Love Bites (Nelly Furtado song)

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"Love Bites"
Single by Nelly Furtado, Tove Lo and SG Lewis
ReleasedMay 22, 2024 (2024-05-22)
GenreDance-pop[1]
Length2:48
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)
  • SG Lewis
Nelly Furtado singles chronology
"Gala y Dalí"
(2024)
"Love Bites"
(2024)
Tove Lo singles chronology
"Elevator Eyes"
(2023)
"Love Bites"
(2024)
SG Lewis singles chronology
"Simple Times"
(2024)
"Love Bites"
(2024)
Official visualizer
"Love Bites" on YouTube

"Love Bites" is a song by Canadian singer-songwriter Nelly Furtado from her upcoming seventh studio album. The song features Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo and British record producer SG Lewis. It was released on May 22, 2024, through Nelstar Entertainment and 21 Entertainment Group. It was written by Furtado, Tove Lo and SG Lewis, and produced by Lewis.

Background and composition[edit]

After a 5-year performing hiatus, Furtado performed at Beyond The Valley festival in Australia on December 31, 2022. There, she met SG Lewis, another performer at the festival, whom she invited to sing "All Good Things (Come to an End)" live with her.[2] After the festival, Furtado met up in the studio with Lewis and Tove Lo, and had this song that needed a chorus. As Furtado states, Lo brought them the chorus, "and all these catchy things, because she's Tove Lo. She's really special and her voice blew me away in the studio. She sounds like an actual angel", Furtado adds.[3]

Musically, the song has been described as a "flirtatious, club-ready dance-pop banger"[1] and like a "sultry dance anthem" that channels the energy and escapism of dance floors and live DJ sets that sparked Furtado's inspiration. "I felt called back to music from the DJ community," she said in a press release, "DJs were remixing my songs at concerts, clubs, and on social media, and I realized how much people like to dance and escape to my music. It's the healthiest vice you can have, and I love the opportunity to write music that lets people escape more than anything."[4]

It is also the first release from Tove Lo since releasing the Extended Cut of her album, Dirt Femme last year, on which Lewis produced two songs. "We just really click. I just love writing with him," Lo said about working with Lewis ahead of Dirt Femme's release.[4] Lo and Lewis have also been working on an upcoming collab EP together.[5]

The artist trio had been teasing the release of "Love Bites" for several weeks on social media, sharing snippets of the track.

Personnel[edit]

Credits adapted from Apple Music.[6]

  • Nelly Furtado – vocals, songwriter
  • Tove Lo – vocals, songwriter
  • SG Lewis – songwriter, bass, keyboards, violin, drums, producer, recording engineer
  • Anthony Yordanov - recording engineer
  • Mamic Itoua - recording engineer
  • Manny Marroquin - mixing engineer
  • Chris Gehringer - mastering engineer


References[edit]

  1. ^ a b "Nelly Furtado Teams Up With Tove Lo And SG Lewis For New Single Love Bites". Stereoboard.com. May 23, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  2. ^ Paul, Larisha. "Nelly Furtado Picks Up Where She Left Off With First Hit-Packed Performance in Five Years". Yahoo!. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  3. ^ Summers, Joan. "How Nelly Furtado Fell In Love With Music Again". Papermag. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Mier, Tomás. "Nelly Furtado's New Song With Tove Lo and SG Lewis Is a Dancefloor 'Escape'". Rolling Stones. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  5. ^ "SG Lewis Talks Upcoming Collab EP with Tove Lo, Launching A New Label & The Success of Fred Again". Dailymotion. Retrieved May 26, 2024.
  6. ^ "Credits / Gala y Dalí / Nelly Furtado". Apple Music. May 22, 2024. Retrieved May 26, 2024.