Teddy Swims Interview on Grammy Nom, Anticipating Child, ‘Section 2’ Album

Teddy Swims had an peculiar 2024. After liberating his debut album I’ve Attempted The whole thing However Remedy (Section 1) in 2023, Swims’ break hit “Lose Regulate” landed at No. 1 on Billboard‘s year-end 2024 Sizzling 100 Songs chart, incomes Swims more than a few awards nominations, together with two wins on the Billboard Track Awards and a nomination for perfect new artist at Sunday’s Grammys.

Now, he’s final the loop with I’ve Attempted The whole thing However Remedy (Section 2). On his newest free up, Swims displays fanatics that there’s gentle at the different aspect. Collaborators Coco Jones, GloRilla, Giveon and Muni Lengthy lend a hand to make the album a multi-genre exploration of Swims’ reports, from discovering love together with his female friend and soon-to-be-co-parent to therapeutic his outdated wounds in treatment.

“No matter’s just right feels just right, and if issues are leaning R&B, as a substitute of being afraid, simply lean all of the means into it — and if it feels just right, it feels just right,” Swims tells Billboard Information‘ Meghan Mahar. “This document, it’s a bit bit all over, however I feel the cohesiveness of it’s that it’s just right, it’s actual and it’s authentically me.”

Talking of the messages in Section 2, Swims says: “When you get out of that unfavorable scenario and that heartbreak, at the different aspect of it there’s therapeutic. There’s unlearning outdated behavior and techniques you suppose, and there’s falling in love once more, and having a child, and being Grammy-nominated … It is a easiest closure on ‘it does recuperate,’ and it’s going to recuperate.”

Swims additionally shared love for his fellow perfect new artist nominees, together with Chappell Roan, Sabrina Wood worker, Shaboozey and Benson Boone. “I say this in every single place I am getting requested about this: I feel that is the most efficient 12 months for brand new artists ever. I’m so fortunate to be part of this dialog with a few of these implausible artists who’re completely legacy artists. I don’t suppose any of those individuals are flashes within the pan.”

Watch the overall interview — together with the tale at the back of the luck of “Lose Regulate,” Swims’ favourite tracks from the brand new album and the way Swims approaches writing hits – above.