James Bay has returned with his brand new single “Wild Love.” After teasing fans for months online, “Wild Love” marks Bay’s first new music since his internationally acclaimed, GRAMMY® Award-nominated debut Chaos & The Calm (2015). Composed in East London’s Baltic Studios, Bay co-wrote and co-produced the track with longtime friend and collaborator Jon Green and brought onboard Paul Epworth [Adele, Florence and The Machine] to add final production elements.
While some fans might call “Wild Love” a new sound for Bay, on this he explains: “I know some of this new sound was not apparent on my first album – there were hints, perhaps – but I think my new music helps to paint a fuller picture of who I am. As soon as I recognized I was being pinned down as ‘the intimate acoustic guitar guy’ I realized I knew I had to push myself musically. I want it as part of my arsenal, but I don’t want that solely to define me. I’m not there yet, but hope that this new music can do for singer-songwriter, loosely, what Drake and Chance The Rapper are doing for their genre: tearing up the rule book.”
On the song Bay stated: “Wild Love is about the experience of falling for someone. Something you can feel immediately when you meet them for the first time, or which rekindles throughout a relationship. It’s also about yearning for someone – whether that’s the person you can’t keep your eyes off across the room, or in my experience, the person you don’t stop thinking about wherever you are in the world.”
Today, Bay also announced details for an intimate North American headline tour and London show, which sees him perform at intimate venues coast-to-coast kicking off in the US March 25th. Fans can gain first access to pre-sale tickets by visiting www.jamesbay.com/signup. Pre-sale tickets go on sale starting on Wednesday, February 14th at 10am local time and general on-sale tickets are available Friday, February 16th at 10am local time at www.jamesbay.com.
JAMES BAY NORTH AMERICAN TOUR DATES:
March 15th London Brixton Electric
March 25th Seattle, WA The Showbox
March 27th San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
March 28th Los Angeles, CA Belasco Theater
March 31st Chicago, IL Metro
April 2nd Washington, D.C. Lincoln Theatre
April 3rd Brooklyn, NY Brooklyn Steel
April 5th Boston, MA Royale NightClub
April 6th Philadelphia, PA Theatre of Living Arts (TLA)
April 8th Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall