Today, alternative singer, songwriter and producer BabyJake recruits British singer/songwriter Bipolar Sunshine for his new summer-ready single “Funny Thing About Love” out now—listen HERE.
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On “Funny Thing About Love,” bass thumps through handclaps as the funky track trails into a head-nodding groove with BabyJake’s and Bipolar Sunshine’s hypnotic vocals bouncing off one another.
BabyJake says, “The inspiration behind creating this record was definitely motivated by Anderson .Paak and Mac Miller (RIP). Both of those guys really understand modern mid-tempo dance music and that funky middle ground that lays in between. I always wanted to make a track that had that type of bounce to it, and there was no one better to do it with than Bipolar Sunshine. With both of us going back and forth with each other throughout the entirety of the track, it never gets boring. It feels like a constant party and no better way to kick summer off. As for the meaning of the track, it’s really about falling in and out of love, how quickly those transitions can be and how closely they are related to each other.”
Bipolar Sunshine chimes in saying, “Easily one the smoothest records I’ve been a part of, this just has summer good time feels written all over it.”
“Funny Thing About Love” follows BabyJake’s latest single “Do I Fit In Your Shoes?,” which was written and co-produced by the singer/songwriter and accompanied by a cinematic visual directed by duo Reggie. (Dillon Francis, Meghan Trainor, Yung Gravy)—watch HERE https://babyjake.lnk.to/ShoesVideo . Billboard described the song as “genre-defying,” while V Magazine proclaimed, “The slick guitar work and his earnest vocals do their job…selling you on the song hard.” TMRW Magazine ultimately said it best: “Returning with a smooth alt-pop creation is BabyJake, the 6’6” boundary-breaking artist you need on your radar.”
Last year, BabyJake released his debut EP Don’t give me problems, give me wine to praise from critics and fans alike. The seven-song genre-blurring EP features his single “Head In The Clouds” and was praised by Notion, The Line Of Best Fit, Ones To Watch, This Song Is Sick, Lyrical Lemonade and more. Wonderland stated, “Few artists are able to bounce so seamlessly from genre to genre than BabyJake,” while Flaunt proclaimed, “BabyJake is on his way to superstardom.” Earlier this year, BabyJake teamed up with Louis The Child on “Somewhere Else.”
ABOUT BABYJAKE
Jake Herring, aka BabyJake, first picked up the guitar when he was eight years old. Growing up in Fort Myers FL, he constantly juggled his deep love of classic rock and guitars with an enthusiasm for sports and partying with his friends. For solace, Herring often turned to his dad’s folk records, favoring the low-key contemplative sounds that resonated with the sense of alienation that he was feeling. Though he maybe wasn’t conscious of it at the time, Herring was priming himself to be a sort of musical chameleon. Well versed in the building blocks of rock music, the intimacy of folk, and with an innate understanding of the rap and pop music he grew up around, he was constructing a well of disparate influences to draw from when he eventually made a serious go at a music career. After his freshman year of college, Herring dropped out and started writing songs as often as he could. Debuting as BabyJake in 2019, his single “Cigarettes on Patios,” topped global viral charts and has accumulated over 100 million streams to date. Despite the global pandemic changing original plans for 2020, BabyJake kept the momentum going with a seven-song debut EP, Don’t give me problems, give me wine, which Lyrical Lemonade acclaimed “an exceptional project.” On the heels of its success, BabyJake follows it up with his new singles “Do I Fit In Your Shoes?” and “Funny Thing About Love,” as he sets the stage for much more to come.
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