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Artist Biography For Years & Years
Years & Years Is The Solo Project Of British Singer-Songwriter Producer And Multi-Instrumentalist Olly Alexander. Originally Formed In 2010 As A Trio Consisting Of Olly Alexander Mikey Goldsworthy And Emre Türkmen Years & Years' Music Has Been Described As Electropop Mixing R&B And 1990s House Elements. The Band's Debut Studio Album Communion Debuted At Number One On The UK Albums Chart In July 2015 And Was The Fastest-Selling Debut Album Of The Year From A UK Signed Band. Their Biggest Hit Single "King" From Their Debut Album Communion Reached Number One In The UK Singles Chart In March 2015 And Peaked Within The Top Ten Of The Charts In Australia Austria Bulgaria Denmark Germany Luxembourg The Netherlands Ireland And Switzerland. Their Single "Shine" From The Same Album Reached Number Two On The UK Singles Chart. In April 2018 They Announced The Release Of Their Second Studio Album Palo Santo Which Features Singles "Sanctify" And "If You're Over Me" The Latter Of Which Reached The Top 10 In The United Kingdom. The Album Features A Dystopian World Consisting Of Robot-Like Beings Named Androids And Humans As The Minority And Was Released On 6 July 2018. On 18 March 2021 The Band Announced A Third Years & Years Album Would Be Released In 2021. The Band Also Announced The Same Day That Goldsworthy And Türkmen Had Stepped Down As Active Members And That The Act Would Continue As The Solo Project Of Alexander. The Album titled Night Call Was Released In January 2022 Debuting At Number One In The UK Albums Chart.
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Years-&-Years - Communion Deluxe
"King" Is A Song By British Synth-Pop Trio Years & Years From Their Debut Studio Album Communion. It Was Originally Released As A Single On 3 February 2015. The Song Was Released In The United Kingdom As A Digital Download On 1 March 2015 Through Polydor Records. The Song Entered At The Top Of The UK Singles Chart With A Combined Sales-Streaming Figure Of 101 000 Copies Making It Years & Years' First Number-One Single. Internationally "King" Peaked Within The Top Ten Of The Charts In Australia Austria Bulgaria Denmark Germany Luxembourg The Netherlands The Republic Of Ireland And Switzerland. In An Interview With Rolling Stone Frontman Olly Alexander Said "When We Recorded The Song No One Felt Good About It. It Sounds Lame! And We Could Never Fix It. We Shelved It For Awhile. When We Came Back To It We Just Took A Different Approach 'Let's Try To Make It An Eighties Dance-Pop Track.' And We Just Started Out With That Cut It All Up Arranged It. Used That Balearic Flute Vibe Like A Bird In The Forest." Synth Player Mikey Goldsworthy Revealed That The Backing Track " Is Actually Olly's Voice Sampled And Fucked Up." "King" Was Released As The Album's Fourth Single On 27 February 2015. The Song Debuted At Number One On The UK Singles Chart With A Combined Sales-Streaming Figure Of 101 000 Copies And Reached Number Three On The Irish Singles Chart. Alexander Has Stated Many Times That The Song Has A Much Darker Meaning "I Was Going Out With A Guy That Was Kind Of A Douche Bag But I Still Really Liked Him". He Further Stated "I Know Lots Of People Can Related To This. It's A Song About How It Feels Good To Be Treated Badly By Someone".
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Biography - Years & Years
Years & Years Is The Solo Project Of British Singer-Songwriter Producer And Multi-Instrumentalist Olly Alexander. Originally Formed In 2010 As A Trio Consisting Of Olly Alexander Mikey Goldsworthy And Emre Türkmen Years & Years' Music Has Been Described As Electropop Mixing R&B And 1990s House Elements. The Band's Debut Studio Album Communion Debuted At Number One On The UK Albums Chart In July 2015 And Was The Fastest-Selling Debut Album Of The Year From A UK Signed Band. Their Biggest Hit Single "King" From Their Debut Album Communion Reached Number One In The UK Singles Chart In March 2015 And Peaked Within The Top Ten Of The Charts In Australia Austria Bulgaria Denmark Germany Luxembourg The Netherlands Ireland And Switzerland. Their Single "Shine" From The Same Album Reached Number Two On The UK Singles Chart. In April 2018 They Announced The Release Of Their Second Studio Album Palo Santo Which Features Singles "Sanctify" And "If You're Over Me" The Latter Of Which Reached The Top 10 In The United Kingdom. The Album Features A Dystopian World Consisting Of Robot-Like Beings Named Androids And Humans As The Minority And Was Released On 6 July 2018. On 18 March 2021 The Band Announced A Third Years & Years Album Would Be Released In 2021. The Band Also Announced The Same Day That Goldsworthy And Türkmen Had Stepped Down As Active Members And That The Act Would Continue As The Solo Project Of Alexander. The Album titled Night Call Was Released In January 2022 Debuting At Number One In The UK Albums Chart.
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"King" is a song by British synth-pop trio Years & Years from their debut studio album Communion. It was originally released as a single on 3 February 2015. The song was released in the United Kingdom as a digital download on 1 March 2015 through Polydor Records.
The song entered at the top of the UK Singles Chart with a combined sales-streaming figure of 101,000 copies, making it Years & Years' first number-one single. Internationally, "King" peaked within the top ten of the charts in Australia, Austria, Bulgaria, Denmark, Germany, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, the Republic of Ireland and Switzerland.
In an interview with Rolling Stone, frontman Olly Alexander said: "When we recorded (the song), no one felt good about it. It sounds lame! And we could never fix it. We shelved it for awhile. When we came back to it, we just took a different approach: 'Let's try to make it an Eighties dance-pop track.' And we just started out with that, cut it all up, arranged it. Used that balearic flute vibe, like a bird in the forest." Synth player Mikey Goldsworthy revealed that the backing track "(is) actually Olly's voice sampled and fucked up."
"King" was released as the album's fourth single on 27 February 2015. The song debuted at number one on the UK Singles Chart, with a combined sales-streaming figure of 101,000 copies, and reached number three on the Irish Singles Chart. Alexander has stated many times that the song has a much darker meaning: "I was going out with a guy that was kind of a douche bag, but I still really liked him". He further stated "I know lots of people can related to this. It's a song about how it feels good to be treated badly by someone". Read more on Last.fm. User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License; additional terms may apply.