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After years of exploring tangled heartbreak, Jayhawks singer-songwriter Gary Louris has written the most straightforward love song of his career. “Follow,” the latest offering from the singer-songwriter’s upcoming solo album, began as a wedding gift for Louris’ niece and her husband.
“I wanted to give them something more than a nice place setting of china,” Louris tells Rolling Stone. “‘Follow’ has always been an unabashedly full-on love song. Nothing more, nothing less.”
“Home only where you are/won’t you take my arm and just follow?” Louris sings in his trademark roots-pop croon.
“It is a song of commitment, of partnership,” he says, “and a realization of when two people have that magical bond that cannot truly be explained in words.”
Since writing the song, however, “Follow” has taken on a new personal significance for Louris, one that shines through in the song’s music video, which features Louris and his wife Stephanie lovebirding around in the woods.
“It has become ‘our’ song,” Louris says. “Steph and I have that magical connection spoken of in the song…I feel like this song was written about her from day one, even though I did not know her when I first put pen to paper.”
Louris’ second-ever solo album, Jump For Joy, will be released on June 4th.
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JADE has shared an impassioned new single titled ‘FUFN (Fuck You For Now)’. Check it out below.
The track marks the latest solo single from the former Little Mix star, and comes on the heels of other huge singles including the hit track ‘Angel Of My Dreams’.
In the single the singer tackles the feeling of frustration just after an argument with a romantic partner, and the maturity to realise that you will eventually overcome it together.
“You always think you know me best, you don’t/ I need you to listen, but you won’t/ Talkin’ to you when you cut me off/ Usually I would brush this off/ Something’s stirrin’ down inside my bones,” she sings in the opening verse, before bursting into the melodic chorus.
“I’m gettin’ out the car, I slam the door/ We’ve done this shit before, I ain’t doin’ it tonight/ Baby, back off out my face right now/ Don’t you tell me to calm down.”
Check it out below, alongside a video that stars Nick Grimshaw and sees JADE navigate fame with a romantic interest by her side.
Speaking to Wonderland about the track, JADE described the single as her “most straight down-the-line pop song” and said why it felt like the right time for her to share it.
“I felt like now was a good time to release the big pop banger. Something with a big chorus that’s a lot more melodic than some of the other songs, but still with that Jade-ness to it,” she told the outlet.
“The whole idea of ‘FUFN (Fuck U For Now)’ is about loving someone, having a huge argument over something so small and just wanting them to fuck off and leave you alone. It’s going to be okay later. The ‘For Now’ is in brackets, you know?”
She also told Capital that the song wasn’t inspired by real-life events, but saw her harness genuine emotions she has felt in the past. “I had this concept written down and it stemmed from having a dream about my boyfriend cheating on me and waking up the next day fuming. So that’s how it kind of began,” she revealed (via Forbes).
The song is set to appear on JADE’s upcoming debut solo album. Few details about the record are known at time of writing, although it is expected to arrive this year.
Earlier this month, JADE picked up the award for Best Pop Act at the BRIT Awards – her first award as a solo act – and thanked her “Little Mix sisters” during her speech. After her win, she told NME that “the night couldn’t have gone any better”, and hinted that more music is coming “very soon”.
