Singer, songwriter, and producer Rosie Lowe has triumphantly marked her musical return with a new single and accompanying video, ‘Mood To Make Love’. This release showcases Lowe’s evolution as an artist and serves as her first solo endeavour since 2021’s Now, You Know, a collection of self-produced demos, and her collaborative album Son with longtime friend Duval Timothy.
The self-produced ‘Mood To Make Love’ presents a captivating blend of soulful melodies, intricate rhythms, and delicate vocal work, crafted with Lowe’s signature minimalist finesse. The song invites listeners on an intimate journey, exploring themes of desire, self-worth, and human connection. Lowe explains, “‘Mood To Make Love’ was written on a warm evening in Spain and we wanted it to sound like our surroundings. It is a moment of self love and an acknowledgment of what I have to offer my partner.”
Accompanying the release is a visually stunning music video, directed by Lowe’s brother, Louis Hemming-Lowe. The video offers viewers a cinematic experience with its striking cinematography, raw emotive performance, and surreal elements. Lowe shares, “I knew I wanted to keep the team small and work with people I know, trust and love, so I decided to collaborate with my big brother, a director, on the music videos. We wanted the visuals to feel much like a dream sequence. We shot it on a very cold January morning on a small rowing boat on a river in Devon, and somehow lucked out with the one sunny day we got in January!”
Louis Hemming-Lowe adds, “I wanted to create an abstract, fantasy feel with hand-drawn animation elements and dream sequence symbolic connectivity. Themes of nostalgia, looking back, looking forward, time and repetition, the reliving of episodes and memories, beginning and ending, life and death. I wanted the viewer to do the work to figure these out, much like waking up from a dream and trying to decipher the meaning.”
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Rosie Lowe debuted with her EP Right Thing in 2013 and has since established herself as one of British music’s most distinctive artists, effortlessly weaving R&B beats, experimental electronica, and jazz introspection. Her debut album Control in 2016 and its 2019 follow-up YU received critical acclaim and support from major publications and radio stations. Collaborations with artists like Jay Electronica, Little Simz, Machinedrum, and Lil Silva have further highlighted her unique vocal talent.
Now independently signed with Blue Flowers since 2020, Lowe is enjoying a renewed sense of creative freedom. Fans can expect more music from Rosie Lowe in the coming months.
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