Joshua Luke Smith

Love your flow, Joshua
Tom Robinson - BBC 6 Music

Introduced to us last year with the release of his Your Beauty EP, Joshua Luke Smith's sound is one that travels across contemporary rap and acoustic pop-soul, producing a world-weary, heartfelt, relatable brand of penmanship. The man from Bath's latest release is a visual for "Carry Me", produced and directed by James Green. "Carry Me" is a song on homecoming, as Joshua explained to us via email: "Home is an identity without illusion, without the confusion of trying to be someone we are not. We all get distracted, disappointed, and at times disillusioned with who we are and where we're at but there's hope in knowing you can change direction. There's hope in knowing you can always return home." Watch the video exclusively above. - Complex

Joshua Luke Smith's latest single "Carry Me" is a personal jam that focuses on Smith's relationship with his mother and his struggle with finding an identity as he grows older. "Carry Me" uses elements of R&B, gospel, and hip-hop in a minimal format, and with lines like, "Cause beneath the peer pressure and drunken nights out, mama I just want to impress you and make you proud," "Carry Me" is able to make itself instantly relatable to those of us that have gone through, or are currently going through the confusing teenage/young adult years. The single also makes great usage of live instrumentation as well as the addition of 808 drum programming in the beginning of the song. Overall, its Smith's distinctive voice and the songs arrangement that sets it apart. Smith's low tenor, UK accent, and unorthodox flow accompanied by a gripping story told throughout the singles two verses, gives this track an ample amount of replay value. - BAEBLE MUSIC