He has been inspired by iconic artists like George Michael and Prince while working on his fourth studio album: "A lot of people don’t know what’s about to hit them" Tom Grennan has shared a new single called ‘Higher’ – you can listen to it below. The slick and uplifting track is set to appear on the singer-songwriter’s yet-to-be-announced fourth album, which will follow on from 2023’s ‘What Ifs & Maybes’ . Recorded at London’s legendary RAK Studios, the “art pop”-inspired song started with a catchy piano riff.
“The weird thing about me is that I make music in the studio but most of my good ideas come to me when I’m not actually in the studio,” Grennan explained in a statement. “On the day we wrote ‘Higher’ I’d left the room but I just couldn’t get that riff out of my head. It turned into a melody, which turned into a phrase.
.. I ran back into the studio, with the piano riff still playing, threw my hands up and sang: ‘ It’s taking me higher ‘.
” He concluded: “Everyone in the room just went: ‘Boom. That’s it’.” Check out the official lyric video here: As for what fans can expect from his next era on the whole, Grennan teased: “A lot of people don’t know what’s about to hit them.
” The artist has been working on new material with songwriter and producer Justin Tranter ( Britney Spears , Linkin Park , Dua Lipa , Fall Out Boy ) who “understood exactly what he wanted to say and what he wanted to sound like”. A press release cites iconic artists like George Michael , Prince and Freddie Mercury as reference points for Grennan’s new music. “So much of the new music is uplifting – it makes you dance, makes you sing – but for me, there’s also the excitement of it being a sound I’ve never explored,” he added.
Looking back on ‘What Ifs & Maybes’ – which gave him his second UK Number One album – Grennan said: “It was the first time I thought: ‘I don’t want to just be a singer-songwriter’. It established the foundation for where I am with this [new] album.” Meanwhile, Grennan has officially released his full version of the Gillette ‘The Best A Man Can Get’ advertising jingle .
“I have finally caved,” he wrote when announcing the song online last month. This summer, he played his biggest-ever headline show at Gunnersbury Park in London , with Blossoms supporting. Last year’s ‘What Ifs & Maybes’ contained the tracks ‘You Are Not Alone’ , ‘Here’ , ‘Remind Me’ , ‘All These Nights’ and ‘How Does It Feel’ .
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