Tim: A voice you’ll recognise, but likely not the name, as John was the guy that did the voices for, amongst others, Don’t You Worry Child, Save the World and Children of the Sun.
Tom: I know it’s all to do with contracts, rights, and agent negotiations, but I do feel like the vocalists should get more credit. That said: it’s not like the songwriters or producers have credit on this one.
Tim: The dance music influence seems to have paid off, and now he’s doing his own stuff. Like this.
Tom: Crikey. It’s a bit like the Swedish House Mafia didn’t split up.
Tim: And yeah – that dance music influence really did pay off, as this is, by and large, very similar to previous Swedish House Mafia tracks, and that’s a huge compliment. We’ve said in the past that he has a talent for putting hefty amounts to emotion into what’s basically just yelling and trying to be heard, and that’s as true here as it’s ever been. The production underneath: as brilliant as when he was singing on top of other people’s production – like you say, it’s like Swedish House Mafia never split up.
Tom: Perhaps he’ll manage what Ester Dean didn’t, at least so far. That’s a long article, by the way, but entirely worth the read.
Tim: This is a fantastic dance track and deserves to go huge; he just has to overcome the unfortunate fact that ‘John Martin’ is a remarkably dull name to have. Blimey, just imagine only having two first names to go by.
Tom: Thanks for that, Tim.