Nick Ward returns with new single ‘Gimme’.
The Australian breakout has already gained plaudits in his home country, with triple j throwing their weight behind his alt-pop visions. The rest of the world is starting to wake up, with Nick Ward’s feverish live shows epitomising his desire for connection.
Embarking on personal evolution in real-time, new single ‘Gimme’ is the product of his rise – bold, beautiful, and unafraid to share, it’s about the exhilaration of meeting like-minds, celebrating his peers in the audience.
Written and co-produced with Gab Strum, ‘Gimme’ is a sizzling alt-pop booster that touches on some highly personal themes. He comments…
“When I was 17, I spent most of my time and focus trying to make sense of who I was. I hadn’t come out to anyone except for my best friend. It’s a time in my life that I keep coming back to when writing music, just because of how potent those emotions are. I hadn’t come to terms with fluidity in sexuality; I needed a concrete label or tag to feel like I’d found what I was searching for.”
“’Gimme’ was written the day after my first tour ended, and I think I was unconsciously still riding the high of those shows. Sydney (my hometown) was our last stop, and the crowd started a mosh-pit in like every song. Those shows gave me a lot of perspective on what music is really about. There were kids in each city with tattoos of the artworks who knew all the lyrics – kids who looked just like me, and clearly felt a lot of the same things I had in high school. I wanted to make something for everyone who’s been in that spot”
The full video for ‘Gimme’ is out now; conceptualised by Nick, Tom Ward (Nick’s twin brother) and director Charles Buxton-Leslie (G Flip, May-A, Memphis LK), it’s a dazzling watch, citing After Life by Hirokazu Kore-eda as a reference point.
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Photo Credit: Joe Brennan
