Teddy Swims
Armin van Buuren, Matoma and Teddy Swims Team Up for Dance-Pop Track, “Easy to Love”
A new year calls for new music, and Armin van Buuren is wasting no time. The Dutch trance icon has released his first new single of 2023, joining forces with Matoma and Teddy Swims for “Easy to Love.” The three chart-topping artists stun in this high-profile collab, melding each of their respective styles together to offer fans a feelsy dance-pop track. Matoma and van Buuren’s atmospheric production wraps around Swims’ rich vocals, resonating a hopeful message for anyone who has easily fallen in love. Celebrating the track’s release on Instagram, Matoma shared a heartwarming video of the moment he proposed to his fiancée, Maren. “I’m over the moon with this new collaboration,” van Buuren said in a press statement. “Working with other arti...
Teddy Swims, Beauty School Dropout Turned Viral Soul Singer, Visits the Lipps Podcast
This week on SPIN Presents Lipps Service, host Scott Lipps spoke with the viral crossover R&B-soul singer Teddy Swims, two weeks after Lipps broadcast his cover of Journey’s “Don’t Stop Believin’” on the podcast (Neal Schon gave his stamp of approval.) Swims talked about how growing up in Georgia and listening to Al Green inspired him to embark on a career in soul music. Swims also talked about deviating into the world of hair: Swims went to beauty school and also played in hair metal cover bands. Now, he’s got upwards of 440 million views on YouTube and millions of followers. On the last episode, Lipps spoke with Taylor Goldsmith, the singer of indie rock band Dawes, ahead of the band’s eighth studio album, Misadventures Of Doomscroller. In a wide-ranging conversation, Goldsmith...
ILLENIUM and Teddy Swims Unveil Pensive Collab, “All That Really Matters”: Watch the Music Video
There’s no doubt longtime fans of ILLENIUM will feel at home listening to his new single. With its melancholic keys, resonant drum hits and pitched vocal chops, the track, “All That Really Matters,” has all the hallmarks of a signature ILLENIUM anthem. And a stentorian Teddy Swims delivers a typically stunning vocal performance, retrospectively offering sage advice to a younger version of himself. Swims’ visceral lyricism cuts deep through ILLENIUM’s poignant future bass production like a hot knife through butter. “Learning how to live when there’s no one around,” he croons, “is like learning how to feel when the drugs run out.” Check out the official “All That Really Matters” music video belo...
