Today, Ella Eyre releases Dreams feat. Yxng Bane on Island Records, the second in a series of tracks being shared as a special gift to fans over the coming weeks. Written in Jamaica with Banx & Ranx, Shakka and Nat Dunn during a recent writing trip to the Island, Dreams features the vocals of friend and long-term collaborator Yxng Bane, who first collaborated with Ella on her hit Answerphone in 2018; a single which has now garnered an impressive 100 million plus streams and has been certified platinum in the UK.

Speaking about Dreams Ella said, “Listening to dreams instantly takes me back to when we first wrote it in Jamaica, it’s a feel good track about subconsciously seeing things from a new perspective. We had such fun making it. I hope it makes others feel the same way too during these weird times.”

Dreams follows the release of L.O.V.(e) earlier this month which, as a consistent fan favourite performed live by Ella over recent years, was released as a direct response to the constant love Ella’s legions of fans show for the track day after day. Listen to L.O.V.(e) here.

About Ella Eyre

Ella Eyre rose to prominence after featuring on vocals for Rudimental’s double platinum number one single Waiting All Night in 2014, which later won the BRIT Award for British Single of the Year. With two MOBO Awards, two further platinum selling singles and a top 5 album under her belt, perhaps you’d have expected Ella to rest on her laurels.

In 2018 Ella released Answerphone with production duo Banx & Ranx featuring Yxng Bane. With a dance-hall inflected beat and Ella’s irresistible knack for a moreish, lovelorn hook, it was an instant hit with over 100,000,000 streams and counting. Answerphone’s success gave added confidence in her new direction, but Ella was still keen to find a new creative home for her work. One billion streams later and Ella is now signed to the legendary Island Records, the rest they say is history.

-Tommy Marz

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