

Meanwhile Louisa Johnson is an X-Factor winner and so comes from the school of singing whereby she injects as many syllables into each line as possible. Through music, he finds strength going through heartbreak and loss. Clean Bandit are known for their classically influenced, precise and multi-layered instrumentals: there’s a lot going on in Clean Bandit’s music and it’s always very tightly controlled. The conductor leads the symphony orchestra that we (Clean Bandit and Zara) are part of. Member Neil Amin-Smith left the band in October 2016. "The video tells the tragic story of a conductor who loses his boyfriend in a bicycle crash. Clean Bandit are a pop/classical fusion group made up of Grace Chatto, Jack Patterson and Luke Patterson. Actually, we played there in orchestras as teenagers but it is amazing to return with our own band and our own song!
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We started by using the song's title as inspiration for the back story and location, which allowed us to fulfil a life long dream to perform at The Royal Festival Hall with a full orchestra. For the video we wanted to create something beautiful and moving. Clean Bandit remix of olivertree is out now Link in Four years You can drive all night, drive all night Take a look behind the curtain. On the video, the band's Grace Chatto explained: "'Symphony' is an emotional banger. But by relying on individual hits rather than a cohesive artistic vision, their place in the pop firmament may prove more tenuous than it appears.If you hadn't heard, Clean Bandit dropped their brand new single 'Symphony' today featuring Zara Larsson, along with an emotional music video to boot. Clearly, the Clean Bandit method still work when it comes to gargantuan sales.

Melodies are frequently forced and characterless, and many songs possess an almost computer-generated quality: either riddled with counterintuitive combinations (Sean Paul singing about the sacrifices of single mothers on mega-hit Rockabye) or resembling other people’s work (the unbearably twee We Were Just Kids is steeped in Ed Sheeran-style nostalgia the lyrics of Out at Night resemble a poor man’s Nice for What). Identifying tangible reasons behind Clean Bandit’s ascent is necessary because their songs aren’t impressive enough to account for their mind-blowing stats. Each track sports at least one starry guest, be it Demi Lovato or Craig David – something that happens to be a reliable indicator of chart success ( collaborations make up around one-third of hit songs).


It also sees the band continue their teamwork-based approach to music-making. While their 2014 debut, New Eyes, was built around pop-house and string-section flourishes, What Is Love? draws opportunistically on more recent chart trends, namely Latin pop and diluted dancehall. Still, hearing these songs side by side does helpfully expose some of Clean Bandit’s methods. This second album has already spawned five singles, including three No 1s. But thats what one expects from Clean Bandit. Despite using the word 'symphony' eight times, 'Symphony' has got a strong dance beat and heavy synth, and sounds custom made for the club. In fact, these pop poindexters are so adept at producing standalone hits that releasing an album feels like a formality. Clean Bandit, who has been touring with Zara Larsson, just released a new soon-to-be-hit single with the singer.
