U2 has released the short documentary film ‘Yours Eternally,’ a track featured on their recently-released EP, Days of Ash, featuring Ed Sheeran & Ukrainian singer Taras Topolia.
The four-and-a-half minute documentary film is directed by Ukrainian cinematographer and filmmaker Ilya Mikhaylus and produced by Pyotr Verzilov, with the film’s release marking the fourth anniversary of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. Shot in December 2025 the short film is part of a full-scale documentary set to be released at the end of 2026. Documentary director Mikhaylus says, “For four years, Ukraine has been resisting Russia’s full-scale invasion, and the soldiers of the Khartiya Corps are among the hundreds of thousands of Ukrainians defending their homeland. In this short film, and in the upcoming full-length documentary, we attempt to show the beating human heart of those incredible men and women, the struggles and sacrifices they are making every day for the most sacred thing on this planet – freedom.”
As previously noted, U2 resurfaced with the surprise six-track EP, Days of Ash, which was released on Feb. 18 to coincide with Ash Wednesday. The project—comprised of five new songs and a poem by Yehuda Amichai—was driven by what Bono described as urgency: “These EP tracks couldn’t wait; these songs were impatient to be out in the world.”
The band had reunited over the past year to create the EP, which tackles flashpoints dominating global headlines, from ICE raids in the U.S. and the Iranian protests to the war in Ukraine and Israeli settlements in the West Bank. Several songs focus on individuals whose lives were tragically cut short, including Minneapolis mother Renée Good, Iranian teenager Sarina Esmailzadeh, and Palestinian father Awdah Hathaleen, a consultant on the Oscar-winning documentary No Other Land. (you can watch the lyric videos for the six Days of Ash tracks – HERE.)
‘Days of Ash’ marks U2’s first new music since 2023’s Atomic City, released during their groundbreaking residency at the Sphere in Las Vegas. Bono emphasized, however, that the tone of Days of Ash differs sharply from the band’s forthcoming studio album, expected in late 2026: “Songs of celebration will follow. For all the awfulness we see normalized daily on our small screens, there’s nothing normal about these mad and maddening times and we need to stand up to them before we can go back to having faith in the future. And each other.”
Watch the ‘Yours Eternally’ short film: HERE.
Stream ‘Days of Ash’ – HERE.
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