Kind Of Man

Album: The Greatest Love (2024)
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  • "Kind of Man" finds London Grammar vocalist Hannah Reid singing about a guy who is both charming and destructive. He's a bit of a rough diamond, sure, but also prone to a little too much "powder" to make him feel, well, "goddamn beautiful." Not exactly a recipe for stability.

    Reid sees right through him. But hey, sometimes a bad boy with a fondness for questionable substances is hard to resist.
  • According to Reid, "Kind Of Man" is a peek at the dark side of Hollywood, where everything glitters and nothing's real. "The song is obviously about misogyny but it's about sexism in a tongue in cheek way," she said. "That's kind of what I love about the song. I didn't want it to be melancholic in any way. So, yeah it's quite an upbeat way of saying that."

    "I like the fact that it's talking about a pattern of relationship where you could maybe expect a man who might not respect you and who might be the exact kind of man to fall in love with you," Reid continued. "And it's kind of that dichotomy."
  • Musically, "Kind Of Man" blends London Grammar's signature haunting electronica style with a dash of pop. The song caps out with a pileup of "Na Na Na Nas," adding to its pop sensibility.
  • The London Grammar trio of Hannah Reid, Daniel Rothman and Dominic Major wrote the song with Royal Academy of Music alumnus Seth Tackaberry.

    London Grammar produced the track with Tim Bran of the British electronic group Dreadzone, and with Jon Hoskins (Post Malone and Morgan Wallen's "I Had Some Help").

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