Alesso and Charlotte Lawrence release ‘THE END’ through 10:22 pm

Alesso and Charlotte Lawrence wrote ‘THE END’ with the likes of Ali Tamposi and Andrew Watt, and the single is out today. It arrives through 10:22 pm and Astralwerks, and EMI Records is handling the release in the UK. What they wrote together is euphoric and emotionally raw at the same time.

Lawrence is a Californian singer and songwriter who works in dark pop, and the vocal she turns in here is a poignant one. Alesso, who has a Grammy Award nomination behind him, holds the centre of the record with his own sound design and beats built to stick. His pop instincts are undisguised on this one, and the production he has put around Lawrence is highly polished.

The textures are bright, and the tension in the song comes from how hard they pull against the subject. Lawrence sings in a dreamy register and the lyrics underneath her land hard, and what she is describing in some detail is a romance that has turned toxic.