(CBS) Gavin DeGraw released his third studio album, “Sweeter,” just last September, but already the singer-songwriter is plotting his next release.
“We went through some ideas and a few minutes later, we had the chorus written,” DeGraw said.
“We found that theme that people can relate to,” DeGraw said referring to “Not Over You,” a song about love and relationships. “We really felt like we had the right spark for the flame.”
And the spark worked.
“We played it for a couple of people and they freaked out,” DeGraw recalled about introducing the demo to music execs.
DeGraw is now looking to the next single – possibly the title track, a song he thinks is a good representation of the entire album. With its throwback yet modern vibe, DeGraw strove for something a little sexier with the song.
“You want something that’s kind of sexy, but as a man, you don’t want it to be like wimpy-sexy,” he said. “You want it to be tough-sexy. I’m trying to find that fine line.”
But it’s not that DeGraw hasn’t tackled “sexy” before.
“I was always making songs that were pretty intimate,” he said. “There were a few songs that I think kind of had that — ‘In Love With a Girl’ but I wanted to go a little bit further.”
Regardless of what kind of vibe the song has, DeGraw’s music is always personal.
“Every time you write a song, you try to think about a chapter in your life or the story of a buddy of yours told you,” he said.
DeGraw is currently playing the new material for fans in concert, recently wrapping up a European tour and now gearing up for another U.S. leg, set to kick off March 8 in Lexington, Ky. While on the road (and off), 평창출장업소 DeGraw hopes to keep the good vibes going.
“I feel like I’m really hitting my stride on this one and I don’t want to miss a step on the next record,” he said. “I really want to set this thing up correctly again if I can.”
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