"Lose You Now" is a 2021 single by American

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featuring

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. It reached number 3 on the ''

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chart. The single featured as a song on Stirling's 2021 EP of the same name, Lose You Now.

Composition

The original basis for the song is Guardian written by Stirling, Taylor Bird and Peter Hanna for her 2019 album ''

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''. The song is widely recognised as a tribute to Stirling's late father, and her friend and former bandmate Jason Gaviati who died in 2015. Mako had met Stirling whilst she was working on the single "Love Goes On and On" with

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. Stirling said that the first time she heard Mako's lyrics to her song, it reduced her to tears:

Release

"Lose You Now" was released on January 15 with a music video on

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. It was accompanied by a press release and dedicated page on her website where the song can be streamed across multiple services.

Album artwork

The album artwork is similar to a

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photo with the inset image featuring photos of Stirling's father and her friend Gaviati.

Music video

The music video premiered on January 15, and as of 1 March 2022 it had over 4.8 million views on YouTube. It was directed by Stirling and Stephen Mallett. The video features Mako in an abandoned warehouse with just a

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piano, with two large spotlights behind him playing and singing. Meanwhile the video cuts to Stirling, who is exploring an abandoned facility in a steampunk style outfit. She has a projector, and we see her re-watching videos from her childhood featuring her and her father. During this she is clutching a small fox toy. She walks out of the room with the projector and realises she has dropped the toy fox. Two assailants attempt to steal the projector and we see flashbacks of the videos. The films are damaged and Stirling sits on the floor reviewing the broken film before standing and a ghost image appears behind her, with toys and memories of her childhood begin levitating - along with her. Interlaced in these clips, we see Stirling separately playing violin and dancing. During a later interview, Stirling outlined the meaning behind certain aspects of the video:

Charts

"Lose You Now" debuted at number 3 on the ''Billboard'' Dance/Electronic Digital Songs chart for the week ending January 30, 2021. In the same week, it reached number 23 on the Hot

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chart.

Acoustic version

In April 2021, Stirling and Mako released an acoustic version of "Lose You Now" produced by Stephen Anderson. An additional music video was created for the song, featuring Stirling and Mako performing alongside each other accompanied by two backing violinists.

References

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