This song marks a pivotal time for Medium Build who recently made the move from Anchorage, Alaska, where he became a local celebrity and hometown hero, to Nashville, moving closer to his southern roots and dedicating himself to his musical career. ‘Crying Over U’ offers a glimpse at what Medium Build has in the chamber for 2024.

On the song, Medium Build says: “This song is about realizing you have some feelings you were hiding from. Or actually I think it’s more about having desires you know aren’t good for you. I spend so much of my life avoiding feelings; eschewing desire to avoid discomfort and pain. But here we are in this song realizing I am riddled with urges. Filled up to the brim with feelings and longings. wanting people who aren’t good for me. Aiming for success in music which seems guaranteed to destroy me. This song is about fame and old flames. About family curses. About the absolute loneliness of desire.”

‘Crying Over U’ arrives as Medium Build looks forward to supporting BRIT awarding-winning singer/songwriter Holly Humberstone across sold out dates in the EU/UK in February and March. He was recently announced to perform Bonnaroo 2024 and will embark on US headlining dates in the spring. Additionally, Medium Build landed a coveted spot on Zane Lowe’s Artist To Watch in 2024 list.

The Medium Build style is open-ended, playing with acoustic and electronic textures in equal measure. He can inspire you to get down like a dancefloor messiah, with an effortless funkiness underlined by his sensitive falsetto, but the hushed whisper he sometimes sings in makes you feel like you’re the only one in the room. His voice aches with a trembling vulnerability, and there’s intentionality and emotional resonance in every word he sings. His work eagerly draws outside the clear lines of genre binaries, informed by his own personal exploration of queerness and sexual identity, drawing from classic country, ‘80s new wave, and emo in equal measure.