"Hunger" is a song by English indie rock band Florence and the Machine from their fourth studio album, High as Hope (2018).

[1][2][3] An uptempo alternative pop and soul song, "Hunger" was inspired by the singer's teenage struggles with eating disorder and alcoholism.

"Hunger" received positive reviews from music critics, who complimented Welch's personal lyrics in contrast to its "radio-friendly" sound, calling the song a standout from the album.

[4] Katherine St. Asaph, a reviewer from Pitchfork, thought that the poem was originally meant for Welch's collection book Useless Magic before becoming a song.

[6] Additional recording was provided by Tim Montague, Morgan Stratton, and Michael Harris at the Dairy in London, Sunset Sound and Vox, the latter two located in Los Angeles.

[14] Its instrumentation was described by Pip Williams of The Line of Best Fit to consist of reverberated staccato strings, driving percussion and deliberate piano.

[12] The Independent critic Roisin O'Connor commented that "the delicate shimmer of the tambourine and the cello gliding sweetly at the start of the build on the chorus also make this one of the best-structured songs on the record.

[18][11][19] Ryan Reed of Rolling Stone wrote that throughout "Hunger", Welch meditates on the correlation between beauty, romance and mortality.

Williams praised "Hunger" for "hitting a sweet spot Welch has courted for years" and called it a standout of High as Hope.

[26] It was directed by Andres Gonzalez Rojas, who had previously collaborated with Florence and the Machine on the video for "Sky Full of Song".

"[28] At the end of the video, a shot of a statue buried in a desert appears with flowers growing in it, reminiscent of the scenery of Percy Bysshe Shelley's Ozymandias.