ArrDee talks teaming up with Cat Burns for surprising new single Home From My Heart: "This year is about proving my integrity, credibility and longevity"
09.03.2023 - 22:33
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ArrDee has been thinking a lot lately about longevity.
The Brighton native - real name Riley Davies - has been on an unstoppable ascent since 2021 became his big breakout year, with with three UK Top 10 singles taking him from husting teenager to one of the biggest rising stars in the UK.
Since then, ArrDee has released his first mixtape, Pier Pressure (which peaked at Number 2 on the Official Albums Chart) and is in the stages of preparing his debut album too.
The first taste of that comes with Home For My Heart, his surprising acoustic-led new single which features vocals from BRIT nominated singer-songwriter Cat Burns, a tender dedication to ArrDee's rise to fame and his attemps to lay down roots somewhere he can call his own.
It's a change in pace for ArrDee, but one that he's been looking to make for a while, no longer focused on churning out the hits, but building something that really matters.
"I was having a conversation with a producer," ArrDee tells us over Zoom from his Brighton home, "who said his biggest idea of success is if a man makes a mixtape for his girlfriend and puts one of his songs on there, because it means something to the guy."
Watch the stirring video for ArrDee and Cat Burns' Home From My Heart now
It's 100% a change in tempo and, like you said, a change in production, a change in style. But also...I keep saying change. I don't like to label it change. It's more like a dive, an exploration into the depths of my artistry and musicality.
Again, I've never - from any age - wanted to put myself into a bracket. Like, I don't just do drill or TikTok music, the same way my playlists [that I listen] ain't just rap, it's rock and drum and bass and house. I've got a varied taste in music. This year