Gerard Way teases 'heavy' new song about witches

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Gerard Way has started writing a "kind of heavy" new song inspired by witches.

The former My Chemical Romance frontman has teased fresh material for 2019 as he reflected on the last 12 months and revealed he has been working on music after spending some time focused on his comic series 'The Umbrella Academy' and its upcoming Netflix adaptation.

The star - who shared a snap of a mask he has bought - wrote on his own website: "2018 was a dark year full of black magic in my opinion, so it got me thinking about witches again.

"I was inspired to buy this mask because I had just written a song called 'I Am The Hag', which I haven't finished yet. It's kind of heavy. Maybe I'll release it in 2019."

The 'Welcome To The Black Parade' hitmaker had a busy 2018, including collaborating with his brother and former bandmate Mikey Way on standalone single 'Baby You're A Haunted House'.

It appears Gerard, 41, has been feeling more musically creative after a spell working on other projects.

He added: "Almost every Friday this year I got to make music again, which was great. Ended up with quite the collection of demos and even got to start releasing music again toward the end of the year.

"Glad music was playing a role in my life again, as I had been spending the last two years writing comics and working on television."

As well as teaming up with Mikey, the singer - who released his debut album 'Hesitant Alien' in 2014 - also worked with The Regrettes' 18-year-old singer Lydia Night on single 'Dasher'.