“I love the idea of being part of a team, that you have to show up for each other, and from there you can create an even deeper connection,” Sampha says of the tender record
Romy and Sampha lead with open hearts and open arms on their collaborative single, “I’m On Your Side.” The downbeat, tender record arrives alongside a live performance video filmed at Young Space in London. With Sampha on piano, the pair of musicians deliver an emotional declaration of affection.
“I love the idea of being part of a team, that you have to show up for each other, and from there you can create an even deeper connection,” Sampha shared in a statement. The record acknowledges the non-linear nature of love. “I know it gets hard/We both know we’re still learning/Let your troubles out/They will never be a burden,” they sing. “You put your trust in me/I’ll show you I deserve it/All I ever need/Is right under your surface.”
Romy described the record in a statement, sharing: “It’s a love song but lyrically, it’s honest and truthful. Like ‘we’ve had the magic and dreaminess but now we’ve been through things together, so here we are and I’m putting in the work.’” At the close of the song, they sing: “Listen to me/There’s something I’ve not told you/I’m on your team/But I can’t always coach you/There’s no in-between/I want the truth only/Could you love me wholly/I know it gets hard/We both know we’re still learning.”
“I’m On Your Side” appears in the recently released John Crowley film We Live in Time, starring Andrew Garfield and Florence Pugh. The time-jumping film follows Garfield and Pugh as a profoundly human and emotional couple navigating parenthood, terminal illness, and their defining love languages.
“I think we managed to find a comfort and a kind of ease with each other. It was sad when it was over, because we had to let that kind of imagined, created relationship go,” Garfield recently told Rolling Stone. “Because look: It’s a weird job, what we do. The closeness that you get to cultivate with another human being as a creative collaborator is profound, if you’re lucky enough to be connected to someone that wants the same things that you want, actually pushes you further than you thought you would go, and vice versa.”
