Dappy teams up with Queen guitarist Brian May for this track, which was written and produced by the N-Dubz member with TMS. May previously described Dappy's debut solo single, "No Regrets" as one of his "favourite modern songs." The single was released on February 26, 2012.
TMS are a London-based songwriting and record production team composed of Tom 'Froe' Barnes, Ben Kohn and Peter 'Merf' Kelleher. Their name derives from a local graffiti crew and the acronym has various meanings. Their other credits include "No Regrets" and Professor Green's chart-topper "Read All About It."
Lyrically, "Rockstar" is about the so-called 27 Club, a notional union of popular musicians who all died at the age of 27. The members include Robert Johnson, Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison, Kurt Cobain and Amy Winehouse. "It's all about paying homage to the 27 Club and amazing artists such as Amy Winehouse," said Dappy. "It's a song about people getting to their lowest but it talks about turning a negative into a positive."
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