Years And Years And MNEK Unveil Video For Valentino Collaboration
Thursday, 14 February 2019
Written by Jon Stickler
Years and Years have today shared a new song, appropriately named Valentino.
The flamenco-inspired track comes with a video, which finds longtime friends Olly Alexander and Uzo Emenike embarking on an anti-Valentine's mission while dragging past lovers. It was shot by the pair with Jordan Rossi in Stockholm, Sweden during a stop on the synth-pop band's European tour. On creating Valentino, which the pair wrote together, Alexander said:
"Uzo and I were inspired to write a song about the many fuck boys who have done us dirty. I'm lucky to have a friend like Uzo - somebody I talk to when I’m upset about a boy and working together was basically an extension of us hanging out. I've known Uzo for a while now and I’m just in awe of his talent. I hope the lyrics connect with people regardless of their sexuality - we all know a Valentino - but I am so proud of this song for how unashamedly gay it is. Two men singing about a boy is still disappointingly uncommon so it makes me very happy to be putting this song out with MNEK."
MNEK added:
"Olly has become a really good friend of mine, so I had the best time not only producing this record but also writing and singing it with him. He invited me to perform the song with him on a few stops of the Years and Years' tour last year which was amazing. He texted me a few days ago saying, "we need to put Valentino out on Valentine’s Day" so of course I said, "let's go!""
Years and Years released their sophomore album, 'Palo Santo', last October. MNEK, meanwhile, put out his debut album, 'Language', in Sepember.
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