Uploaded April 2019 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
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"Loose Ends (feat. Jorja Smith)" by Loyle Carner
Curated by: Maddie Swarr
Spotify: bit.ly/LooseEndsLoyleCarner
Genre: #hiphop
Give me any song with the right piano chords and Jorja Smith crooning into my ear and I’m sure to have it on repeat for the next month and a half. However, there’s something about “Loose Ends”, a new single released at the end of last month by UK rapper Loyle Carner featuring the 21-year-old best new artist Grammy nominee, which marks a particularly special collaboration in my mind.
Carner, whose name has often been found alongside other young London-based talent like Tom Misch and Jordan Rakei (also a credited co-writer on the track), comes through strong with his distinctive style and introspective lyrics. Between the beautifully balanced choruses painted by Smith’s seamless vocals, he fills the space with a series of three verses that transmit feelings of longing, regret, and gratitude as he reflects on a past shaped by tough loss and rising fame.
While the song is clearly a very personal one for Carner, there’s something about the hook, “I got a lot of love, a lot of loose ends, a lot of people I wish I knew then”, that makes the whole song feel extremely familiar to me. The sense of nostalgia that he captures so well can be heard throughout a lot of his discography, including “Ottolenghi”, another of Loyle’s successful collaborations with Rakei, which parallels “Loose Ends” both in format and in similar themes of growing pains. It’s these themes that initially drew me to Carner’s music and will keep me, that eager-to-feel millennial who’s constantly questioning what it means to be an “adult”, coming back for more.
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"Loose Ends (feat. Jorja Smith)" by Loyle Carner
Curated by: Maddie Swarr
Spotify: bit.ly/LooseEndsLoyleCarner
Genre: #hiphop
Give me any song with the right piano chords and Jorja Smith crooning into my ear and I’m sure to have it on repeat for the next month and a half. However, there’s something about “Loose Ends”, a new single released at the end of last month by UK rapper Loyle Carner featuring the 21-year-old best new artist Grammy nominee, which marks a particularly special collaboration in my mind.
Carner, whose name has often been found alongside other young London-based talent like Tom Misch and Jordan Rakei (also a credited co-writer on the track), comes through strong with his distinctive style and introspective lyrics. Between the beautifully balanced choruses painted by Smith’s seamless vocals, he fills the space with a series of three verses that transmit feelings of longing, regret, and gratitude as he reflects on a past shaped by tough loss and rising fame.
While the song is clearly a very personal one for Carner, there’s something about the hook, “I got a lot of love, a lot of loose ends, a lot of people I wish I knew then”, that makes the whole song feel extremely familiar to me. The sense of nostalgia that he captures so well can be heard throughout a lot of his discography, including “Ottolenghi”, another of Loyle’s successful collaborations with Rakei, which parallels “Loose Ends” both in format and in similar themes of growing pains. It’s these themes that initially drew me to Carner’s music and will keep me, that eager-to-feel millennial who’s constantly questioning what it means to be an “adult”, coming back for more.
