Some people may take two weeks or a month on one song, but we knocked it out quick.”īut solidifying a concept for the song took Garrett at least a month to complete. He came up with the melody for the song while we made the beat. It’s about having a good time in the bedroom and being sensual. (”GLU”) is a nod to Prince, it’s a nod to old-school slow songs, it’s a nod to making love on records. “(Garrett) kind of helped us to get that out of the way. “I think we did that record on the first day we were in the studio,” Lil Jon said. He said he admired Garrett’s laser-focused vision in finishing the track. The melody and beat for the song were made in about an hour, according to Lil Jon. The 51-year-old producer and DJ thinks the pair has another hit on their hands with “GLU.” Lil Jon has established himself as a pioneer of crunk music while producing hits for the likes of Ciara, Pitbull and Petey Pablo. Dubbed “The Pen,” Garrett wrote chart-topping hits for artists like Beyoncé, Mary J. Lil Jon and Garrett penned and produced countless hits that defined hip-hop and R&B in the early years of this century. “GLU” marks the first time that Usher, Sean Garrett and Lil Jon have collaborated since 2004′s smash hit “ Yeah!” Lil Jon received the same request, and the pair, along with The Avila Brothers, connected in Las Vegas, where Usher has had a residency since 2021, to create the song. (Last month’s GQ profile of Usher revealed that he and Reid are working together for the first time in nearly 20 years and will start their own record label). Reid, who helped found the former Atlanta-based label LaFace Records, called him last year to work on new music for Usher. The multi-platinum hitmaker and fellow Atlanta native said legendary music executive L.A. We wanted to give him something that wasn’t predictable.” “I feel like Usher is probably one of the greatest R&B superstars of this generation. “We wanted to give Usher a record that would be game changing for his career again, and we also wanted to give him some superhero music, something that today people just don’t necessarily think about from all aspects of life,” Garrett said. Testing the limits of Usher’s vocal capabilities is exactly what Sean Garrett intended to do when creating the song. But it’s Usher’s voice that truly defines the song.
Produced and written by Sean Garrett, The Avila Brothers and Lil Jon, “GLU” features booming 808s and chronicles a steamy, sticky night of passion. Adding to the song’s sensual appeal, model and bonafide it-girl Lori Harvey will star in the upcoming music video. Only the indelible falsetto chorus of 2012′s “Climax,” for which Usher earned a best R&B performance grammy, comes close to mirroring the tone and texture of “GLU.” But his latest single is more sultry and supple - reminiscent of the funk-tinged amatory pleasure and desire that soundtracked ‘80′s R&B. The song, out today, is about four minutes of Usher singing almost entirely in his upper range, more than he has on any song he’s dropped in the past. It’s his first release under Gamma, the new music company created by former Apple Music executive Larry Jackson. ‘GLU,’ Usher’s first solo single in roughly three years, does just that.
“People were probably expecting us to do an up-tempo or a club song for him to start, but to show him on this ballad and show his range and his singing ability, he’s still got it. He’s singing in a falsetto in this song, and it just shows his range,” he said. “I really, really am happy just to be able to celebrate all the years of music.“That definitely was crossing all our minds when we were making it just to show people how talented he is. “This is Black magic right here,” he said. Usher expressed the joy he felt sharing his career-spanning material. The show, which took place before Usher’s appearance at the Something in the Water festival, had the audience singing along and screaming their approval of the artist’s impressive vocals and riffs. Other songs performed include “Superstar,” “U Don’t Have to Call,” “Nice & Slow,” “Confessions Part II,” and “My Way.” The show began with a song from Usher’s second studio album My Way - his 1997 hit “You Make Me Wanna…,” which marks its 25th anniversary in August. NPR’s final addition to Tiny Desk’s Black Music Month schedule saw the R&B superstar making his Tiny Desk debut and performing tracks that span more than two decades. The R&B heavyweight, clad in all-black, serenaded the eager crowd with songs fit to make anyone swoon. In the latest installment of NPR’s Tiny Desk concert series, Usher took the studio audience back with a performance of some of his greatest hits.
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