Australian rock band Gang of Youths have returned with their first new music in four years, releasing the single "Things Take Time" via Mosy Recordings, Sony Music Australia, RCA UK and Arista US. The track, written by band members David Le'aupepe, Tom Hobden, Donnie Borzestowski and Jung Kim, marks a notably more mellow and orchestral direction for a group that built its reputation on Sydney's pub-rock circuit before becoming one of Australia's leading rock acts.

The song took roughly three years to complete and reflects a shift away from the personal, deeply autobiographical songwriting of past records, with Hobden describing it as "a whole different approach." Recorded at Decoy Studios in Suffolk and produced by the band themselves, the track strips back the dense, grandiose arrangements of 2022's chart-topping, award-winning album Angel in Realtime in favour of a more comfortable, less "of the moment" sound, featuring contributions from Le'aupepe, Hobden, Borzestowski, Kim and several additional musicians.