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• Clean Bandit teamed up with Swedish singer-songwriter Alexander Tidebrink, aka A7S, for this uplifting song of love and hope. A7S also co-wrote Clean Bandit's previous single, "Drive," but this time he is the vocalist as well as co-writer.
• The song finds A7S in a bad place. He wants to give up, but with his lover's support, he knows he will get through this dark time.
  
  I just wanna let go of everything but you
  'Cause nothing even matters
  If it's me you're holding on to
• A7S and Clean Bandit wrote "Everything But You" with:
  
  Electro-pop songwriter and record producer Digital Farm Animals (real name Nick Gale). His other credits include Galantis' "No Money," Dua Lipa's "Be The One," and KSI's "Holiday."
  
  Frequent Digital Farm Animals collaborator Franklin.
  
  Songwriter Phil Plested (Little Mix's "Touch," Lewis Capaldi's "Before You Go," Marshmello and Jonas Brothers' "Leave Before You Love Me").
  
  Singer-songwriter Tom Grennan, whose hits include "Little Bit Of Love," "Don't Break The Heart," and the Ella Henderson duet "Let's Go Home Together."
• Clean Bandit's Jack Patterson supplied the high-energy summery production with help from Lewis Thompson, Digital Farm Animals, and Mark Ralph.
• Jack Patterson and Eric Myers co-directed the heartfelt video. The clip addresses the subject of depression and suicidal thoughts by telling a story of redemption and connection through a transformative visit from a flying female alien.
• Clean Bandit released the visual in aid of the Campaign Against Living Miserably. "The message of 'Everything But You' is that there is always hope, always a reason for living. No matter how you feel right now," the band said. "That's why, together with The Calm Zone, we want to tell anyone and everyone who can't see a way out: Stay."