Dave releases first song of 2022, ‘Starlight’
The rapper's first new music since 'We’re All Alone In This Together'
Dave has shared a self-produced new song called ‘Starlight’ that hears him rap over a hummed rendition of the 1954 classic ‘Fly Me to the Moon’ – listen below.
It’s Dave‘s first new music of the year and follows the release of his second album ‘We’re All Alone In This Together’ in 2021.
The single comes with a music video by directed by Dave and Nathan Tettey, which places the rapper in an apartment living space, a catwalk and various colourfully lit studio spaces.
At the chorus, Dave raps: “It’s hard to hate on the truth I’m living/ Enough man hate with the lies instead/ Counting cash with the phone to my ear/ I feel like Meek on the private jet/ Life or death, five-five, eyes, thighs, potential wifey/ Industry, respected highly, in the street, protected.”
The news follows Dave paying tribute to Jamal Edwards earlier this week (February 28). SB.TV founder Edwards passed away from a “sudden illness” last month. He helped launch the career of many huge UK stars including Dave.
“Jamal Edwards is the reason I’m standing in front of you guys here today,” Dave told the crowd at The 02 in London during one of his tour stops. “There’s so many different emotions that all of us feel – all of us that were so connected to him in so many different ways.
“We all have a different experience to him, but we all have so many things in common with the experience. And he’s one person in the world that just wanted to help, that just wanted to see every single person that he touched shine,” he added.
Going on to discuss how Edwards paid for Dave’s earliest music videos as he couldn’t afford to produce them himself, the rapper said: “He gave me an opportunity when no-one would,” and paid for the videos “out of the love and kindness of his heart”.
“Every single thing that I have today – we have today – we owe to Jamal Edwards… I want to say I’m so, so, so grateful for you, brother. Jamal, I love you, I love you, I love you.”
Meanwhile, Dave has been booked to play this year’s expanded Wireless Festival with other headline sets coming from Tyler, The Creator, Cardi B, A$AP Rocky, SZA, Nicki Minaj and J. Cole.