Who? Danish singer and songwriter Søren Emil Lunøe Schiødt.
That’s a whole lot of name AND a whole lot of ‘ø’. That might be why he’s abbreviated his artist name to the much more roll-off-the-tongue Soels. Yesterday he released his debut single – ‘Free’.
What’s it like? Sort of like three songs merged into one, tonally speaking. An almost spoken-word verse gives way to a rousing bridge, before we finally get a chorus that is nothing short of timeless in its melodic composition. And then in the final 30 seconds or so, the song plays out in yet another form – a romantic extension of everything that has come before it. It took us a minute to get our head around it, but we love it. It’s quite brilliant.
Written by? Soels himself, along with Emil Lei.
You can find ‘Free’ on our Best New Pop playlist.
