Nation singer/songwriter FILMORE is kicking off 2026 with new music, releasing his first tune of the yr, the brooding and emotionally charged “Love at First Battle.” The observe provides a uncooked have a look at a relationship constructed on friction and fervour and can seem on FILMORE’s upcoming 21-song album Atypical, due out February 20 by way of Mr. 305 Data, the label based by world famous person Pitbull.
A pointy flip from the party-ready power of “Yeehaw”—FILMORE’s latest collaboration with Pitbull—“Love at First Battle” leans right into a darker, extra introspective facet of the Missouri native’s artistry. Co-written by FILMORE alongside Lindsay Rimes and Josh Hoge, the tune paints a lived-in portrait of a romance that appears good from the surface however thrives on battle behind closed doorways. Moody beats, stark guitar traces, and a slow-building depth mirror the emotional push and pull on the coronary heart of the story.
“We’re good on paper / Wave on the neighbors,” FILMORE sings early on, earlier than peeling again the layers of a poisonous bond that’s exhausting to let go. Anchored by a gritty refrain—“So let’s simply name it love at first struggle”—the tune balances exhausting truths with a cussed sense of hope.
“Once we wrote this tune it got here actually simply considering of previous experiences,” FILMORE shares. “I believe everybody at one level of their life goes by means of a ‘love at first struggle’ kind relationship.”
Co-produced by FILMORE and John-Luke Carter, the observe spotlights FILMORE’s raspy decrease register and builds from a restrained gradual burn right into a full-blown launch, full with a blistering guitar solo that underscores the tune’s emotional climax.
Love at First Battle follows an enormous second for FILMORE, arriving simply weeks after he joined Pitbull for a live-broadcast efficiency of “Yeehaw” throughout Dick Clark’s New 12 months’s Rockin’ Eve with Ryan Seacrest 2026 on the Fountains of Bellagio in Las Vegas. The collaboration marked one other milestone in a rising partnership that has helped introduce FILMORE to a broader world viewers.
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