Out this Friday.

 

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It looks like it's Whitney Houston?

 

I assume it will heavily sample one of her old songs rather than new material.

 

(Though it could be Shirley Bassey)

Edited June 25, 20196 yr by WhoOdyssey

oh yes, that smile (and these letters below their photos too)

i guess the end of the title is 'love' and the beginning seems like 'magic'

We'll see, I'm not that excited but who knows.

Lots of the comments on his Insta thinks it looks like Camilla Cabello :lol:

The letters as well make it fairly obvious that it's Whitney. Should be interesting.

Surely it's gotta be Shirley?

Features Whitney Houston :o it’s called Higher Love

Whitney actually did a dance-pop cover of the Steve Winwood song of the same name (but it was only a Japanese bonus track or something like that on I'm Your Baby Tonight), I wonder if Kygo will be sampling/reworking that?

I believe it is that 'Higher Love'.

 

Interesting to see Kygo reworking a Whitney song anyhow. He did a great job with Marvin Gaye 'Sexual Healing' (to name another old song he reworked) so I'm sure I'll like the sound of this too.

must be based on this

 

preview--- https://music.apple.com/nz/album/higher-lov...ngle/1469941839

 

 

Edited June 27, 20196 yr by JOTA

Not massively impressed with this - very generic for Kygo (even by his standards). And I'm not familiar with the original, so I can't compare it to that.

Ooooh liking this a lot!

this is very nice, love Whitney's vocals

 

I never really liked the Steve Winwood original, but then one of my favourite indie singer-songwriters James Vincent McMorrow did an amazing cover, which made me appreciate the song much more

what a TUNE! :wub:

I kinda wish it was just an all out disco-club banger instead. I just feel Kygo's sound atm is so dated and those "drops" just don't do much anymore. It's just boring.

 

I love that he's given us a new Whitney track though :wub: I enjoy this a lot until the drop. Gahhh.

must be based on this

 

Wait, this is kinda what I had imagined (except more disco-y) :lol:

Not feeling this at all.

Lemme get on board with y'all moaning about Kygo's sound getting boring quite quickly.

I loooove this, probbaly just because it's Whitney but it suits her so well! These soaring diva voices tend to go so well with dance music and this is no different, it is pretty much the same Kygo but it's perfect for summer just in time :wub: