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Gallant RELEASES NEW SINGLE “SLEEP ON IT”

By Danny / August 29, 2019
GRAMMY® Award-nominated, critically acclaimed singer and songwriter Gallant unveils a new single entitled “Sleep On It.” 
 
Sonically channeling turn-of-the-century R&B, the track integrates lush acoustic guitar, a thick beat, and an enticing falsetto. Gallant goes from intimate verses into a captivating chant upheld by his smooth signature sound and a burning question, “Why don’t we sleep on it?” 

“The song is about putting aside your pride and reconciling, after butting heads in a relationship. It’s about reconciliation,” Gallant explains.
 
The single bridges eras of R&B as a perfect throwback blend combined with a future-facing sound. It also sets the stage for the arrival of his second full-length and one of the year’s most anticipated R&B offerings, Sweet Insomnia—due out in the autumn.
 
Gallant paved the way for Sweet Insomnia with previously released singles “Sharpest Edges” and “Crimes.” VMan debuted the music video for “Sharpest Edges” as the song received acclaim from The New York Times who stated, “The pleasurable payoff is in the music, harking back to the 1980s era of Michael Jackson’s vocal harmonies and Prince’s synthesizers, all sweet, glassy smoothness.” Wasting no time, “Crimes” came quickly after. Time included it among “5 Songs You Need to Listen to this Weekend” and stated, “Gallant has been following up his Grammy-nominated 2016 debut Ology with an impressive string of releases…his delivery is so slick, and the song so intimate and catchy, that it plays more like a come-on than a kiss-off.” 
 
What’s more, Gallant earned a “Video for Good”nomination at this year’s MTV VMAs for “Runaway Train” with Jamie N Commons and Skylar Grey. The award show will air on Monday, August 26th.
 
A fan of the hit cartoon series, Gallant was honored to join Chance the Rapper, Estelle, James Fauntleroy and more as a musical contributor to Steven Universe The Movie—the musical version of the Cartoon Network show due in autumn. Plus, in September, Gallant joins critically acclaimed singer/songwriter Sabrina Claudio as direct support on her US Truth Is Tour. 
 
Balancing vulnerability and vitality as well as sentimentality and seduction, Gallant proved himself to be an iconoclastic presence for R&B upon emerging in 2014. His breakout debut ‘Ology’ landed a GRAMMY® nomination for “Best Urban Contemporary Album,” hit the Top 25 of the Billboard Top 200 and incited applause from Pitchfork, The Fader The Guardian, Q, Entertainment Weekly and more.
 
Between touring with John Legend and gracing the stage at Coachella, he’s also delivered unforgettable performances on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, Later… with Jools Holland and NBC’s Today, to name a few. Impressively, the single ‘Weight In Gold’ clocked over 45 million Spotify streams and counting. With all of these accolades, he laid the foundation to make a big and bold statement with his forthcoming second offering. Gallant also made his acting debut on HBO’s Insecure. Now, he projects his vision like never before on 2019’s Sweet Insomnia [Mind of a Genius/Warner Records] introduced by singles “Sharpest Edges,” “Crimes,” and “Sleep On It.”
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