Run Away

Run Away was released in honor of Venus Muse's coming out, one year ago. It was released on June 15, 2016.

Background
On April 22, 2016, even before the re-release of his debut album, 5721, was released, he posted a snippet on Instagram with the caption "Will you run away with me?". Leaving fans clueless. Two months later, he posted a picture on instagram which said "HUGE ANNOUNCEMENT" with the caption:

June 15, such an important date to me. Last year i came out to my parents and it's one of the hardest things that i've done in my life, in honor of that, of my coming out. I've decided to release a song next week that wasn't supposed to be released, ever. 'Run Away', this song is so personal and i worked really hard on it. But i decided that i wasn't going to release it, but since it's almost been a whole year since i came out i decided to release it. This one is for my babes, this one is for the ones who still struggle, this one is for the gays that still haven't come out, this one is for you and for me. Thank you to everybody who has helped me overcome my biggest fear, coming out to my parents. #RunAway - June 15

So the song was indeed meant for his second album, but was later cut off, but now it's on the album again, but it's not the lead single, it's just a promotional single.

Release
Before the release, on June 15, Venus had something to say on instagram again. He posted a picture of the album cover with the caption:

This song... means absolutely the world to me. Tomorrow it'll be a YEAR ago since i came out to my parents. Thank you for all the support everybody has given me❤️ you can listen to Run Away on YouTube now!! (link is in bio) // tomorrow it'll be available on Spotify for streaming and on iTunes to buy!! i love y'all❤️ Thank you to @loudrfm for making this possible🌈

After that, it was released on all digital retailers.

Trivia
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 * Run Away is the first song recorded for Venus' second album.
 * It got cut off, but it was added again.
 * Before there were vocals on this track, the song was called Dreams.