Will Callan, the 16-year-old pop artist who’s been making waves this year, has released a beautiful new song, the tender and sublime ‘Waste Of You’.
Stripping things back to just a piano and Will’s gorgeous vocals, the song examines the end of a relationship. It’s a wonderful example of pop songcraft with a lyrical quality that seems far beyond his years.
“The song is about someone who is in a good relationship, but doesn’t appreciate what they have. Some people are always trying to find their perfect match…but who’s perfect, right?” Will explains, going on to describe the end of this relationship “You saw the good in them in the first place…[but] sometimes all you can do is stand back and reflect on what actually happened. I hope that people can relate with the emotion that comes across in the song.”
Since the release of his debut single ‘Losing Our Minds’, Will has received some incredible early support across Radio and DSP’s. Twice featuring on Spotify’s New Music Friday with ‘Out Of Your Life’ and previous single ‘Forgiving and Forgetting’, he’s also been played on Mollie King’s Best New Pop Show on Radio 1.
Primed to be one of the hottest pop talents of the 2020s, Will has been writing his own songs since the age of 12. Having attended drama classes at LIPA (the Liverpool Institute of Performing Arts) from just 8 years old, he reached his biggest audience to date when taking part in The Voice Kids in 2018, where he reached the semi-finals of the ever popular show – meeting his current management in the process.
