Today, Jim James has shared his new single, “Lost Child.” With its soul-easing harmonies and luminous guitar work, “Lost Child” brings lovely effervescence to James’ reflection on trying to stay open-hearted in a profoundly fractured world. One of the first songs written for the new solo album, Wowed Out and it is the only track to originate from outside the album’s archival framework, “Lost Child” also features a transcendentally soulful official music video streaming now on YouTube, which is directed by Alabama-born and Nashville-based filmmaker Joshua Shoemaker.
“Lost Child’ coalesced around a sweetly shuffling beat and piano sampled from R&B singer Maxine Brown’s ‘Oh No Not My Baby’ (a 1964 single co-written by Carole King),” says Jim James. “I heard that song, and it blew my mind, and as I was writing ‘Lost Child’ it somehow reminded me of all those pieces I’d been wanting to finish for so long. A major theme in my life is feeling a little lost in a world I don’t understand, Most days I look at all the violence and hatred, and I can’t believe it’s happening and it’s like I wandered into the wrong dimension. ‘Lost Child’ is another song where I’m asking for help to try to make sense of it all.”
Photo Credit: Sharon Alagna
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