Teddy Swims - Tough Love (CD)

Facts 2022 EP begins with the cinematic opener "L.I.F.E." Between sweeping atmospherics and stark piano, his voice echoes with the reminder, "That's just life... nobody said it would be easy." Written by songwriting powerhouses Poo Bear [Justin Bieber, Usher] and John Ryan [Maroon 5, John Legend], the track brought the best out of Teddy. "I knew I had try to sing that song better than anybody else could, so Poo and John would give it to me," he laughs. Co-written with Wrabel [P!nk, Ke$ha] and Ian Kirkpatrick [Nick Jonas, Selena Gomez], acoustic guitar, twinkling keys, and gospel harmonies underline "Will It Find Me" as he delivers a towering vocal performance. "I wrote it three years ago in the bathroom of my house where the acoustics sounded descent," he recalls. "We built this beautiful song around a shitty little bathroom voice memo."