Last year Mykki Blanco announced their signing to Transgressive Records and revealed that they had two albums in the works. They released one of them, Broken Hearts & Beauty Sleep, and have been hinting at the follow-up. Following their first single of 2022, "Family Ties," which featured Michael Stipe, Blanco is now sharing "You Love Was a Gift" that features Diana Gordon and Sam Buck. The single continues Blanco's recent series of honest tracks that approach self-awareness and personal history with a loving vulnerability.
“‘Your Love Was a Gift’ is for me” Blanco explained. “If not the most honest, it's the most beautiful song I’ve ever written. The idea for the song comes from my own wins and losses in the game of love and it’s a story of coming of age as much as coming to terms in adulthood with feeling unloved, yearning to be loved and yearning to be understood.”
Mykki added about working with Gordon: “Diana Gordon is a standout songwriter and singer and I’m crafting this song with her as the lead vocal and myself taking the more experimental backseat was a deliberate choice. Diana doesn’t just glimmer on this song, she shines, she owns it she makes the heartfelt lyrics I wrote come alive.”
Listen to "Your Love Was a Gift" below.
