Jessie Ware and Romy Team Up on New Song ‘Lift You Up’

Jessie Ware and Romy Thave joined forces for a new song, ‘Lift You Up’, which they debuted at Glastonbury on Saturday. Check it out below.

“I was so excited to be in the room with my friend and to see how she works and to hear her beautiful voice,” Ware said in a statement. “I’m so proud of the record. It’s a song that’s about both of us being too hard on ourselves, and not believing enough in ourselves. I think anyone can relate to that. There was a wonderful serendipity about the fact that she worked with Stuart Price on the last record too.”

“It’s going to be so exciting for people to hear this and people to hear it live at Glastonbury,” Ware continued. “It seems to be a theme of mine that I now debut songs at Glastonbury and I’m excited for everyone to hear us celebrating each other.”

Romy added:

I’ve been a fan of Jessie’s music for a long time and it was amazing to finally work together after many years of friendship.

Sometimes we all need a friend there to lift us up and help us see things differently. A memory comes to mind of Jessie and I backstage at a festival when I was just starting to play my solo music live and I was still figuring things out. She hyped me up and helped me believe in myself when I was feeling unsure. The conversation we had really stayed with me and was definitely in my mind when we were writing the lyrics.

It was so wonderful working with Stuart Price again after we worked so closely on my album and with the brilliant Clarence Coffee jr for the first time. We wanted this song to be uplifting, celebrate togetherness and I can’t think of a better way to share it with everyone than at Glastonbury.

Jessie Ware’s latest studio LP, That! Feels Good!, made our list of the 50 Best Albums of 2023. Last year, Romy released her solo debut, Mid Air, and recently dropped the song ‘Always Forever’.

Konstantinos Pappis
Konstantinos Pappis
Konstantinos Pappis is a writer, journalist, and music editor at Our Culture. His work has also appeared in Pitchfork, GIGsoup, and other publications. He currently lives in Athens, Greece.
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