“Say you love me to my face, I need it more than your embrace/ Just say you want me, that’s all it takes,” she sings gingerly, her delicate croon often only backed by a lonesome guitar and a softly crackling beat. Premiered today on Zane Lowe’s BBC Radio 1 program, the BenZel-produced number reads like one of Ware’s very best, a straightforward pop ballad that feels big and radio-ready, yet never once sacrifices her sophisticated sense of poise and sentimentality. But it perhaps is most evident in her latest single, “Say You Love Me”, which was co-written with Ed Sheeran in New York City. The UK songstress recently revealed that she feels “more confident” this time around that new-found self-assurance is certainly felt in songs like “Champagne Kisses”, “Share It All”, and the album’s elegant title track. However, with Ware’s forthcoming sophomore record, Tough Love, I feel that’s all about to change. The same went for the rest of her debut album Devotion - as a whole, the LP was excellent, but its songs didn’t draw the kind of widespread, mainstream appeal that her former PMR label mates Sam Smith and Disclosure have been enjoying as of late. While it gained some commercial traction and helped her emerge as a true solo artist after years spent providing vocals for SBTRKT and Sampha, it never quite hit the charts as hard as I thought it would. Upon first hearing “Wildest Moments” in 2012, I was convinced it would be Jessie Ware’s breakthrough pop single.
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