Rose Gray, Party People | Song Review 🎵

Rose Gray brings the ‘party’ in her electrifying dance-pop song, “Party People,” the fifth single from her debut album, Louder, Please.  

“Party people love, and party people love / Party people always bring the best of us.” East London in the house! Rose Gray raises those frigid winter temperatures with an electrifying single, “Party People”.  She penned the fifth single and sixth track from her debut album,  Louder, Please (arrives January 17, 2025) with Sur Back, and producer Sega Bodega. It commences with warm, rich, gooey pads that provide enticing ear candy – sugary sweet! During the intro, effects during the intro; they are pitch-shifted, setting the tone. Sega Bodega ‘puts in work’ behind the boards, crafting a sleek backdrop for Gray to sing upon. 

In the verse, we hear Rose’s natural voice… Well, natural voice is relative in a dance-pop cut.  There are still effects in play but no pitch shift. Gray expresses her desire for this person: “In the city of strangers, you’re the only one that I want, I want.” In the second verse, she outlines her yearning: “Take me back, take the love, take me tonight /… Trace my body like a work of art, let go and breathe.” Beyond her desire, the music mesmerizes and moves her, per the first verse: “I hear the 808 drums inside my mind as they hum.” The melody is tuneful during the verse –a sweet melodic contour at work.  The chorus is the section to beat.  Like the verses, it’s tuneful, with catching lyrics including a naughty but charming f-bomb:

“Party people live and party people love

Party people give and party people fuck

Party people always bring the best of us

Met you on a dance floor, what a metaphor.”

“Party People” is three-and-a-quarter minutes of fun.  Rose Gray ‘brings the heat.’ Better yet, she brings the party!

Rose Gray // Louder Please // Play It Again Sam // 1.17.25

Rose Gray, “Party People” [📷: Play It Again Sam]