Dove Cameron leads Diplo’s country-disco new single Use Me (Brutal Hearts) – listen
One of our biggest queer faves, Dove Cameron, soars on Diplo’s new single. The track – titled Use Me (Brutal Hearts) – hears Diplo channel his country music persona Thomas Wesley, blending midwest songwriting with luscious flairs of disco.
The track also features country legend Sturgill Simpson, who is reborn here as Johnny Blue Skies. Dove Cameron stars in the accompanying music video alongside acting royalty Sean Penn.
The visual sees them performing the track at a neon-lit rodeo, as the worlds of cowboys and glitterball disco collide. Use Me (Brutal Hearts) is taken from upcoming body of work Diplo Presents Thomas Wesley: Chapter 2 — Swamp Savant, which is released on 28 April. “To prepare for this new Thomas Wesley project, I went back to my father’s house in Florida and I spent six months learnin guitar, gettin in touch with nature, working his boat when the shrimp were running on full moons at the trailer park,” says Diplo. “I tried on a lot of cowboy hats.
I rode a lot of motorcycles and horses basically reflected on my whole life and career and connection with this music…there was a lot. “It all started in the swamps I was raised in.
