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2021-Present: Williams return and Progress
On Friday 11th June 2021, a 30-second advert played across ITV, Channel 4 and Channel 5. The clip was initially a black screen with lights before Egan, Filan, Feehily, Byrne and Williams were shown standing in spotlights, confirming reports that Williams had rejoined the group for the first time in over 26 years. Soon after, a press release was issued which read "Following months of speculation Nicky Byrne, Kian Egan, Markus Feehily, Shane Filan and Robbie Williams can confirm that the original line up of Westlife have reunited to write and record a new album which will be released later this year.

On June 25th 2021, the group released "The Flood" as the lead single from the project with Byrne and Williams sharing lead vocals on the track. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, becoming their 27th chart topper, with over 92,000 copies sold. It went on to top the chart for eleven consecutive weeks. The track also reached number one in a number of countries worldwide, including Ireland, New Zealand and Australia.

"Kidz" was released as the second single from the album on September 10th, going on to debut at number one, replacing "The Flood" atop the chart.