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  David J - Deserve You - Runner Music/Sony Music Nashville

With a catalog layered in astronomical streaming numbers on songs such as “Lost My Heartbreak,” “Before You,” and “After We Broke Up,” Sony Music Nashville/Runner Music recording artist David J has turned industry heads while pulling in fans across the pop, hip-hop, and modern country genre lines that he blurs with transparency into his own uniquely crafted branding.

He now returns with his latest track, “Deserve You.”

“‘Deserve You’ is the first outside song I ever cut, and I knew it would be a song that I’d want to sing every night on tour,” David shares. “The first thing that caught my attention when I heard it was the verse melody. I was a big Sam Hunt fan growing up and it reminded me of his sound.”

The song, co-written by Zach Crowell, Kyle Fishman, Josh Hoge and Conner Smith, feels much like a continuation of his earlier release, “Rest of Your Life,” in that we’re seeing the young and in love David shine praises of admiration on his better half as the hot opening immediately sees him awestricken while asking:

“What did I do, what did I do

What did I do to deserve you

What did I do, what did I do “

With pop stretching backbeats and modern country essence ala the mentioned Sam Hunt, David complimentary sings through the opening verse of the visible attributes that he can’t resist about her while skillfully highlighting those more hidden moments that make him swoon and fall deeper for her; the way her and her sister get along, how she looks up to her dad, and the way she prays like her mama.

Likewise, the second verse sees him continuing to spotlight those more hidden moments, the essence of her heart as he paints the Sunday morning picture of her sipping on black coffee while quietly studying Psalms.

Through complete wondermint that he embeds into the tilts of his voice he ponders, “How an angel like you came down for a man like me” and “I could swear I did nothing  to deserve all your loving,” landing at the complex simplicity of the question he raises in the chorus:

“What did I do, what did I do

What did I do to deserve you

What did I do, what did I do

What did I do to deserve you

'Cause you love me in a different way

I ask God every night, every day

What did I do, what did I do 

What did I do to deserve you

What did I do”

David J has been consistent in his approach since landing on the scene. He’s unapologetically blended influences into his signature sound and every few songs strikes perfection within the aura of young love through an expert matching of lyrics and melodic vibe while enhancing emotional grip through the precise tonality he grafts within his vocal prowess.

(Review Written By: Jeffrey Kurtis)

 

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