"Another Me" is a song by American DJ and record producer
Seven Lions
Jeff Montalvo (born March 31, 1987), known professionally as Seven Lions, is an American DJ, record producer, instrumentalist and remixer from Santa Barbara, California. Active musically since 2010, his music combines styles as diverse as trance ...
, Canadian
electronic music
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producer
Excision, and
dubstep
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musician
Wooli
Adam Puleo, better known by his alias Wooli, is an American briddim, riddim and dubstep DJ and producer. He is known for the songs "Island" and " Another Me", with the prior being a collaboration with American dubstep producers Seven Lions an ...
, featuring American singer-songwriter Dylan Matthew. The song was released through Seven Lions'
record label
"Big Three" music labels
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Ophelia on 30 August 2019.
Background and release
"Another Me" was initially a collaboration between Excision and Wooli until the latter, wanting to see Seven Lions and Excision collaborate, sent it over to Seven Lions. The then-unknown song debuted during Seven Lions'
DJ set at
Electric Forest Festival in late-June, 2019, though no release date was confirmed. In late-August, Seven Lions announced the song as "Another Me" on
Twitter
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.
On 30 August 2019, the song was released as a digital download on international digital stores through American record label Ophelia, as well as being released through various music streaming services.
The song is part of Excision and Wooli's
extended play
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''Evolution'', which was released on 13 September 2019 through Excision Music. An acoustic version of the song was released later on 13 December 2019 through Ophelia.
Critical reception
"Another Me" was well-received by most critics. Various electronic music journalists noted the song's combination of
melodic dubstep and
riddim, with Jessica Mao of ''
Dancing Astronaut'' and Matthew Meadow of ''Your EDM'' both writing, that its first drop can be more suited for fans of melodic dubstep and its second drop as being more oriented towards
bass music fans, with the specific style and elements associated with each of the artists being audibly prevalent. ''EDMTunes Katie Steensma stated that the song would also be pleasing to "vocal-lovers" and that the song would "no doubt" be resonating with "the established electricity of the crowd."
Writing for ''EDM.com'', Niko Sani described the song as "everything fans of each artist could want and more" and would "become a favourite in the bass music scene", praising its
bass
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Music
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,
drums
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,
lyrics
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, and
synths.
Charts
Release history
References
External links
Lyrics of this songat
Genius
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2019 singles
2019 songs
Dubstep songs
Seven Lions songs