Video: Drugdealer, ‘Someone to Love’

Kevin Bronson on August 24th, 2022

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Michael Collins is behind the wheel — again — in the new video from his musical outlet Drugdealer. Only this time we know where he’s going.

Today, Drugdealer announced the Oct. 28 release of their third album, “Hiding in Plain Sight.” It’s the follow-up to 2019’s “Raw Honey.”

On the new single, “Someone to Love,” Collins channels Bill Withers and other ’70s R&B, his warm vocals filling up the groove. “‘Someone to Love’ came out of an impromptu extended jam that my band and I developed show by show on the last full U.S. tour,” Collins sways. “Then when we got home and I started working on this new stuff, I realized it was one of the best moments of us naturally playing. I turned it into a fully fleshed-out song about wanting to be truly loved unconditionally, and pretty instantly became my favorite thing I had written and pretty much still sits there.

“The recorded version is really boosted by contributing performances from John Carroll Kirby and Video Age, who help give this track a unique feel. It definitely breaks out of a certain sound or form that I have been using in this project, and went more faithfully into a real soul tribute that I never thought I’d be able to represent as a lead vocalist.”

||| Watch: The video for “Someone to Love”