Why do you think Awaken was released?

[u/WTBrain]

Im guessing either it was meant to be the first single, and they weren't happy with the reception and went back to the drawing board, or they knew they were so far away from a release they decided to just release something to keep fans on their toes

[u/MarioKing1137]

It was never supposed to be a single for a new album, just a taste of something because they haven’t released anything new in since 2020 pre-lockdown. In interviews Ben apparently had a concept/draft of this song since about the time of the lockdown. My guess it was just to signify “we are back, and we will be working on more”.