The Musical Hype provides some quick thoughts on the single 🎵 “Love is Back,” by American born, British pop artist, Celeste.
🎵 Single/Song/Track: “Love is Back”
📻 Genre: Pop
🎙1 Lead Artist/Band: Celeste
🎙2 Featured Guests: N/A
🎼 ✍ Songwriters: Jamie Hartman, Celeste Epiphany Waite, Etty Hartman
🎛️ Producers: Josh Crocker, Charlie Hugall
💿 Album: Not Your Muse (Deluxe)
The Single Notez 🎶:
➕ Vintage sounding production; Josh Crocker and Charlie Hugall do a fabulous job of constructing the old-school sound and vibes
➕ Doesn’t sound like much of the pop or R&B of the 2020s
➕ Groovy from the onset – definitely wins over the listener from the jump
➕ Nuanced, expressive, soulful vocals by Celeste; she hearkens back to singers of old
➕ Appealing, well-rounded songwriting touching on a retable theme: love
➕ Set in a minor key – always darkens the experience!
➕ Catchy, simple chorus
➕ Superb, contrasting bridge section; keeps “Love is Back” ever compelling
➖ Will appeal most to traditionalists; doesn’t sound anything like modern pop (Not really a con in my eyes)
Memorable lyric:
“Love is back... For a moment, there it goes Turn around, next thing you know Love is back.”
🔏 In Closing:
Celeste captivates on her love-driven, soulful, throwback pop single “Love is Back,” which appears on the deluxe version of her 2021 debut album, Not Your Muse.
🎙 Celeste • Not Your Muse (Deluxe) • 🏷 Both Sides / Polydor • 🗓 2.26.21
[📷: Both Sides / Polydor]

