“Pink Lemonade” by James Bay

"Pink Lemonade" was the second single from Electric Light, James Bay's 2018 second album, and Republic put it out that March. Bay wrote it with Jon Green and the two produced it together, with Paul Epworth adding extra production plus synths, keys and finger snaps. It's strutting dance-rock with a crowded stage: Bay on everything from baritone guitar to handclaps, Davide Rossi on strings, three brass players, and the Capital Children's Choir piling on. Tom Elmhirst mixed it.

Bay has said a theme of escape runs through the song, and Phil Andelman's video plays it out, with Bay as an astronaut stuck on Earth, sneaking into a garage at night to build a rocket that turns out to be a silver cardboard box with a young Bay inside. He took it to Late Night with Seth Meyers in April.

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