songwriting, BRIT and Grammy nominations, honorary degrees and more.

Explaining the album’s title, Armatrading says: “You can apply it to just about anything, 'How did this happen and what does it now mean?' We are in such a weird place at the moment, and you do think, how did this happen?

“Some of the things we're going through, and some of the things we can say and can't say, and can and can't do – how on earth do we get to this place, and what does it now mean? Where are we going to go now? It applies to all kinds of things. It's like asking a question that you can't answer."

Joan Armatrading’s upcoming album How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean, out November 22, is available for pre-order here.

Find the full track-list below:

1. 25 Kisses
2. Someone Else
3. Irresistible
4. I’m Not Moving
5. Say It Tomorrow
6. Back And Forth
7. Come Back To Me (If Only In Dreams)
8. Here's What I Know
9. Redemption Love
10. How Did This Happen And What Does It Now Mean
11. Now What
12. I Gave You My Keys