wongieFM episode 4: 2021 Grammy nomination mixtape

A look at personal faves from this years 2021 Grammy nominations!
Megan Thee Stallion feat Beyonce - Savage (remix)
Jacob Collier feat Mahalia & Ty Dolla Sign - All I Need
Black Pumas - Colors
Yebba - Distance
Skip Marley with H.E.R. - Slow Down
Anderson .Paak - Lockdown
Chika - Industry Games
Disclosure - Energy
Fiona Apple - Shameika
Dua Lipa x Kaytranada - Don't Start Now
Roddy Rich - The Box
Grace Potter feat Lucius - Back To Me
Brandy Clark - Who You Thought I Was
Laura Marling - Strange Girl
Phoebe Bridgers - I Know The End
Lady A - Ocean
Bonny Light Horseman - Deep In Love
The Secret Sisters - Healer In The Sky
Ingrid Andress feat Karen Fairchild & Kimberly Schlapman of Little Big Town - More Hearts Than Mine
Taylor Swift feat Bon Iver - Exile
JP Saxe feat Julia Michaels - If The World Was Ending
John Prine - I Remember Everything
IF YOU WANT TO HEAR ALL THE WONDERFUL GRAMMY NOMINATED SONGS, PLEASE HEAD OVER TO SPOTIFY TO LISTEN TO THE FULL EPISODE! AND REMEMBER TO SUBSCRIBE!

NEW DISCLOSURE: disclosure - moog for love EP (moog for love / boss / feel like i do)

disclosure surprised their fans today with the release of their latest EP 'moog for love' which features collaborations with dj eats everything and also sampling the legendary al green. more like extended groove players, the three tracks below are definitely more instrumental fare that don't necessarily fit into the structure of their long players. all good cause we are always excited to hear what the lawrence brothers have up their sleeves!

disclosure & eats everything - moog for love


disclosure - boss


disclosure & al green - feel like i do

VIDEO PREMIERE: sam smith - writing's on the wall (james bond 007 spectre theme song)

sam smith - writing's on the wall (james bond 007 spectre theme song)
just a few weeks shy of it's highly anticipated release, sam smith offers up his theme song (co-produced by jimmy napes and disclosure) for james bond spectre. instantly #1 in the UK charts, this is a surprisingly subtle (even with those strings) single for 007's long standing tradition of drama theme songs. can't wait to see the film!!!

NEW DISCLOSURE: disclosure feat lorde - magnets

disclosure feat lorde - magnets
definitely a highlight of their album 'caracal', lorde brings her indie leanings into the world of disclosure and surprises her fans with a sexy performance (making out!) in the video too. a preview of what we'll be seeing for lorde 2.0?

WONGIE COVER OF THE WEEK: disclosure & sam smith - hotline bling (drake cover - live @ bbc radio 1 live lounge) / jaded / hour glass feat lion babe

disclosure & sam smith - hotline bling (drake cover - live @ bbc radio 1 live lounge)
holy shizz is this cover of the current drake single good! disclosure and sam smith ventured into the live lounge studios and surprised everyone with this excellent reggae soul rendition of an already buzzy single. can someone release this please!

want more? check out more tracks from their upcoming album caracal:

disclosure - jaded


disclosure feat lion babe - hourglass

NEW DISCLOSURE!: disclosure feat kwabs - willing & able

disclosure feat kwabs - willing & able
i'm just gonna say this, three tracks out and i've yet to freak fawn over any of these new disclosure songs. perhaps they wanted to go a more subtle adult route this time around, but there's just something missing here. shame, cause getting the awesome kwabs on vocals is a great thing. too bad the song is lacking...

VIDEO PREMIERE: disclosure feat sam smith - omen

disclosure feat sam smith - omen
part 2 of the upcoming album 'caracal' video series by director ryan hope, this time the soundtrack is supplied with the vocal return of sam smith. will it have the same worldwide effect of their previous collab 'latch' ?

WONGIE SONG OF THE WEEK: disclosure feat gregory porter - holding on

disclosure feat gregory porter - holding on
[UPDATED] we brought you this track late may and now the disclosure boys officially launch their new album 'caracal' with the first of the series of videos directed by ryan hope. can't wait to see the rest of this mini movie!
[THIS IS WHAT WE WROTE BACK IN MAY]
i mean... this is all sorts of awesome!! the return of disclosure also introduces the husky voice of jazz singer gregory porter to the masses. nothing wrong here!!

AUDIO PREMIERE: disclosure - bang that

disclosure - bang that
while the disclosure brothers are working on their new album, they offered this fierce house track to the fans in the interim. turn it up cause it's faaaaabulous!

WONGIE R&B SONG OF THE WEEK: usher feat nicki minaj - she came to give it to you / HOT REMIX: usher - good kisser (disclosure remix)

usher feat nicki minaj - she came to give it to you
producer pharrell sprinkles his magic dust on yet another track and it's phenomenal! usher takes on one of the more complex vocals of his career (the vocal jazz phrasings on some lines is SICK!) and nicki just kills it with her verse. your fun breezy jam for the week!

want more? check out this HOT remix by disclosure for usher's current single!!

usher - good kisser (disclosure remix)

DANCE MIX: disclosure x friend within - the mechanism

disclosure x friend within - the mechanism

NEW SAM SMITH!: sam smith feat howard lawrence (disclosure) - make it to me

sam smith feat howard lawrence (disclosure) - make it to me
co-written by his good buddy howard of disclosure, here is another ballad based affair from the upcoming debut album 'in the lonely hour' by sam smith

THE BRIT AWARDS 2014: beyonce - xo / disclosure feat lorde & aluna george - royals + white noise / bastille & rudimental feat ella eyre - pompeii + waiting all night / ellie goulding - i need your love + burn / katy perry - dark horse / bruno mars - treasure

though i can't say the performances were AMAZING this year, here are some highlights (which will be updated with new ones - so keep coming back!) of last nights event!


beyonce - xo


disclosure feat lorde & aluna george - royals + white noise


bastille & rudimental feat ella eyre - pompeii + waiting all night


ellie goulding - i need your love + burn


katy perry - dark horse


bruno mars - treasure

WE HEART DISCLOSURE: disclosure feat mary j blige - f for you / grab her

nothing like surprising the fans with a collaboration of epic proportions leaked only by the fact that the mighty mary j blige showed up unexpectedly to perform some vocals during a live show last weekend. fast forward less than a week later and we got ourselves a new single with MJB officially doing the honors! how cool is that? oh and we throw in yet another jam from the 'settle' deluxe edition below too! you're welcome!  

disclosure feat mary j blige - f for you


disclosure - grab her

AUDIO PREMIERE: sam smith - make it to me

sam smith - make it to me
after all our love for the video premiere of his latest single, sam goes and releases this album track co-written by disclosure's howard lawrence and jimmy napes just hours later! in typical sam smith style it's epic and just plain lovely. he's killing it today!

want more? check out this lovely interview with sam via the bbc:

sam smith - bbc sound of 2014 interview

COOL MIX: sam smith x nile rodgers x disclosure x jimmy napes - together (lyric video)

sam smith x nile rodgers x disclosure x jimmy napes - together (lyric video)
jeez, talk about super group! this one off retro funk single is just fun to listen to (it's basically a great groove hook) and a nice celebration of talented people who did well this year.

MELLOW MIX: disclosure feat london grammar - help me lose my mind

disclosure feat london grammar - help me lose my mind
our previous song of the month gets an official drug induced video which basically showcases the most blissed out kids you'll see this week. dreamy and just brilliant, definitely one of my fave songs of the year!

WONGIE POP SONG OF THE WEEK: eliza doolittle - big when i was little

eliza doolittle - big when i was little
taking the lily allen mantle for bright young uk gal pal, eliza doolittle's 1st release from her sophomore album is a solid pop ditty that'll be playing all summer long (and that's not a bad thing at all!)

curious to hear what she sounds like doing an acoustic version of her smash disclosure collaboration? check out her piano version below:

eliza doolittle - you & me (piano version)

VIDEO PREMIERE!: disclosure - f for you

disclosure - f for you
at this point, they'll have a video for every song on their wonderful album! this track is a live favorite which is probably why a video was commissioned!

WONGIE SONG OF THE MONTH: disclosure feat london grammar - help me lose my mind [UPDATES: f for you - live @ field day / you & me - flume remix]

disclosure feat london grammar - help me lose my mind
this is the most sensual mellow house number i've heard in ages! throw in the fact that it's the crazy amazing disclosure with my new find london grammar and it's just a match made in heaven. taken off their wonderful 'settle' debut album, THIS is music you want to just lose yourself in!
UPDATE: want more? check out disclosure at this years bugged out field day performing their album track 'f for you' below:

disclosure - f for you (live @ field day)

want even more? check out this lush remix of 'you and me' by flume!:
disclosure - you and me (flume remix)