- 2025-11-05
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MUSIC
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Romy Premieres New Song “Love Who You Love” on BBC Radio 1
London-based singer-songwriter and The xx member Romy premiered a new song “Love Who You Love” on BBC Radio 1's New Music Show with Jack Saunders.
The song is her first music since the 2024 debut solo album “Mid Air”.
She wrote the song with American producer BloodPop, who also co-produced it alongside The xx's Jamie xx.
The accompanying music video was directed by Vic Lentaigne.
Romy said of the song, “I wanted to write a song that not only celebrates and uplifts love as well as calls for change. The history of resilience and togetherness in the face of unbelievable challenges within the community is so powerful. Personally, finding friends, family and people I look up to and learn from through queer clubbing has made me feel so much less alone and braver in so many aspects of life. These experiences and the people I’ve met, continue to be so inspiring to the music I’m making and this song intends to be a love letter of visibility and pride. No one can take the love you feel away from you - it’s yours.”- Romy told Jack Saunders about the song, “This song is a proudly queer love song. Of course, I just also wanted to acknowledge that it's not always easy for everyone in the world to love who they love. Especially at the moment, in lots of different ways. But with this song, I just wanted to celebrate that love and that it's yours. And it's powerful.”
She continued, “I think it's kind of a bridge. It is definitely not the end of the solo project. But as I kind of have been in the studio a lot with The xx. It's, I'm sort of focusing towards that, but at the same time, this song really felt important for me to get out, just at this time in the world, but I just really wanted to share it with people. It means a lot to me lyrically, and I've been just excited to share it and just to feel a bit more free with sharing music. It's been amazing to release a solo album, and I'm excited to keep sharing solo music as well as the band.” -
She added, “I think that just getting the production right. I think it's, I'm always fascinated with how you can have a song that has the lyrical meaning that I really want to get across, as well as work in a club, and then kind of have impact in that way. So we're just trying to take get the balance of that right.” - source : BBC Radio 1
