Darren Hayes is out with the music video to his new single ‘Bloodstained Heart’, the second release from the former Savage Garden singer’s fourth studio album ‘Secret Codes and Battleships’, out next month on Mercury / EMI / Powdered Sugar.

“The song means so much to me because I wrote it about a time in my life when someone close to me was going through a horrible time and I wished more than anything that I could step in and take the bullet for them,” the Australian pop singer explained. “We’ve all experienced that helpless feeling of standing by idly while someone you love is suffering – and wished that you could absorb the impact for them. It’s about those situations in life where, maybe you feel you are losing the battle, but you’ll never lose your dignity.”

Watch the Chris Cottam directed video, shot in the UK, via YouTube below.

Darren Hayes checked in on his YouTube channel with a message about the messages he’s been leaving on DarrenHayes.com. The pieces of art with encrypted messages are lyrics to the former Savage Garden singer’s new album. Darren has been keeping track of who is the first person to work out what he’s trying to say with the messages, and is sending out framed canvas of the new album’s artwork to those guessed right. Watch the message below.

Darren Hayes is out with the ninth in a series of video blogs documenting the making of and release of his fourth studio album due later this year. The video includes the former Savage Garden singer signing a record deal on April 13th. “It’s a record contract with Mercury Records in Australia, and this is a pretty momentous occasion for me,” Hayes said. “It’s been a period of… years that I’ve been making this album, and it’s always been our plan to find partners around the world to bring the album to you. This is a partnership I’m incredibly excited about and grateful for.” Watch the clip via YouTube below.

The eighth in a series of video blogs Darren Hayes has posted documenting the recording and release of his fourth studio album to be released in 2011 has been posted at the former Savage Garden singer’s YouTube channel. Darren is seen going on a hot air balloon ride and attempting to cajole his dog to go for a walk in the video, both of which obviously have nothing to do with making an album, but Darren promised not to make anymore clips about either topic. Watch it below.

Darren Hayes posted the second video blog on his YouTube channel documenting the former Savage Garden’s recording of his fourth solo album, due in 2010. Watch it below.

Former Savage Garden singer Darren Hayes is out with the music video to his new single ‘Casey’, from the Australian singer songwriter’s third solo album ‘This Delicate Thing We’ve Made’, out now on his own label Powdered Sugar. Watch it via YouTube below.