After a few months of teasing the nation, London based Filipino artist No Rome dropped a new single Spinning on 4 March featuring pop princess Charlie XCX (Charlotte Aitchison) and pop rock band of four The 1975. This iconic trio have come together to create what can only be called magic.
Fans have been anticipating this release for months after the artists’ sprinkled various clues online. Speculation that Aitchison and lead singer of The 1975 (Matty Healy) would work together began in 2019 when Healy tweeted that he’d sent a beat over to her. He has since revealed that he’s been working with her since then. No Rome (Guendoline Rome Viray Gomez), announced in February that the track was “coming out sooner than you think”, leaving fans excited and awaiting its release.
This is not a debut collaboration for Aitchison and the boys however; The 1975 and No Rome are both signed to Dirty Hit and have worked together previously. The 1975 featured on No Rome’s 2018 release Narcissist and Gomez appeared in the boys’ visual for their track TOOTIMETOOTIMETOOTIME in the same year. Healy and The 1975’s drummer, George Daniel, were co-producers on No Rome’s EP RIP Indo Hisashi and Daniel alone co-produced their single 1:45am. The two artists have history and continue to make their mark on the music scene.
”There’s no stopping them and their talents”
Aitchison uses this track as as an excellent follow up after dropping her album How I’m Feeling Now during lockdown last year. She displayed her love for both No Rome and The 1975 when describing them in a tweet as “so talented.” She added, “It’s honestly so cool to have this song with them, I feel like we all speak the same musical language in some way, and that language is stunning/exquisite/tasteful and chic.” With the three of them coming together to form a supergroup, there’s no stopping them and their talents.
The new track Spinning was produced by Gomez, Healy, and Daniel. Daniel himself described the song as a “very cute pop song,” his description being both accurate and adorable in itself. With an electronic pop feel and uplifting beat, it’s a luscious cocktail of their combined sounds and styles. Its glitch sounding vocals calls for comparison to the likes of Cher’s I Believe, as well as The 1975’s earlier tracks, with its good vibe matching Mura Masa and Clairo’s single Live Like We’re Dancing. It has a nostalgic energy to it, sounding equally like a gaming song as much as it does a party track, and its looped bassline feeds infectious spirit into your body, making it impossible not to bop along or get up and dance.
”The song’s repeated catchy beat and pure vivacity certainly places the listener in a position of great confidence”
Aitchison provides the vocals for the first half of the song and Gomez’s voice is used for the second as all three artists come together for the chorus. The song begins with the lyrics “Found you at four in the morning / confidence soaring / thought you moved onto a new thing / but you keep it revolving.” The song’s repeated catchy beat and pure vivacity certainly places the listener in a position of great confidence and continued revolving. As the chorus comes in with the lyrics “but you just keep spinning over there / spinning over there,” the listener is left feeling alive and spinning in a zone of both euphoria and joy. It brings you to a place where you’re untouchable, gifted with the ability to shut out all negativity and distractions, oblivious to everything but the intoxicating sound.
It’s a little messy and otherworldly, hypnotizing you with its funky beat from the offset. Being slightly psychedelic with its synth reverberations, it provides you with the serotonin we all crave and the boost that you didn’t know you needed – an essential bop during these pandemic plagued times and a pop anthem you’d jump around with your friends to. We patiently await the reopening of sweaty venues, unforgettable nights, and dancing through to the early morning, however, until then, this is a song to carelessly dance away to in your bedroom.
Danielle Saunders
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Danielle Saunders
Danielle is an aspiring Journalist. She currently has her own Blog sharing stories throughout lockdown and removing the stigma that surrounds mental health. Passionate about allowing news to reach a wide demographic, she runs a TikTok 'newswithdanielle' where she shares digestible daily news update in 60 seconds. She has previously written articles for the likes of 'The Mindful Word' and 'The Mental Health Foundation' and 'The Meridian'.