sombr has achieved his first Top 10 hit with his song “Back to Friends” and we’re gathering everything that he has said about the track.
The 20-year-old singer, whose real name is Shane Michael Boose, wrote the song about a breakup and it tells the story of “a really dark point” in his life.
“How can we go back to being friends / When we just shared a bed? / How can you look at me and pretend / I’m someone you’ve never met?” he sings on the chorus.
sombr told Rolling Stone , “Every night when I play it, I relive everything I was feeling that night when I wrote it. All the emotions come back. That song saved me in a way, and being able to end my show with it… It’s just, like, full circle every night.”
He has opened up about this song being a departure from his previous music.

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