Diplo partners up with Whiskey Glasses singer Morgan Wallen for the moody collaboration Heartless, the latest taste of the electronic producers country-influenced Thomas Wesley project.
Employing a less-is-more approach, Diplo and Wallen come up with something approaching trap-country balladry. Say youre going out late, I count down til you call me, sings Wallen, his sandpaper voice set against effects-heavy guitar arpeggios that unfurl at their own pace. But then the chorus hits with a booming trap beat, sucking the air out of the room and heightening the tension over this one-sided relationship. The mix of sounds and styles serves to highlight Wallens superb voice, as confident and assured here as with the throwback country-rock on his debut album If I Know Me.
Coupla boys from the South makin music we love, tweeted Wallen on Thursday.
Heartless is the second release from Diplos Thomas Wesley project, following the violin-heavy tune So Long featuring Cam. Hes also collaborated with Charli XCX on the track Spicy as well as Sia and Labrinth on the LSD album.
Wallen, meanwhile, recently released his latest single Chasin You from If I Know Me. Hes currently serving as support on Florida Georgia Lines Cant Say I Aint Country Tour through the end of September, when hell join up with Luke Combs Beer Never Broke My Heart Tour through the conclusion of 2019.