"Rush" is the debut single by Australian singer, songwriter, and producer

William Singe Liam Anthony "William" Singe (born 2 July 1992) is an Australian YouTuber, singer, songwriter, and producer. He is most notable for his online videos on YouTube and Facebook. Singe started his career as a member of The Collective, an Australian ...

, released on 3 February 2017 by

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. The song, built around a sample

Jennifer Paige Jennifer Paige ( Scoggins; born September 3, 1973) is an American singer best known for her international number one pop hit " Crush" (1998), as well as other charted songs including " Sober" (1999) and " Always You" (1999), from her debut alb ...

's " Crush", was co-written and co-produced by Singe.

Background and release

In 2012, Singe auditioned for the fourth season of ''

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''. Initially as a soloist, the judges placed him with Trent Bell, Julian De Vizio, Zach Russell and Jayden Sierra and together they formed The Collective. The Collective went on to finish in third place, but signed with

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two days after. Between 2012 and 2015, the group released seven singles and a studio album. On 18 February 2015, Singe announced on

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that he had left the group to pursue his solo career. Over the next 18 months, Singe uploaded numerous pop and R&B songs onto YouTube and on 29 July 2016, Singe announced that he officially signed with

. In an interview with '' Billboard'' in February 2017, Singe explained that Julian Petroulas, his manager, played him " Crush" by

and asked him "What do you think of this song?" to which Singe replied, "Yo. This chorus? We can do something heavy with this." He spent time with Petroulas and another guy named Sebastian and started writing the song but changed it from "Crush" to "Rush". Singe said "It's actually quite like a personal song to me because if you read the lyrics, it gets a bit deep. We had this 17-year-old producer from France come over to the studio and we made him sit down with the production, as well. It was done within a couple of days and we got it off to mixing and mastering then we started shooting the video."

Music video

The music video was directed by Alexander Nikishin and released on 15 February 2017.

Track listing

*Digital download #"Rush" – 3:13

Charts

References

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