In a new interview with Marjorie Hache of France 24, DEF LEPPARD singer Joe Elliott spoke about the band's latest single "Rejoice".

The track was released in late January ahead of DEF LEPPARD's return to Las Vegas for their "Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency" that kicked off on February 3.

"Rejoice" is available via UMe now on all streaming platforms.

Asked what "Rejoice" is about, Joe said: "Well, the title kind of sums it up, really.

I wanted to write a really uplifting, positive-message song, and I said to Phil [Collen, DEF LEPPARD guitarist], 'I got this great idea.

I need it to be mid-tempo.

I want it to have a big intro drum loop so we can actually walk on stage to this and expand it and make it longer live.' But the whole idea of the song is, it starts off — I mean, it's a great opening line, is, 'I'm bored of boredom.

I'm sick of all this.' And, 'I wanna be in a better place.' So it gets to the climax, you go through the bridge, and you get to the chorus, it's, 'I wanna go higher.' So it's just very uplifting.

It's a joyous, uplifting song.", Joe continued: "That's what we are — we're an escapism band.

We're not here to preach.

We're not here to tell you who to vote for.

Other people can do that.

We like to take you away from that and just come and have a good time.

It's not meaningless — there is a message there, and the message is, we need to share this moment together and make it a positive one.

And 'Rejoice' just about sums that all up.", Asked if the release of "Rejoice" means that there is a whole new DEF LEPPARD album on the way, Joe said: "Absolutely.

We're actually recording it.

As I speak, somewhere in the world, people are adding their bits to some new songs." We've developed a whole new method of recording, which was brought on by COVID," Elliott explained.

"I've got a studio at home, and everybody has always graciously come to my house to record.

We'd do a month at a time, and then everybody goes home.

But they couldn't travel.

So we ended up recording remotely, and we found it to be exhilarating.

Everybody got to be at home with their families, yet still make a record.

And we trusted each other that we were writing songs.

And so everybody just played on everybody else's bits, and it's easy to do.

We don't all record in one room when we are in the same studio — we do it, the drums and the bass and the guitars and the vocals; it's all layered.

So we've been recording while we were in Vegas [for the latest residency].

On days off, we had the drums set up in the basement of the theater, and Rick Allen played loads of drums on his days off, and they'd do guitars in their hotel rooms, stuff like that.

And I sing when I get home.

So we've got about 17 or 18 songs written.

So we're still deciding which songs are gonna go on album one, if you like.

And then we're looking at an early '27 release." The band's "Def Leppard: Live at Caesars Palace The Las Vegas Residency" ran through February 28, 2026 at The Colosseum at Caesars Palace.

These new shows followed the band's sold-out residency successes in 2019 and 2013.