Filipino singer-songwriter Guendoline Rome Viray Gomez has released the music video for his latest single, “I Want U“, a track that was dropped earlier this month. NME describes the video as “an intimate, cinematic new video“. The track comes from Gomez’s soon-to-be-released debut, It’s All Smiles, which is due out this Friday on the 3rd of December.
i want u (video) – out now.
filmed in manila in 2021
this one is for the nocturnals x
: paco ratertahttps://t.co/bfLJncR3gl— rome (@no_rome) November 29, 2021
NME describes the album as “Perfecting the “shoegaze R&B” that has coloured his EPs and singles … it’s a record that encourages you to submerge yourself in it, with new layers of instrumentation to discover with each listen.” The album, which has reportedly been “years in the making”, will see the rising 24-year old working with producers George Daniel (of The 1975) and BJ Burton (known for his work with the likes of Kanye West, Charli XCX and Bon Iver). Gomez describes the album’s message as being about “belonging”, with NME saying he “wants his album to break down the façades that people feel like they need to hide behind and use to pretend everything is golden“.
On working with Burton on the track, Gomez said “This is the first song me and BJ worked on – that’s when we knew we were gonna make this album together“. In a recent NME feature, Gomez noted that his artistic approach aimed for longevity above anything else, giving little consideration to what other people think. He said: “Music is like clothing now: it’s evolving every six months and there’ll be a fad where everybody’s gonna sound the same, then boom, next one. If you spend a lot of time working on it, the inspiration will show in it and it’ll have longevity. “ Hopefully this approach will come through on the new album.
“I Want U“ is the second single released from Gomez’s debut, after last month’s “When She Comes Around“. Signing with British record label Dirty Hit back in 2018, the songwriter seems to be new to the industry but rising fast. Having an NME feature focussing on (and raving about) his new release only recently, as well as working alongside artists The 1975 and Charli XCX on the single “Spinning“ last March, things seem hyped for the new release. And that won’t be all. Gomez is reportedly working on a second album already, focussing more on electronic sounds, and plans to release it shortly after his first to give it that special double album feel.
