Blossoms release their brand new single “Meet Me In Love” alongside its accompanying music video, directed by frontman Tom Ogden and starring Maya Jama.
Following recent single “Joke About Divorce”, “Meet Me In Love” finds Blossoms in a playful and romantic mood. Built around an irresistible disco groove and featuring backing vocals from Declan McKenna, the track captures the excitement of attraction, possibility and throwing yourself headfirst into love.
Discussing the new single, “Meet Me In Love”, Tom says:
“‘‘Meet Me In Love” waswritten on a songwriting trip to the Lake District with Natalie Findlay and Jules Apollinaire. As often happens, it was the last day and we’d pretty much accepted that there probably weren’t any more songs left to write. We started messing around with a simple two chord disco groove and, within a couple of hours, the whole thing seemed to fall into place.
It’s one of those songs that felt exciting from the moment it arrived. I remember driving home from the Lakes listening to the demo on repeat for most of the journey. We later finished the recording with Shawn Lee at Tilehouse Studios, tracking live to tape, but a lot of what made us fall in love with the song in the first place came from that original demo, so plenty of those parts survived onto the final record.’
The accompanying video features a starring role from Maya Jama and marks the latest collaboration between Blossoms and actor Callum Scott Howells, who returns as narrator.
Discussing the video, Tom says:
“Directed by myself, the video for “Meet Me In Love” continues the world we first created in the video for Joke About Divorce, with Callum Scott Howells returning as our narrator. We shot it on 16mm film at Chad’s Theatre in Stockport, which gave everything the same cinematic feel we loved from the previous video.
After meeting Maya Jama at the MTV EMAs in Manchester a couple of years ago, we took a chance and sent her a DM to see if she’d be interested in being involved. She replied straight away saying she was up for it, and she was an absolute joy to work with. Together we created something that feels like a love letter to old Hollywood, 70s disco glamour and classic Top of the Pops performances. It’s colourful, romantic and a little bit surreal, which felt like the perfect visual for the song.”
Blossoms will play the Main Stage at Leeds Festival this year on Friday August 28, recently being announced as special guests.
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