Jessie Ware has spoken to NME about her new single ‘Ride’, describing it as “confident and sassy”. Listen and watch the video interview beneath.
The dancefloor-ready tune was launched final Friday (February 20) because the second preview of the London artist’s sixth album ‘Superbloom’ (out April 10). It adopted final month’s ‘I Could Get Used To This’.
‘Ride’ begins with a glowing synth interpolation of the enduring theme from the basic spaghetti Western movie The Good, The Bad And The Ugly (1966) earlier than snapping right into a pulsing, electro-tinged verse.
“Hey, I like the way you move on the dancefloor,” Ware sings within the hypnotic reduce, after demanding: “Come be my cowboy, baby, come, let’s ride.” The observe then opens up right into a joyous refrain, with the singer declaring: “Ooh, come on and ride my love/ Giddy up, giddy up, giddy up.”
Speaking to NME about ‘Ride’, she defined: “This track was written with the intention to simply be on the dancefloor. We had been simply having enjoyable.
“I think I talked about a cowboy in the first verse, so then I started whistling Ennio Morricone’s famous The Good, The Bad And The Ugly theme tune over this kind of Italo house beat.”
Ware continued: “[The song] was built around that moment, and there’s a whip in there and galloping hooves.”
She went on to say that she’d solely performed ‘Ride’ twice for followers, however had “been teasing it for like two years”. Ware thought she would launch the studio model “much earlier”, earlier than deciding to carry off.
“It’s the most kind of dancey song, I think, on the new record,” she continued. “People have been asking for this song, so now it is time for them to get it. I’m really proud of it.”
Ware then described ‘Ride’ as “a fun song”, including: “It’s confident and it’s sassy, and the Morricone estate okayed it – which I feel is a really good seal of approval.” Check out the video interview right here:
In a separate assertion, Ware mentioned: “‘Ride’ was the primary track I wrote for this file. I made it in 2024 with my finest pal Jack Peñate and Karma Kid, who function all through the album.
“It’s a song for the clubs, for the dancefloor – fun, cinematic, cheeky and powerful. I first performed it at NYC Downlow at Glastonbury after headlining West Holts, and I’ve been waiting two years to finally put it out. I know others have been waiting too… So here it is. You’re welcome.”
The forthcoming ‘Superbloom’ serves because the follow-up to 2023’s ‘That! Feels Good!’. It finds Ware in a “glittering rush of Studio 54-inflected groove-pop”, and “explores our shared craving for touch, pleasure, intimacy and connection”.
Ware defined: “Since [2020’s] ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, I’ve been attempting out this fantasy world and escapism. I’m not probably the most by-the-book ‘pop star’, however I do prefer to play with dress-up, glamour and enjoyable.
“While I love dance music, I wanted to dig deeper with this record; to connect with real relationships and appreciate the love I have, and the fears I have of losing it.”
She labored on ‘Superbloom’ with James Ford, in addition to Barney Lister, Karma Kid, Jon Shave (Charli XCX) and Stuart Price (Madonna, Pet Shop Boys), whereas Ben Baptie (Sault, Little Simz, Adele) blended the album.
‘That! Feels Good!’ earned Ware her second Mercury Prize nomination, having beforehand been shortlisted for her debut ‘Devotion’ (2012). The former peaked at Number Three on the Official UK Albums Chart, and marked her highest-ever entry on the US Top Album Sales chart.
