{"id":1982337,"date":"2025-08-27T12:08:25","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:08:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=1982337"},"modified":"2025-08-27T12:08:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-27T12:08:25","slug":"check-out-oliver-sims-playful-new-single-obsession","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/check-out-oliver-sims-playful-new-single-obsession\/","title":{"rendered":"Check out Oliver Sim&#8217;s playful new single \u2018Obsession&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/oliver-sim\">Oliver Sim<\/a> has shared a playful new single titled \u2018Obsession\u2019 \u2013 check it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The brand new single marks the first from the artist in three years, following on from his debut solo album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/oliver-sim-hideous-bastard-review-3305129\">Hideous Bastard<\/a>\u2019, which arrived back in 2022.<\/p>\n<p>Where that album took a deep dive into themes of shame, fear, and masculinity, the latest single takes an alternate approach; harnessing more chic, irreverent, and playful qualities.<\/p>\n<p>It was produced by Bullion and Taylor Skye, and recorded by Sim \u2013 who is one third of <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-xx\">The xx<\/a> \u2013 between London and Los Angeles. It was given a premiere on BBC 6Music by <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/nick-grimshaw\">Nick Grimshaw<\/a> this morning (August 27), while also saw Sim reveal how he wanted the song to tell a story of lust and infatuation.<\/p>\n<p>Check it out below, along with a new music video directed by lauded photographer and filmmaker Sharna Osborne. The visuals star Sim alongside British fashion icon Erin O\u2019Connor.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Oliver Sim - Obsession (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UGVe0GlFXVo?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>This is the first new music from Oliver Sim to not be produced by his longtime best friend, collaborator and bandmate <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/jamie-xx\">Jamie xx<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>That being said, the two are still on great terms and are currently <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/the-xx-reveal-theyre-in-the-studio-again-working-on-new-music-3845033\">underway with work on their long-anticipated fourth album<\/a>. The two of them also <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-the-xx-reunite-on-stage-at-jamie-xxs-lido-festival-headline-set-3868184\">reunited recently when Jamie xx took to the stage at the 2025 edition of LIDO Festival in London.<\/a><\/p>\n<p>In his time outside of music, Sim has been working on the rebooted JW Anderson <em>Resort<\/em> lookbook \u2013 starring in the project alongside the likes of <em>Saltburn<\/em> actress Alison Oliver, director Luca Guadagnino, and actors Joe Alwyn and Ben Whishaw.<\/p>\n<p>The last time all three members of The xx \u2013 Oliver Sim, Jamie xx, and Romy \u2013 teamed up was on Jamie\u2019s 2024 single \u2018Waited All Night\u2019 from his album \u2018<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/listen-to-jamie-xx-reunite-with-the-xx-bandmates-romy-and-oliver-sim-on-atmospheric-new-single-waiting-all-night-3794968\">In Waves<\/a>\u2019.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Romy on new music from The XX and response to her solo album | BRITs 2024\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/1uTqwSNTgTs?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/romy-on-being-back-in-the-studio-with-the-xx-brit-awards-interview-3596908\">Previously speaking to <em>NME <\/em><\/a>on the red carpet at the <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/tag\/brit-awards\">2024 BRIT Awards <\/a>about The xx\u2019s new music, Romy shared: \u201cWe\u2019re just keeping it really open and we\u2019re up for trying new things, but it sounds like us. That\u2019s all I can say right now.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve learned a lot from our different solo projects and it\u2019s cool to learn from each other again. We grew up together and we had a lot of experiences, but to then have time apart and learn new skills, get new musical ideas and experiences and compare them\u2026 it\u2019s been a healthy break.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Oliver Sim has shared a playful new single titled \u2018Obsession\u2019 \u2013 check it out below. The brand new single marks the first from the artist in three years, following on from his debut solo album \u2018Hideous Bastard\u2019, which arrived back in 2022. Where that album took a deep dive into themes of shame, fear, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":1982338,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[32469],"class_list":["post-1982337","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-electronic"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/Check-out-Oliver-Sims-playful-new-single-\u2018Obsession.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982337","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1982337"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1982337\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1982338"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1982337"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1982337"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1982337"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}