Jessie Ware - Tough Love

Last night (June 16th) Jessie Ware premiered a new song called "Tough Love". It is taken from what will be her second album, which will be released on August 3rd. It is the result of a collaboration with the production BenZel (Umi Takahashi and Yoko Watanabe, originally from Osaka, Japan) and Jessie Ware says in this track she is "experimenting with her voice". She says this is the guiding track, like "Devotion" was for her first album. If this is the direction she is going in that is definitely a step into more experimental territory. If you compare the vocal delivery she is singing in a much higher register on "Tough Love". I guess that is what she meant by experimenting with her voice. The beat behind it also has a sort of 1980's beach movie vibe to it. The kick drum stays there constantly, but the sound of the snares sort of floats in and out in a really ethereal way. The same is true of the melodic instrument. The reason I compare it to a beach sound is that it is like they come in and out in the fashion of a wave and sounds so beautiful. Whether Jessie Ware has featured on more up-tempo dance numbers like her work with Disclosure on Katy B's "Aaliyah" her vocals have always cut through with a delicate ease. It's wonderful to still here that this is what we will be continuing to hear on her 2nd album.