John Newman - "Olé"

[Juan Carlos]

John Newman was interviewed by MTV UK and he mentioned that his new single will be coming out after his collaboration with Sigala and Nile Rodgers, "Give Me Your Love" (around next month or July), and it's produced by Calvin Harris.

He said the following:

"My next single is coming after this (his tune "Give Me Your Love" with Sigala) - it's produced by Calvin and... it's kind of a reggae vibe which is quite cool and... we've done something else together behind the scenes as well, which is something which has shocked us both I think because we were so proud of the success of "Blame" and then we kinda listened to (this new song) and we were like, "this is totally different to anything we've ever made and done together."

Personally, I don't know if the latter refers to this or the Calvin Harris track where John is the featured vocalist.

[Juan Carlos]

A music video, directed by Emil Nava, has been shot in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, which has been teased on both Calvin and John's Snapchat.

[Juan Carlos]

An announcement is expected to happen this week. However, because of the way the tweet was written, I'm torn if John is referring to his new single, which is produced by Calvin, or Calvin's upcoming single, which features him.

[Juan Carlos]

The track is called "Olé" and it comes out this Friday. You could watch John's announcement in Facebook here.

[maine]

This is confirmed to be produced by Calvin, right?

Excited anyways. I enjoyed "Come and Get It", but didn't really use any of the other singles from his last album.

ETA: I can't read I guess. It says it right in the tweet lol.

[Juan Carlos]

Artwork:

https://www.instagram.com/p/BHh_LVQB5MN

[maine]

This was not at all what I was expecting. I'm not too sure how I feel about it just yet. 

ETA: Yeah, I don't think I'm feeling this. There's not much substance to it.

[Robert J]

It's nice to see Calvin try his hand at a completely different sound. It's a shame this isn't very good.

[yuh yuh]

After amazing "Blame" I was expecting something amazing, but unfortunately it's completely underwhelming..

[Linnethia Monique]

This is very, very, very boring.

[Deleted]

I'm so disappointed
I love Blame a lot, but this is really boring.
Good attempt at a new sound but it did not work out great.

[Stephen]

Wow this is terrible.

[🅳🅸🆂🅲🅾]

I don't like this. It just doesn't work for me because of the vocals. I would like to hear this sung by someone else, particularly Ed Sheeran or even Calvin himself. It almost sounds as if Calvin did the guide vocal and then John sung it identically to that, but in his voice and that just doesn't work. The production is pleasant enough. This is really basic.

[Juan Carlos]

Chosen as the Track of the Day on BBC Radio 1 today. Also, the music video premieres this Friday.

https://www.instagram.com/p/BIj6qNGhPMN

[Juan Carlos]

Music Video:



Playlisted by BBC Radio 1.