Slave To This

Slave To This is a song by British recording artist Jack Stevens and was the second single to be taken from his fifth studio album Close Encounters.

Recording & composition
Recording for Jack’s fifth studio album Close Encounters was completed in secret at Jack’s home in The Cotswolds, during the Summer 2020 period when the majority of the United Kingdom was in lockdown due to the coronavirus pandemic. Jack recorded and produced the album from his home studio alongside his long-term collaborators Shell Ruin and Knobfeelers. “Slave To This” was written by Shell for a previous project and she presented the track to Jack during the recording process of the album and worked together with Knobfeelers to produce the track. The track is much darker in sound to the album's first single Masc For Masc and features a haunting robotic choir mixed with a dark and thumping backing track. For the single release the track was edited to remove the spoken intro from the album version and features a slight lyric change penned by Jack Stevens.

Release & promotion
"Slave To This" was officially announced as the second single from Close Encounters on Jack's social media channels on New Year's Eve, shortly before the TV broadcast of The Masc-uerade Ball on Channel 4. The announcement of the single came as a shock to fans after Jack had initially claimed Last Romeo would be the next single in an interview with BBC Radio 2.

Tracklistings & formats
TBC

Credits
“Slave To This” was originally written by Shell Ruin and produced by Shell Ruin, Jack Stevens and Knobfeelers. The official radio edit for the single features additional lyrics written by Jack Stevens and additional production flourishes compared to the original album version. All vocals are credited to Jack Stevens and all instruments are credited to Knobfeelers. 'Slave To This' is officially copyrighted to JSM and licensed by Blush Recordings.