Topic brings more dance floor melancholy with new single Why Do You Lie To Me: First listen preview

It might just be a coincidence, but the timing of Topic’s global breakthrough with sad-banger Breaking Me as the world was in the middle of a pandemic-induced lockdown felt strangely on point.

However, long-time fans of the German/Croatian producer will know that melancholic, tears-on-the-dance-floor pop is in fact his signature style (his 2015 single Home is well worth a listen).

Following the massive success of Breaking Me, which hit the Top 10 in 22 countries including Number 3 on the UK’s Official Singles Chart, Topic is taking no chances on the follow-up. New single Why Do You Lie To Me, out this Friday (Aug. 28), is another slice of pensive dance-pop that, like its predecessor, sashays playfully on the line between wistful and euphoric.

New song with @lilbaby4PF & A7S OUT SOON! https://t.co/PCJJonc6Wk pic.twitter.com/5fB3MnAswo

— Topic (@topicmusictv) August 22, 2020

Why Do You Lie To Me? sees Topic re-team with Breaking Me collaborator A7S, aka Swedish singer-songwriter Alexander Tidebrink, as well as US rapper Lil Baby. Both sing longingly about mixed feelings with a lover over Topic’s bassy and clubby production designed for dimly-lit dance floors.

Discussing the track, Topic said: “After having a global hit you might feel the whole world is watching you very closely when it comes to the follow-up single. Me personally, I just want to make high-quality music, which people can enjoy.

“I teamed up with A7S again for this single and having such a great artist as Lil Baby join us as a feature rounds it up perfectly. I had the track laying around for quite some time but something was missing. He gives it the rough touch it needed.”

Look out for Topic's Why Do You Lie To Me on this week's New Music Friday listings, updated every Thursday.

Why Do You Lie To Me is out now! Listen below.