“BETTER IN COLLEGE (FEAT. ASHE)”
OUT NOW ON GLASSNOTE RECORDS
Robert DeLong found common ground with Ashe in their latest release
“Better in College.” Together, Robert’s sense of groove and Ashe’s knack for melody deliver an anthem reminiscent of college days.
The pair realized they were both freshly out of relationships that started in college and connected over feeling both a need for change and sentimental for the past at the same time. Robert describes that “Ashe and I started writing about two weeks after I had just ended a 10 year relationship. As post-break-up conversations often do, this led to us commiserating over the recent end of both of our long-term partnerships that began as college-era romances. The process was a lovely and fluid meeting of the minds. The song was a joy to write and produce, and ended up being quite special because of it.”
While sharing their individual stories, they also discovered that they had a friend in common, a college classmate and former crush of Ashe’s. Ashe shares, “We wrote Better in College about a guy I crushed on back in school who is ironically now a good friend of both of ours. To Rob, love ya. Guy from college, you know who you are.”
Through the lens of nostalgia, they crafted a song about a profound end to a long-lasting relationship, and the naivete of a collegiate crush.
ASHE
7M Spotify Monthly Listeners
7M TikTok Likes
52M YouTube Views
300K Instagram Followers
“Moral of The Story”
3.3M Weekly, 200M Total Streams
32M YouTube
California’s Ashlyn Willson (aka Ashe) is an emotive performer who combines poetic, singer/songwriter pop with electronic flourishes. In 2017, Ashe released her official debut solo single, “Used to It,” followed by The Rabbit Hole EP in 2018. In 2019, she returned with two more EPs, Moral
of the Story: Chapter 1 and Moral of the Story: Chapter 2, both of which featured production by Finneas O’Connell. In February 2020, Ashe’s song “Moral of the Story” landed at number five on the Billboard digital charts after it was featured in the hit Netflix series To All the Boys: P.S. I Still Love
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https://www.instagram.com/ashemusic/
ROBERT DELONG
400K Spotify Monthly Listeners
23M YouTube Views
125M Total Streams
“Long Way Down” – TOP 5 ALT (#3)
“Favorite Color is Blue (feat. K.Flay)” – Top 15 ALT (#12)
Robert’s 2018 collaboration with K.Flay “Favorite Color is Blue” went Top 12 at Alternative radio and has been streamed over 15 million times worldwide. Over 400K fans listen on Spotify each month and have racked up more than 23 million views on YouTube. Having what Substream refers to as a “magnetic live performance,” Robert has shared the road with the likes of Twenty One Pilots and AJR as well as headlining his own tours since his first album cycle in 2013. He has also taken the stage at festivals across the globe including performances at Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Bottle Rock, Firefly, Groovin the Moo, Splendour in the Grass and Reading and Leeds.
His 2015 sophomore album, In The Cards, yielded a string of fan favorite singles such as “Don’t Wait Up” and the smash “Long Way Down”—which peaked at #3 on the Alternative Chart and clocked over 40 million Spotify streams. The record garnered acclaim from Billboard, Baeble Music, iHeart.com, and more.
https://www.instagram.com/robertdelong/
