Timmy Trumpet lets the feeling lead on "Roses" — and it might be his most personal release yet
A warmer, more emotive side of the Australian icon, a Beatport-topping collaborator, and lyrics that found their moment before the year was ready for them.
Timmy Trumpet has never been an artist who does things by halves, but "Roses" catches him doing something different: slowing down enough to let the feeling lead. Out now, the new single is a melodic, club-focused track that steps away from the high-energy sound he's best known for in favour of something warmer and more considered — built for the dancefloor, but carried by emotion rather than force. It's a side of Timmy that has been emerging gradually across his recent output, following "Not A Place" with Ely Oaks and "All My Life" with John Martin and Frank Walker, but "Roses" pushes that emotive turn further than either of those records did. The timing is also unusually personal: Timmy had originally planned the track for later in the year, but moved it forward once its lyrics began to mirror exactly where he finds himself right now, following a newly announced change in both his musical direction and his personal life. That kind of decision — pulling a record closer because it suddenly means more — is not a calculated one, and the track carries that authenticity throughout.
"I was originally planning 'Roses' for the end of the year, but these lyrics reflect exactly how I feel right now so we bumped it up. Since announcing a new music direction and my separation, the love I've felt around the world has been overwhelming and inspiring. Everything really is coming up roses and it's thanks to the fans — so this one is for them." — Timmy Trumpet
The collaboration behind "Roses" is one that took its time to arrive at the right moment. Bradeazy — the Beatport-topping producer behind "The Baddest," fresh off sold-out debut shows in LA and New York and with a headline Australia and New Zealand tour ahead — first caught Timmy's ear through his radio show, went on to support him on tour, and spent the better part of a year in conversation with him about making something together. The missing piece was the right voice, and they found it in Richard Judge, a vocalist whose previous work with Robin Schulz signals exactly the kind of melodic, emotionally grounded register "Roses" needed. The three debuted the record live at Timmy's Silo Dallas show before its release — the kind of room-first instinct that tells you everyone involved trusted what they had made. For bradeazy, the record pairs the momentum of one of dance music's fastest rising names with one of its most established. For Timmy, it's something more specific: a song that found its moment ahead of schedule, shaped by a chapter of life that is still unfolding, offered directly to the fans who have shown up for him through it.
