"Two Way" is a duet song by Scottish recording artist KT Tunstall and English singer-songwriter

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. It was released on 9 September 2016 with her fifth studio album ''

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''. It was revealed on 15 July 2016 that both of them had been writing and recording a duet called "Two Way". The song was produced by

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, and it is the seventh track on the album.

Background

"Two Way" was written in 2016, in L.A. with

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nominee

. Bay and Tunstall met during Jools Holland's Hootenanny. Tunstall had read in an interview that he was a fan of hers, so she chatted with him, and they decided to record a duet. Tunstall says in an interview with the UK newspaper ''Evening Standard'' that Bay is "one of the most talented new songwriters", and added "it was fantastic to work with him".

Music video

On a Facebook post on 5 October 2017, Tunstall announced a surprise, showing the emoji of an informatic virus as a clue. Due to a technical error, the surprise had to be delayed. During a

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live chat on 19 October 2017, KT Tunstall announced the follow-up album of ''

'', and broadcast the music video for ''Two Way''. The video doesn't portray KT Tunstall nor James Bay, it is a music video made on an old 2D video game. It was directed by Christopher M. Anthony.

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