NEW MUSIC: JASMINE THOMPSON & CALUM SCOTT | LOVE IS JUST A WORD

Jasmine Thompson and Calum Scott have teamed up for the new piano ballad “Love Is Just a Word.” The two singers co-wrote the track with Jon Maguire, and Jackson Ducasse directed the official music video. “I went to Wales to work with the producer Jon Maguire, and I remember having the opening lyric in my head,” Jasmine said in a statement. “We spent two days working together and managed to make something we were both super proud of. A few months after the session, totally out of the blue, Jon messaged me with an updated version, including Calum! It was so magical hearing his voice on it, and I felt so honoured that he wanted to be a part of the song – it immediately felt like the missing link. We had such a laugh; I couldn’t keep a straight face while recording; Jon had to stick us in separate rooms, but that voice… magical. The song was inspired by slow dancing around my kitchen during the lockdown, and it felt like I was hearing these love songs from my childhood with fresh ears, and I really wanted to capture how they made me feel.” Calum added, “My producer and I were about to sit down and finish a song that we had written for my album when he mentioned a demo he wanted to play me that he had written with Jasmine. As a big fan of her work already, we sat and listened and as soon as the demo ended, I told him I wanted to help them finish it and be part of it somehow! I love the simplicity of the lyrics but using iconic love songs to imagine how they would be without the key ingredient of love was what really pulled me in. I’m a huge fan of Jasmine’s voice, her songwriting and her energy, so to not only to work but to duet with her has been truly amazing.”