Oscar and the Wolf is back with first new om 4 years
BELGIUM’S OSCAR AND THE WOLF
SHARES FIRST NEW MUSIC IN THREE YEARS SINGLE
“JAMES”
OUT TODAY ON [PIAS] RECORDINGS HERE
OFFICIAL MUSIC VIDEO HERE
Shimmering fusion of contemporary R&B and melancholy electro-pop from Belgian superstar
single art + artist photo credit: Marie Wynan
“He’s The Weeknd without the nasty aftertaste, Drake without the crying after sex” – DIY“Imagine if Lana Del Rey and Fever Ray made songs together” – NYLON“What it would sound like if SOHN, Drake and Phoenix had a threesome on a big pile of sequins” – Jezebel“Add to the list of rule-benders mixing the fringes of modern R&B and electronic music” – Pigeons and Planes“…the fast rising star is now bringing his Europe-dominating dark pop stateside” – Billboard
Belgian superstar Oscar and the Wolf (aka Max Colombie) returns with dazzling new single, “James”, out today.”James” is pure pop brilliance, characteristically blissful, and far from minimalist. The atmosphere is deliberately set in the golden haze of the French and Italian Riviera – Colombie was inspired by their slower way of living, the clothing, the aesthetic, the photography, and films. He combines this with the vampire sounds that he has held a reference to since his European breakthrough debut album,
Entity.Having come to him fully formed in a dream (“I woke up and had the whole thing in my head. From the vocal line to the drums to the chords to the whole arrangement”), the song’s title is in honor of the birth of his baby nephew, who was born on the same day that Colombie went into the studio to record the song.The accompanying video draws its inspiration from relationships, friendships and loves. Through several sequences, Colombie lets himself be carried away by the wind and the light. Through dance, he and his friends raise supernatural energy pushing the wind and light to the maximum.
Oscar and the Wolf “James”:buy/stream oscarandthewolf.lnk.to/jameswatch the official music video here
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