.skottpeace unveiled her latest single Midas” and chatted about how the song came together
On the new track, the singer likens an arrogant lover to the ancient king in Greek mythology whose touch could turn anything to gold. “Midas/ You’re used to hearing that you’re something/ Above the ordinary, golden/ You wanna be the one and only/ Doesn’t it get lonely?” she questions over a looping vocal sample and atmospheric production. . “I'd call it my very first proper ballad, where the melodies climb towards a climax in the romantic chorus.
“I actually think it's my first ever song made up of only four chords,” Skott continues. “And they just keep repeating into infinity, the loop becomes almost hypnotic. I usually focus a lot on chord progressions and production, but ‘Midas’ is all about the melody and the lyrics. I'm also a very romantic person, and with this kind of song I get to embrace that one hundred percent."
The bare ballad follows single “Bloodhound,” released earlier this year, as the second follow-up to the Nordic upstart’s 2018 debut EP,
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