Jesse James
It’s been a minute, but Ella Mai is back. The songstress returns with something new, unleashing “DFMU,” the first single from her sophomore album. The track is also her first single in a few years. The singer/songwriter recently opened up to Zane Lowe about the track.
Ella stated: “This song in this process was very, very hard for me because it was like my life in real-time. So it was almost a therapy session. But I think that’s the best way.” She further added, “All the people that I grew up listening to are always very, very honest. And I’ve always just appreciated honesty. I think it’s the best way I think that people can relate to you also, so…I was having a very honest conversation with Prince Charlez, who I wrote the song with, about what I was going through at that point. And it just was basically a conversation, and it just came together that way. And I think those are the best songs because storytelling is just conversation, really.”
Ms. Mai also stated: “It was one of the ones during the recording process that I just knew it had to make… I think it was maybe the 10th song in the recording process. I recorded a whole bunch of songs. And I remember saying to my day manager, I was like, “Yeah, this is making the list.” And she was like, “We just started. Calm down. There’s no list yet. We’ve got a long way to go.” And I’m like, “Yeah. Yeah, I know. But I just feel this one. I just feel this one on a different level.” And I’m grateful that it still made the list.”
Check out the impressive new single, “DMFU,” in the stream below, and look for much more from the songstress coming very soon. In the meantime, keep it locked with The Culture Curators for all the best in new music. (<iframe width=”700″ height=”878″ src=”https://www.youtube.com/embed/1olHw2AtDxs” title=”YouTube video player” frameborder=”0″ allow=”accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture” allowfullscreen></iframe>
