Lasting Lover is currently claiming the #1 spot on the UK Songs Top Entries List on iTunes. The new track has knocked Midnight Sun, the new Miley Cyrus song, off of the top spot.

As the title suggests, Lasting Lover celebrates the strength of enduring love. Famed for his raspy, raw vocals, James Arthur sings of being overtaken by your love for another. Arthur croons wistful lyrics such as “I don’t know why I can’t quite/Get you out my sight/You’re always just behind/You’re stored across my mind” that encapsulates this feeling perfectly. 

Bubbling with high energy, Sigala’s bright, pop-house production serves as the song’s upbeat backing track. Meanwhile, Arthur sings romantic lyrics about surrendering yourself to the swept-away feeling of new love, and hoping the feeling lasts: “Take my heart and run away/She said, “I’ve been looking for a lasting lover”

Lasting Lover is made for the dancefloor. Like many of Sigala’s hits, including recent track Heaven On My Mind with Becky Hill, Lasting Lover is a breath of fresh air that will have the listener moving in no time.

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Lasting Lover with @jamesarthur23 is #1 on uk iTunes! Thanks so much to everyone for the incredible support already! Hopefully the love for this tune is lasting… wheyyyyyok thanks bye x

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James Arthur premiered Lasting Lover and its accompanying lyric video to his 5m subscribers via his official YouTube channel on Friday. Featuring idyllic ocean animations, the romantic lyrics to Lasting Lover roll Garnering over 129,000 views, Lasting Lover is an instant hit. 

Lasting Lover is a creative fusion between some of the best of British. As well as the unlikely but seamless collaboration between Sigala and Arthur, Lasting Love is penned by none other than love song guru Lewis Capaldi, and samples 2000s banger Time To Pretend by MGMT.  

 

 

 

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Before Sigala turned the track into a polished pop banger, Lasting Lover was originally created as an acoustic song. Sigala chatted about working with both Capaldi and Arthur in a recent interview with Hits Radio, explaining that “The song came from Lewis. It was amazing. It came to me as a ballad, just like an acoustic song with just guitar and his voice on it. 

Sigala elaborated on how the track came to be, explaining that “I worked on it a bit and I got in touch with James from there just to see if he wanted to sing it. It’s really cool to have him involved.” Sigala confirmed that the two have since become fast friends: “We worked across Zoom for a long time and finally met on the set of the music video. Luckily, we got on just as well in real life.”

Sigala, real name Bruce Fielder, took to social media in celebration of Lasting Lover reaching iTunes #1. Sharing a screenshot of the coveted chart list to Instagram, Sigala thanked his fans for the glowing reception to Lasting Lover, writing in the punny caption: “Thanks so much to everyone for the incredible support already! Hopefully, the love for this tune is lasting!”. It certainly seems that way, as the post received over 1,800 likes and comments!

Lasting Lover is out everywhere now.

The acts mentioned take top billing across the weekend. The festival will be boasting further big names this year. These include Irish outfit Picture This, Stone Roses frontman Ian Brown, as well as Foals, Run The Jewels and Skepta.

Electric Picnic will also welcome James Vincent McMorrow, Annie Mac, Mabel, Rick Astley, Jeff Mills, Denzel Curry, Helena Hauff, and Declan McKenna. This, however, is not the full list and festivalgoers will be pleased to hear more artists are scheduled to perform.

Sadly, tickets are already sold out.

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Round One… @rageagainstthemachine @snowpatrol @thechemicalbrothers @bandpicturethis @lewiscapaldi #EP20

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Last year’s Electric Picnic hosted acts Hozier, The Strokes, The 1975 and Florence & The Machine. It’s a busy year for Rage Against The Machine, who are further set to headline Reading & Leeds Festival. The band plays Leeds on August 28, before closing Reading on August 30.

Lewis Capaldi recently announced his biggest headline gig to date. He will play the 02 on October 2, his final live date of 2020.

The 02 date follows Capaldi’s already extensive tour schedule this year. His tour is in aid of the mental health initiative LIVELIVE. The campaign aims to provide mental health support for those who “who love live music, yet suffer from anxiety and/or panic attacks whilst in busy concert environments”.

Meanwhile, Foals released a music video for their single ‘Wash Off’. The ‘Wash Off PSA’ music video demonstrates someone following the standard medical procedure for hand-washing. The footage is played on loop with the track, while lyrics appear on the screen.

Check it out via Youtube below:

Speaking to Metro UK, Capaldi quipped about taking a cut of the royalties from Eilish’s song. The ‘Before You Go’ vocalist said: “She’s probably going to make a lot of money from it so I’d love to take a cut of that,” Lewis said.

He added: “All jokes aside, I think in general I always say that the Bond theme is something that I think anybody would jump at the chance of, (or) at least try.”

The Glaswegian singer and comedian offered to put his name into the hat for the next Bond theme. However, he joked that it’d be on the basis he wasn’t “completely irrelevant” by that point.

If Capaldi did, he’d be writing for film 26 in the long-running spy franchise. Check out the official theme from Billie Eilish via Youtube below.

Billie Eilish and her brother Finneas collaborated with acclaimed film composer Hans Zimmer, penning the song in only three days and recording it on a bunk bed in Texas.

Furthermore, at the age of eighteen, Billie’s the youngest artist in history to perform a Bond theme.

Elsewhere, Lewis Capaldi is set to support headlining act Tyler The Creator at Manchester’s Parklife 2020, the UK’s largest metropolitan festival.

Further support comes from Skepta. JME will be bringing his Grime MC FM project to Manchester.

Other acts billed include Robyn, Jorja Smith, Giggs, Fatboy Slim, Khalid, and AJ Tracey. The festival will run from June 14-15, celebrating its eleventh year.

Tickets are on sale now. No Time To Die will serve as Daniel Craig’s final appearance in the role of the infamous 007, set for release in cinemas on April 2 in the UK, and April 8 in the US.