{"id":71952,"date":"2021-10-21T14:01:17","date_gmt":"2021-10-21T13:01:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/?p=71952"},"modified":"2021-10-21T12:19:58","modified_gmt":"2021-10-21T11:19:58","slug":"dean-lewis-releases-new-single-looks-like-me-inspired-by-a-personal-relationship","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essentiallypop.com\/epop\/2021\/10\/dean-lewis-releases-new-single-looks-like-me-inspired-by-a-personal-relationship\/","title":{"rendered":"Dean Lewis Releases New Single, ‘Looks Like Me’, Inspired By A Personal Relationship"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dean Lewis returns today with his new single, ‘Looks Like Me’. Inspired by a personal relationship, the song is an upbeat look at how to break free of a confining, and crushing situation.<\/strong><\/h4>\n

Speaking of the track, Dean said,<\/p>\n

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\u201cIt was just one of those relationships that never quite came together \u2013 no matter how much I wanted it to.\u00a0 One night on the phone, we were living in different cities, she told me she was hanging with a guy who looked like me,\u201d says Lewis, now looking back on the experience with a sense of humour. \u201cSo you\u2019d rather be with someone who looks like me \u2013 than the “actual me!\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Australian singer Dean is a three time ARIA award winner, and\u00a0initially worked up the song with his new collaborator and producer Jake Torrey in Los Angeles, before putting on the finishing touches two months later in London with his long-time collaborators Ed Holloway & Nick Atkinson. Lewis\u2019s vocalisations are compelling, and almost haunting, uplifted by a beating acoustic guitar. As the lyrics kick in, so does a rapid-fire hand clap, adding a percussive layer you almost feel more than hear.<\/p>\n

Dean adds,<\/p>\n

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\u201cOne of my favourite things about this song is every time I play it to people \u2013 they immediately start moving their body. Which is a totally new experience for me as a songwriter. It\u2019s almost like keeping one foot on familiar ground and the other into stepping off a cliff. It was a chance for me to reach for something completely different, but still be me\u201d.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

There’s a rolling, almost rap-like rhythm to the pre-chorus, which morphs into a thumping, Latin-infused, head bop of a chorus, building up to the climatic, and utterly anthemic line – \u201cBut maybe I\u2019m just not good enough at all to feel your love\u201d<\/em> .<\/p>\n

The official video was filmed in Nashville with Director Tim Mattia<\/strong> (who also directed \u2018Falling Up\u2019). Stream and download ‘Looks Like Me’ here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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