Wild Love

The first single to be released from James Bay's second album Electric Light is a futuristic synth-based track, which is a world away from the guitar driven sound that largely characterised his debut record. The singer co-wrote and co-produced the track with his longtime friend and collaborator Jon Green (Chaos and the Calm's "When We Were on Fire") and brought Paul Epworth (Adele's "Rolling In The Deep" and "Skyfall") in to add final production elements. "It definitely takes it to a new place. I've got a new look, a new sound. I just fancied a new chapter," Bay told NME. "There are moments on the album that sort of 'bridge' from The Chaos And The Calm to the new album, but the best way I could put it is that I've been listening to other stuff. I got deep into Frank Ocean, LCD Soundsystem, Chance The Rapper, a load of David Bowie, Lorde."

So why did Bay chose this song to lead his sophomore album. He explained to Billboard: "'Wild Love' just felt like a great sort of reintroduction to myself as an artist. There was a big handful of options, and I like how that song's not desperate for attention, but it gets it - I think it deserves it. It doesn't take much time to get into. I suppose what I'm trying to say is, it absolutely has an immediacy."

Bay explained the song's meaning: "'Wild Love' is about the experience of falling for someone. Something you can feel immediately when you meet them for the first time, or which rekindles throughout a relationship. It's also about yearning for someone - whether that's the person you can't keep your eyes off across the room or, in my experience, the person you don't stop thinking about wherever you are in the world."