Atlantis

Album: Tell Me It's Real (2015)
Charted: 38
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Songfacts®:

  • Seafret is a British indie-pop duo comprising singer Jack Sedman and guitarist Harry Draper. They take their name from the soft mist that rolls in from the North Sea and covers their hometown of Bridlington, East Riding of Yorkshire. Seafret released "Atlantis" as the lead single from their debut album, Tell Me It's Real, on May 1, 2015.
  • Here, Sedman sings of a reluctant breakup.

    I can't save us, my Atlantis, we fall
    We built this town on shaky ground


    The legendary island of Atlantis was said to have been a powerful kingdom before it sank into the sea. Sedman compares the doomed island to their unstable romance, which was destined to fail.

    I can't save us, my Atlantis, oh, no
    We built it up to pull it down


    Sedman and his lover put a lot of work into their relationship only to see it torn down as Atlantis was.
  • Sedman and Draper wrote "Atlantis" with Scouting for Girls vocalist Roy Stride. Steve Robson (Take That's "Shine," Rascal Flatts' "What Hurts The Most," Olly Murs "Troublemaker") produced the song.
  • Harry Draper played the guitar and Steve Robson the keyboards along with Marcus Brown. The other musicians are:

    Strings: Pete Whitfield
    Cello: Christina Clunies-Ross
    Harp: Felicity Orme
    Drums: Karl Brazil
  • Brendan Canty of Hozier's "Take Me to Church" fame directed the video. He shot it in the beautiful Wicklow Mountains a few miles outside of Dublin.
  • The song entered the UK singles chart for the first time in 2022 after a sped-up version started trending on TikTok.

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  • Krishna Chettri from IndiaIt is a amazing song and it helped me at my project work thanks sedman
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