There's something about summer love that just feels so perfect. It's the type of love that you can't help but smile about, even when things get tough. It's the kind of love that makes you feel like you're on top of the world.
Rich Watson's "Summer Love" perfectly captures the feeling of young love. A deep methodical intro puts you in touch with your heartbeat and then carries you through a familiar euphoria you never want to end.
A listener who has experienced this feeling of holding out, waiting for something better, will be inducted into a surreal trace state. As the song drops into the chorus and the singer begins to vocalize, "who knew, waiting," it's as if you're no longer just listening to a song but experiencing it.
The production is spot on; the vocals are clear and have just the right amount of emotion. The lyrics are feel-good and easy to sing along to. This is the type of song that you want to listen to on a sunny day with the windows down and the wind in your hair. It's the perfect summer anthem. Check out "Summer Love," available on all platforms today.
Welcome to BuzzMusic, Rich Watson. We admire the engulfing, surreal air you've brought with your recent single, "Summer Love." What inspired this breezy song? Is the song written about anyone in particular?
''Summer Love'' originally started life as a poem with the line ''Where were you winter, my summer love?" From there, I developed a lyric that I hoped would capture the feeling of retaining some kind of idyllic hope for a transformative love to come along during a dark period in your life, plus I'd always liked the idea of writing a summer song. Musically, it started life as a cross between The Isley Brothers and Kings of Convenience, as a Latin-tinged acoustic number. Still, once I got into the studio, inevitably, the epic, sweeping synths took over!
"Summer Love" is a bottle of unprocessed emotions and honest and raw lyrics. What was your experience writing the song?
That's a pretty accurate observation - I definitely wanted to try and evoke a kind of ''palpable ache'' in the lyric of someone ''holding out so long'' for a love that would lead them out of the darkness into a euphoric place where the ''stars would all ascend for us and light above.''
When you're really lucky, as a songwriter, some songs almost write themselves, which was definitely the case with ''Summer Love''.
What was your goal with the song's overall atmosphere?
I really wanted the song to center around a memorable bass line, which once I had that in place, I started to pair with an 80's R'n'B synth bassline in the verses to set an overall atmosphere inspired by The Free Nationals and Anderson.Paak. The chorus has an intentional, epic, anthemic and dramatic, widescreen feel that pays a debt to the likes of Kate Bush, Depeche Mode, and Tears For Fears, and I also added an ELO-inspired vocoder vocal to try and add more color to the sonic palette of the song
Did you create "Summer Love" in hopes that listeners could find something they relate
with? What did you want your audience to experience?
Absolutely - I've always been a sucker for songs like ''Strawberry Letter 23'' by Shuggie Otis, where the groove and feel of the music is the 1st thing that hits you. Still, once you dig a little deeper and the lyric unfolds, you're provided with something more meaningful from the whole experience. Hopefully, ''Summer Love'' evokes the euphoric feeling and blissful state of falling in love during a long hot summer!
What's next for you?
My 3rd album ''Desire'' is due to come out in October '22, and ''Summer Love'' is a pretty good representation of the musical direction I intentionally navigated for this release. Over the course of 2 years, I've wanted to create a collection of songs that have an epic and cinematic feel to them, with big and bold pop melodies coupled with R'n'B-inspired beats and bass lines, 80's synths, and a touch of Nile Rodgers-inspired funk guitar.
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