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LA-based Jay Som – aka Melina Duterte – has shared brand new single “Tenderness”. The track is taken from her forthcoming second album Anak Ko which will be released on August 23rd 2019. Pre-order the album HERE and watch the video for Tenderness, directed by Weird Life, below.

The slow-burning highlight “Tenderness” begins minimally, like a slightly muffled phone call, before flowering into a bright, jazzy earworm. Duterte calls it “a feel-good, funky, kind of sexy song” in part about “the curse of social media” and how it complicates relationships. “That’s definitely about scrolling on your phone and seeing a person and it just haunts you, you can’t escape it.”

“I have a weird relationship to social media and how people perceive me—as this person that has a platform, as a solo artist, and this marginalized person. That was really getting to me. I wanted to express those emotions, but I felt stifled. I feel like a lot of the themes of the songs stemmed from bottled up emotions, frustration with yourself, and acceptance.”

Jay Som will tour the UK and Europe in November, which includes a London show at The Garage. Tickets for all shows HERE.

Very happy to announce that we are now working with Jay Som – aka Melina Duterte. Her new album ‘Anak Ko’, pronounced Ah-nuhk Koh, and meaning “my child” in Tagalog will be released on August 23rd 2019.  See releases for album art and tracklisting, and pre-order and pre-save the album HERE.

To celebrate the release, Jay Som shares subtly explosive lead single “Superbike”, where Duterte aimed for the genius combination of “Cocteau Twins and Alanis Morissette”—“letting loose,” she says, over swirling shoe gaze

In addition, Jay Som announces a UK and European headline tour in November, which includes a London show at The Garage. Tickets for all shows HERE.