Lo Lauren Shares New Single ‘Raw’
Following the success of her debut single Just Friends, London-based singer and songwriter Lo Lauren is back with her sophomore single Raw, a captivating song that looks at the gut-wrenching feeling of losing the spark with someone.
Raw was written entirely by Lo in lockdown and the process of finishing the song even saw Lo having to build her own homemade vocal booth; the result was “quite literally the RAWest song I’ve ever written”, says Lo. Receiving vocal production from Cam Poole (Dua, Anne Marie etc), the rest of the track was produced by wenyoukno.
I am really enjoying how Raw is quite a relatable song, talking about losing that spark with someone and wishing things would go back to the way they were. This honest story is wrapped around a polished electro-pop production packed with hard-hitting drums and an overall laid-back atmosphere. I am also loving how Lo Lauren's vocals flow beautifully over the infectious melodies and perfectly convey the emotion of her storytelling. This is one of those songs perfect for those days home alone with one's thoughts or for those relaxing weekends by the beach. Check it out below!
Speaking of the writing process, Lo said:
I first started writing Raw in my bedroom at the start of lockdown...I had already spent a couple of weeks confined to my 4 walls and was feeling myself getting unhealthily addicted to my phone and the internet. I started singing ‘let's be raw’ I suppose as an internal cry for normality...I really liked the simplicity of the chorus and so I fleshed out the rest of the song conceptually so that it related to another, broader situation I had been through.The concept grew into essentially being a song about; you're in a relationship, things have got stale and you wanna get back that magic that you had at the start. I think a lot of people go through that and I definitely have been through it in past relationships I had, so it felt quite cathartic and honest to write about it.