Gabriella Cilmi premieres new video for 'The Sting'

Gabriella Cilmi releases her new single "The Sting" on September 2, through Sweetness Tunes.

Still aged only 21, the single is the title track of Gabriella's third album, The Sting, due out on October 28. The new material marks a clear departure in both look and sound for the Australian-Italian singer-songwriter who seduced the world with her international hit single "Sweet About Me".

Earlier this year Cilmi announced The Sting with the teaser track 'Sweeter In History', a knowingly self-referencing slice of atmospheric pop, with a suitably noirish accompanying video showing Cilmi shorn of her trademark hair, and dressed in widow's garb.

It was a fitting early indicator of Gabriella's new artistic direction, an aesthetic which becomes increasingly compelling across the sultry, string-backed sway of "The Sting".

Speaking about the track Gabriella says "It's about karma- I think the more we try to run away from trouble, the more we find it.... I love the string arrangement in this tune, it adds to the drama- I guess the production is inspired by Danger Mouse, I think he's a genius."