BANNERS has simply unlocked a brand new profession milestone. The British musician’s “Someone To You” single has formally joined Spotify’s Billions Membership, which celebrates songs which have reached multiple billion views on the streaming platform. This marks his first tune to attain this feat.
“Someone To You,” a hopeful tune about wholeheartedly eager to decide to a relationship, was initially launched in 2017 as a single from BANNERS’ second album, The place the Shadow Ends. It steadily grew to become a sleeper hit, scoring viral success in 2020 on account of its reputation on TikTok. In 2022, “Someone To You” was later used because the theme tune for Netflix’s Love Is Blind: Japan and the trailer soundtrack for Apple TV+’s animated movie Luck.
“I wish I had that insight into how to make people feel whatever they’re feeling because I’d do it again. Sometimes you get to capture lightning in a bottle,” the musician, who was born Michael Joseph Nelson, stated of the tune’s virality final 12 months. “I was feeling pretty desperate and lonely when I wrote it, and I think even though the song sounds really upbeat, it’s actually pretty existentially desperate. Maybe there’s something to that? That it’s all happy sounding, but it’s kinda just a cry for help. Like ‘Help’ by the Beatles. Loads of Smiths songs too. The opening line is “I don’t wanna die or fade away / I just wanna be someone”. I suppose everybody seems like that, don’t they? You simply need to really feel such as you matter to anyone.”
The tune hit No. 11 on Billboard’s Grownup Prime 40 and Sizzling Rock & Various Songs. It’s additionally a serious success worldwide, going 2x platinum standing within the U.S. and Brazil, and platinum in international locations like Italy, Australia, Belgium, Canada, and the artist’s native U.Okay.
Following the resurgence of “Someone To You,” BANNERS launched a string of initiatives, together with 2021’s It’s Gonna Be OK EP and the 2025 deluxe model of his sophomore album, All Again to Mine.
