What Love Is

Songwriters: Zak Abel, Brendan Grieve, Conor Blake

Licenses: Sony ATV, Copyright Control, Method Music Publishing, Zakabelcorp Ltd under exclusive licence to BMG Rights Management (UK) Limited

Laced with soul and funk, 'What Love Is' rings in a new musical era for Zak Abel. Lyrically laying bare the 27-year-old's vulnerabilites, the track was co-written with Brendan Grieve (Sam Smith) & long-time callaborator Connor Blake (Dermot Kennedy), with Zak laying down vocals in the confines of his South West London bedroom. Nathan Duvall of Disciples (Calvin Harris) heads up the production, and it was mixed by Mark Ralph (Years & Years, Becky Hill, Rudimental). "The song's about trying, even though you've been hurt before, or let down and...