WATTS Teams Up With Khalid For Lush New Pop Track “Feels”
Nashville-based songwriter WATTS spent a number of years pursuing music as a hobby, working full-time in the real estate industry while tinkering with his sound on the side. After a number of songs made their way onto Spotify playlists and the likes, his 2018 single “Feels” was picked up by major label star Khalid, leading to the reimagined version available today.
After Khalid reached out via Instagram DM, WATTS helped the stars align to form the collaboration.
“…one day I got a DM from Khalid telling me how much he loved the song”, WATTS shares. “I was totally shocked, Khalid has been an artist that I have always admired, and to find out he was a fan of mine was incredible. I tried not to get my hopes up to much, but all of the stars aligned and here we are – releasing this new version of the song together. It’s been pretty wild and I am so proud of how it turned out.”
From the other side, Khalid shares, “I am always searching online for new music and I stumbled upon WATTS’ song “Feels” and was instantly drawn to it. Just a beautiful song that I really felt an instant connection with. I hit WATTS up to tell him how much I loved “Feels”, and we started talking about music and what we were currently listening to and how we were holding up in the pandemic. Over a few weeks we built a really special friendship that evolved into us collaborating on this new version, which I love so much and is so special to me. I’ve always been someone who loves the art of a collaboration – it’s such an amazing way to expand your creativity and open yourself up to new sounds and ideas“.
Listen to the song below:
