Irish artist Cian Ducrot has launched the official music video for single “I’ll Be Waiting,” a track that’s taking on the web.
His most private video so far, the songwriter and multi-instrumentalist has been having an enormous winter with the monitor, his second largest track in a matter of months following the large UK hit “All For You.” Directed by Cian himself, the video facilities round two brothers and the fraught relationship with their father.
Released in November final 12 months, Irish singer, songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Cian Ducrot’s fragile, heart-wrenching ballad “I’ll Be Waiting” is shaping as much as be one among 2023’s largest songs. Fueled by fan energy on TikTok–the place Ducrot has 3.1M followers and over 72M likes, with a latest viral video of Ducrot performing a shock gig on public transport hitting 56M performs–“I’ll Be Waiting” has began to tackle a lifetime of its personal, steadily climbing the UK Top 40 and at the moment sitting fairly at quantity 22. It’s additionally at the moment charting in 5 different international locations, and on Spotify in 19 territories worldwide.
A plain-speaking, emotionally eloquent, common ballad, “I’ll Be Waiting” carries a selected that means for its heart-on-his-sleeve author. “It’s a story of waiting for someone you love to show up, but they tend to not show up when you need them,” he explains.
For the classically-trained Ducrot, songwriting has all the time been cathartic: “I just really love emotional music. That’s what I’m drawn to.” This was evident on final 12 months’s breakthrough single, “All For You,” which spent 4 months within the UK high 40 and peaked at No.19. Its success–assisted by a duet with earlier touring companion Ella Henderson–led to him asserting his personal UK and Europe tour, which has now utterly offered out.
Last month, Ducrot shared some festive consolation together with his followers within the type of a canopy of “Hallelujah” and a “Sad At Christmas” tackle the aforementioned “I’ll Be Waiting.”
Ducrot’s model of Jeff Buckley’s basic track “Hallelujah” options the star singing emotively over a poignant piano backing. In a reside video of the identical cowl, the musician is joined by the Royal Northern College of Music Student Choir, who add but extra tenderness to the gorgeous model.
Buy or stream “I’ll Be Waiting.”