fun. frontman Nate Ruess shows off his romantic side on his debut solo album, aptly named Grand Romantic. Check it out before its release on June 12.
Nate Ruess knew he wanted to call his album Grand Romantic long before he finished writing its songs. The singer-songwriter says he’s always been a romantic, even if he’s also always been the cynical kind.
Last summer, he began writing and demoing tracks for his solo debut and, at the same time, was in the early days of a new relationship, with all of its anxiety and excitement.
Standing in the shower one day, he started singing the melody and lyric to Nothing Without Love, Grand Romantic’s linchpin tune.
Ruess explains: “At first, when I sang ‘I’m nothing without love,’ I thought, ‘Well, that’s cheesy.’
“But then I realised it’s actually just a simple but very meaningful phrase.”
Ruess says he felt inspired to make “an album that had more falling-in-love songs than falling-out-of-love songs, because they don’t exist enough these days.”
He has also described his debut solo album as the "best thing I have ever done". Check out our exclusive stream of Grand Romantic below and see if you agree!
Grand Romantic is due for release on June 12.
