Zak Abel, currently putting the finishing touches to his forthcoming album for new label BMG, has teased what is to come with brand new single What Love Is – listen here.
Laced with soul and funk, What Love Is rings in a new musical era for Zak Abel. Lyrically laying bare the 27-year-old’s vulnerabilities, the track was co-written with Brendan Grieve (Sam Smith) & long-time collaborator Connor Blake (Dermot Kennedy), with Zak laying down vocals in the confines of his South West London bedroom. Nathan Duvall of Disciples (Calvin Harris) heads up the production and it was mixed by Mark Ralph (Years & Years, Becky Hill, Rudimental).
Zak explains; “The song is about trying, even though you’ve been hurt before, or let down and your confidence may be a little bit low, putting yourself out there to try and find love – whatever that means for you.”
The track also arrives ahead of Zak’s big UK & EU headline tour that kicks off in Stockholm at the end of April, and will also see a date in the capital on May 23rd at Brixton Electric. He will perform at the Brudenell Social Club in Leeds on May 29th. – tickets here.