- 2025-02-06
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MUSIC
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Joy Crookes Premieres New Song “Mathematics” featuring Kano on BBC Radio 1
London-based singer-songwriter Joy Crookes premiered a new song “Mathematics” on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
On the track, she teamed up British rapper Kano.
The song is the follow-up to “Pass the Salt” featuring American rapper Vince Staples, which was released last month.
Also, the track will appear on her upcoming sophomore album.
She has already filmed a music video for the song, which is coming this Friday (February 7).
The track was written by Barney Lister, Joy Crookes, Kane Robinson, Matt Maltese, and Sam Beste. Produced by Blue May.
Joy Crookes said of the song, “'Mathematics' was written when I was dating a French man who couldn't understand what was going on between us wasn't hieroglyphics, we were just falling in love and then he tried to friend zone. As I get to know this song better and sing it more, I've realised this song is somewhat an angry song about how easy I find it to love and the frustration that it can't be reciprocated. It's nice when a song becomes a medicine for lots of different fuckeries that life hands us.”- She continued, “Kano came to hear the record with Blue May and I and then secretly recorded his verse to mathematics when I'd initially asked him to record on another song. He was drawn to mathematics and popped into the studio without us and literally just sent over a verse. It was so moving to see how he'd been moved enough to do this, almost like a little gift to this record. Cheers Kane, it's really special to hear you write about love."
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Joy Crookes told Jack Saunders about the song, “It's not that well, there's a pun in that, because the song's called mathematics. So it's whether you're good at it or not, but I'm not good at maths. And neither was the man I was dating that I wrote the song about. I was just like, hey, we're in love. That's what's happening. And it was algebraic to him. For him to understand. So that's what this tune is about. It's not like reciprocated, and I think it's just everyone knows how it feels to have a crush or love someone and that not be returned. It's kind of, it's quick maths sometimes for you, but not for everyone else.”
She said of working with Kano, “It's amazing. I played him the album that I've been working on. And I wanted him to be on a different song and he left. And just like was really, really complimentary and gave me good, constructive criticism. And then just a couple weeks later, went on his own, the studio didn't tell me, and recorded a verse to this song. Which was the best surprise ever, and obviously, he's one of UK's finest artists, and to hear him rap about love is just amazing.” - source : BBC Radio 1
