All Time Low guitarist Jack Barakat and singer/songwriter Kevin Fisher aka Sweet Talker have announced their new project WhoHurtYou.
All Time Low guitarist Jack Barakat and singer/songwriter Kevin Fisher aka Sweet Talker have announced their new project WhoHurtYou. In an exclusive interview with Billboard the duo confirmed they had signed to Fueled By Ramen and shared their debut single “Wish We Never Met” alongside an accompanying music video.
During the writing process for All Time Low’s chart-topping seventh album Last Young Renegade, Barakat befriended Kevin Fisher aka Sweet Talker [One Republic, 5 Seconds of Summer, Anitta], who co-wrote “Life of the Party” and “Dark Side of Your Room.” Finding themselves in similar emotional states in the Fall of 2018, the two reunited in the studio with no agenda beyond self-expression. After two sessions, their musical union crystallized as WhoHurtYou.
“A lot of people think of me as All Time Low’s comic relief, but everyone has their ups and downs, and last year was really tough for me,” shared Barakat. “I handled my first big breakup in all of the wrong ways and ended up in therapy after some close friends encouraged me to seek help. Kevin had gone through a similar rough patch and shared with me that songwriting really helped him through it.”
“I was already on the other side of it, so I had a perspective to share. My experience in therapy taught me how powerful of a tool songwriting can be, so I invited Jack to come hang at the studio,” added Fisher. “We want to send the message that therapy is something no one should be ashamed of. If these songs helped us so much, maybe they could help other people.”
The duo introduce WhoHurtYou with their infectious debut single “Wish We Never Met”. Directed by Jade Ehlers, the track’s music video sees Barakat and Fisher undergo treatment to have the women that have hurt them removed from painful memories. Check it out below: