March 6th, 2020 – Singapore – Essex singer-songwriter Declan J Donovan is back with a brand new single “Fighting With Myself”, via Polydor Records.
The rousing, uptempo track showcases a different side to the rising artist who first drew attention with heartfelt ballads like his tender debut “Fallen So Young”, which has now garnered over 25 million streams across all platforms.
The new single follows last month’s ‘Homesick’ EP, Donovan’s most personal and honest collection of songs to date. The seven-track release included brand new tracks “Anymore” and “I’ll Be There Love” as well as the stirring title track, an ode to his hometown. Last month Declan also shared a surprise cover of Justin Bieber’s “Sorry”, putting his own stamp on the mega hit – listen to his reinterpretation here.
“’Fighting With Myself’ is a song about pushing away the people who are closest to you in your life,” Donovan reveals. “I grew up quite angry at the world and didn’t care about working hard or getting good grades at school. I was lazy and unmotivated, I always thought I could solve my problems on my own but it took me years to realise the people around me were just trying to help me, and I wasn’t fighting with anyone, other than myself.”
Growing up in Harlow, Donovan could never have imagined becoming a singer-songwriter. But the first track he ever wrote – “Fallen So Young”, written especially for his brother’s wedding – propelled him to success after he uploaded it to Soundcloud, seeing over a million plays within six months. Self-funded tours around the UK and Europe followed before Donovan signed a record deal in Germany.
In 2018, he was one of the only unsigned acts to play BBC Music’s Biggest Weekend, appearing on the bill alongside Taylor Swift, Florence + The Machine, Sam Smith and more. He has spent seven weeks at Number One on the European Border Breakers Airplay chart as well as being Top 20 in the European Airplay chart. In Germany, he’s had a Top 10 hit and more than 25k radio plays, Top 10 in the Shazam charts and received more than 10 million streams of his single ‘Pieces’.
“Fighting With Myself” is now available on all streaming platforms here:
DeclanJDonovan.lnk.to/FightingWithMyself
Listen to the EP ‘Homesick’ here: declanjdonovan.lnk.to/Homesick
