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Not to be confused with his May 2018 collaboration with ok2222 of the same name, “beside you” is keshi’s first single of 2021 and first single since the release of his sixth EP "always".
Keshi first teased its release on his Instagram stories showing a folder containing the song title.
"I feel like the sentiment that I usually gravitate towards as a songwriter definitely deals with heartbreak, or the vulnerability that you put yourself in when you get into a relationship. That bittersweetness is something that I love to write about, but I wanted to write about something that was a little more playful, and less in the feels."
—keshi via Wild949
"I was lucky enough to have been introduced to Madeon through our managements. His team had actually sent over the beat for what would become “beside you” and it was titled “read your mind”, which inspired the “what’s on your mind” lyrics in the pre-chorus. I was immediately inspired the first time I heard it and threw it into logic right away, and the prechorus and hook were done right then. I think Madeon and I had our first actual call together pretty soon after they sent over the beat, so I played what I came up with for him over the phone and I think that’s when we both got really excited about what the song was becoming…I wanted to capture the feeling of taking a breather from a packed room and meeting the someone you’d been locking eyes with the whole night outside with you. There’s a visual coming out very soon and I don’t want to spoil too much, but it was basically exactly the spot I had in my head when I wrote it."
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