Bono wrote a song about coronavirus

If the global coronavirus pandemic has taught us anything, it's that celebrities get very, very bored when they're forced to stay indoors. On Tuesday night, U2 frontman Bono went as far as to release his first new song since 2017, explaining to fans that he was inspired by viral footage of Italians finding ways to sing with each other during isolation.

Bono's ballad, "Let Your Love Be Known," specifically describes wandering through the deserted streets of Dublin during the coronavirus outbreak: "Yes there is isolation/You and me we're still here/Yes when we open our eyes we will stare down the fear."

While it might not win him a Nobel for literature, Bono adds he only wrote the track "an hour ago."

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