Jessie Ware and Romy have an amazing new song out!
The What’s Your Pleasure? superstar and the Mid Air musician dropped their highly anticipated collaboration “Lift You Up” on Monday (July 1), following the duo’s surprise debut of the song during Jessie‘s headline slot on the West Holts Stage at 2024 Glastonbury Festival over the weekend.
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The disco-infused track was produced by Madonna collaborator Stuart Price, and came to be after the two first crossed paths when Romy‘s band The xx performed an intimate gig under the Westway in London years ago. The xx invited Jessie to perform at their Night & Day Festival in Berlin afterward.
“I felt like it was such a cool seal of approval – I sang with them on stage and I think from then on Romy and I became friends, she was a fan of my music and I was such a fan of her,” Jessie said.
The two have collaborated over the years while working on songs including “Share It All,” which appears on the deluxe edition of Jessie‘s Tough Love.
“I was so excited to be in the room with my friend and to see how she works and to hear her beautiful voice. I’m so proud of the record. It’s a song that’s about both of us being too hard on ourselves, and not believing enough in ourselves. I think anyone can relate to that,” Jessie says.
“There was a wonderful serendipity about the fact that she worked with Stuart Price on the last record too.”
“It’s going to be so exciting for people to hear this and people to hear it live at Glastonbury. It seems to be a theme of mine that I now debut songs at Glastonbury and I’m excited for everyone to hear us celebrating each other.”
“I’ve been a fan of Jessie’s music for a long time and it was amazing to finally work together after many years of friendship,” Romy added.
“Sometimes we all need a friend there to lift us up and help us see things differently. A memory comes to mind of Jessie and I backstage at a festival when I was just starting to play my solo music live and I was still figuring things out. She hyped me up and helped me believe in myself when I was feeling unsure. The conversation we had really stayed with me and was definitely in my mind when we were writing the lyrics.”
“It was so wonderful working with Stuart Price again after we worked so closely on my album and with the brilliant Clarence Coffee jr for the first time. We wanted this song to be uplifting, celebrate togetherness and I can’t think of a better way to share it with everyone than at Glastonbury.”
Watch the Glasto debut, and listen to the studio version in the lyric video…
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