Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy unite on a new take on ‘Freak Me Now’.
In a way, it’s inevitable – the two artists are infusing their pop suss with club tropes, releasing some majestic disco workouts in the process. Two fantastic artists, the gravitational pull between them have finally placed Jessie Ware and Roisin Murphy in the studio at the same time.
Jessie Ware’s excellent ‘That! Feels Good!’ full length contained a slew of pearls, with ‘Freak Me Now’ becoming a fan favourite. Opting to rework it, she’s recruited Roisin Murphy for this all-new take on the song.
Jessie says…
“It is a huge honour to have the queen of disco, Roisin Murphy on ‘Freak Me Now’. I messaged her hoping she may think about doing a collab with me and before I knew it, she’d gone straight into the studio and recorded all her vocals for the track and sent them over to us.
I have admired her work for so many years and respect her so much. To have her on one of the most fun tracks on ‘That! Feels Good!’ is amazing. I can’t wait for us to do this together live in the future!
I know my fans are gonna go crazy about this, as am I. I still can’t quite believe we are on a track together and have done a bonkers video together.
She is graceful, she is generous, she is pioneering, she is Roisin Murphy and she is on ‘Freak Me Now’!
For her part, Roisin Murphy is overjoyed to be part of this. Talking about the collaboration, she says…
“Jessie is just brilliant, a super talented songwriter and an amazing singer. She’s truly beautiful but she’s also very funny and never take’s herself too seriously. We’ve been talking about working together for a while. When she sent me ‘Freak Me Now’ I just adored it and felt it was perfectly right for me to be on the song. We had mad fun dressing up on the day of the video, it was fashion chaos!! Like a high class jumble sale, behind the scenes. We laughed at our ridiculousness and we were very silly all day! Just love her and loved everything about working with her.“
Check it out now.
Catch Jessie Ware at London’s Alexandra Palace on November 17th and 18th.
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