Stop This Flame

Celeste Waite was born in Culver City, California, to a British mother and a Jamaican-American father. Following her parents' separation, she moved to England at the age of three and grew up In Brighton. Celeste began writing songs as a teenager. After being discovered by a manager at 16, he arranged studio sessions for her at Sarm West Studios in Notting Hill. She then signed to Lily Allen's Bank Holiday Records and released her debut single, "Daydreaming," in October 2016. The young soul singer signed to Polydor Records in 2018 after catching the attention of Michael Kiwanuka; she supported the singer-songwriter on tour across Europe the following year. In late 2019, Celeste received the Brits' Rising Star Award, previously the Critics' Choice gong. (Previous winners include Adele, Florence + The Machine, Ellie Goulding and Sam Smith). She also won BBC Music's prestigious Sound of 2020 poll.

This euphoric piano-driven stomper finds Celeste crooning about her unwavering love for some person or some dream. "In essence, 'Stop This Flame' is a song about seeing it through to the end," she explained. "Whether it's about not letting go of love, not letting go of a dream or stridently coming through some form of adversity. The song has always evoked those feelings within me."

Celeste wrote the song with Los Angeles-based songwriter Jamie Hartman, whose other credits include Rag'n'Bone Man's "Human" and Lewis Capaldi's "Hold Me While You Wait." Hartman also produced the track with John Hill (Shakira, Kesha).