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• Here the Disclosure brothers Guy and Howard Lawrence link up with English singer-songwriter Raye. The rousing garage single finds Raye addressing a guy she pushed back for too long. The singer can't hold back her feelings any longer and implores him to pour all his loving onto her like a waterfall.
• One of the Lawrence brothers (it's unclear which one) first met Raye in 2013 when he found her in his kitchen waiting for his producer flatmate. They had a chat over a cup of tea but didn't see each other again for another nine years. When they finally bumped into each other at an LA session, Lawrence suggested they get together to write a song.
  
  They arranged a session at frequent Disclosure collaborator Jimmy Napes' studio, who helped them write "Waterfall."
  
  "There was not even a discussion about whether we were writing garage or not, it was just obviously we're doing, because we're all big fans of that sound," Lawrence told Sian Elen on BBC Radio 1's Future Sounds. "We're in London. The sun's coming out. Someone is coming. Let's make that song for the people. So that was the aim. Now it wasn't as direct as that. It was just like one of those Vipers in the air that day. That's how it came out."
  
  Raye added that "Waterfall" came together very quickly and organically. "The boys led with a garage vibe and I think it's summertime warm energy," she said.