Last week, Afrikaans pop group ADAM reunited in epic fashion as they announced a brand-new band member alongside the release of their new single ‘Liefde Is’. Now, as they continue to make an impact as part of their resurrection, the trio have teamed up on a brand-new English single alongside fellow pop act Rubber Duc.
The two groups have joined forces and drop their brand-new single ‘Come Again’ today. Interestingly enough, Rubber Duc reveal that the song was never intended to be used by either group. In fact, it was written for a Korean record label. “Due to the global surge and uptake of KPOP, record labels and publishers are looking for English songs for their artists,” explains Rubber Duc’s frontman, Nick Jordaan. “So, we – a group of artists working from Muse Studios – wrote COME AGAIN and sent it off on its merry way beneath the ocean to Korea. We write a lot of music for other artists, but there was something special about this song and we couldn’t get it out of our heads.”
ADAM’s Hugo Ludik adds “We ended up liking the song so much that we decided that ADAM and Rubber Duc had to perform it – and we are so glad we did!”
Written by Nick, Hugo, Brendan Campbell and Amiel Gopal, the song is about how everyone, at some point in their lives, experiences the return of someone familiar; someone that they know isn’t good for them, yet who is exceptionally hard to resist. “We all have people in our lives that keep coming back, like a boomerang or a revolving door,” says Nick. “That is why the song is something many people will be able to relate to and, like those hard-to-resist people, the song catches you unexpectedly in quite a few places.”
What makes this song so special is that it is unique in the sense that it wasn’t written to sound like either a Rubber Duc or ADAM song. “In fact, we wrote it with a very different mind-set. It wasn’t meant to be so precious to us, yet it was. And creating it was such a fun experience! We had been working together for months and toyed with the idea of working on a track together. We all agreed that this was the one after the demo had already been sent to Korea,” says Nick.
Hugo and the rest of the group have worked with Rubber Duc in the past and reveal that, as always, working together was a special experience. “Working with the guys from Rubber Duc is always an amazing and enjoyable experience,” says Hugo. “They are very professional and when we work together there is always a relentless drive for perfection. We hope people can hear it in the song.”
Listen to ‘Come Again’ here:
