“Dem can’t love you want I do…”
Fred Once more.. has, properly, accomplished it…once more.
Following his 070 Shake-sampling “Danielle (Smile On My Face)” launched just some weeks in the past, the wildly gifted 29-year-old British songwriter-producer goes full steam forward with the third half in his bold Precise Life trilogy, an autobiographical sequence of releases capturing the sights and sounds of his life on the fly.
Together with his debut LP, Precise Life (April 14 – December 17 2020) and follow-up Precise Life 2 (February 2 – October 15, 2021), Fred weaves voice notes and samples from well-known inventive associates into spontaneous bops and bangers, turning odds and ends collected alongside the best way in his wild life over the previous few months into digital, dance floor-ready artwork.
For the uninitiated, the London-born expertise’s made fairly a reputation for himself already, having collaborated with ambient legend Brian Eno by the age of 21. He’s additionally labored a ton with Ed Sheeran, and co-wrote a number of pop bangers alongside the best way, like Demi Lovato and Clear Bandit‘s “Solo” – and most significantly of all, Rita Ora‘s “Let You Love Me.”
Additionally, he’s acquired a maybe-not-so secret EDM life: it appears that evidently his buddy Ed let it spill final yr that Fred Once more and his brother are those with beautiful ’00s pop style answerable for these superb Rain Radio songs, which pattern Nelly Furtado and Nicole Scherzinger. Is that wildly recognized? Are they nonetheless pretending to be a thriller act? Unclear!
On Thursday (October 6), Fred returned along with his newest single from the continued challenge referred to as “Kammy (like i do),” centered round a pattern from singer-songwriter and unofficial sixth member of Little Combine, Kamille – who additionally simply occurs to be within the studio with Kylie in the intervening time, for the report.
The tune’s been closely demanded since his Boiler Room set from a number of months in the past, the place he teased the still-unreleased observe throughout the session, inflicting quick meltdowns within the feedback part.
As with the majority of his output, “Kammy” is an on the spot blast, balancing Fred’s hypnotic manufacturing expertise with Kamille’s knack for hook-y songcraft, like a forgotten late ’90s-to-early ’00s dance gem.
And regardless of the seemingly loved-up lyrics, it’s extra of a darkish vitality, in accordance with Fred himself.
“To me that is kinda like a twin to smile on my face as a result of it’s about diving additional and additional down into one thing that alienates you from everybody round you,” he defined on Instagram.
“Like when she says ‘they’ll’t love you want I do,’ it by no means felt to me like a optimistic lyric weirdly. It felt like two individuals simply alienating the remainder of the world in a painful means. I’m unsure I defined that properly, I’ll attempt n write it higher in a number of days perhaps.”
You’ve defined it superb, Fred. It checks out!
Simply in time for the chilly season’s method, the ominous tune appears like Kammy combating for pricey life to salvage a relationship, diving deeper and drowning beneath the beats: “You stick with me by way of the morning gentle / Maintain me in your arms, we gon’ be alright / Tryna say that babe, I’m sorry…”
The already nice tune goes particularly loopy by the two:30 mark, as Kamille’s voice stutters and resurfaces for a closing bout of desperation on the dance ground.
It’s an on the spot standout of the yr, and must dominate the membership scene very quickly.
“Kammy (like i do)” is featured on Precise Life 3 (January 1 – September 9 2022), due out on October 28.
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