Robert DeLong Own Worst Enemy

Alt-electro alchemist Robert DeLong has today announced his forthcoming album Walk Like Me due out November 19th on Glassnote Records. In celebration of the announcement, he has shared his anthemic single "Own Worst Enemy" out now everywhere.

The new single was co-written with K.Flay and as the name suggests, explores the ability to get in your own way. DeLong explains, "'Own Worst Enemy' is a song that was born of the idea that my greatest life battles are not from the outside world, but are internal. Self-doubt, procrastination, self-consciousness, over-consumption: these are the things I struggle with on the daily, and they are all a result of a dialogue in my own head.

I wrote this song with K.Flay - she and I share certain perspectives and struggles, so she did an amazing job of helping me take these ideas and conceptualize them in lyrics and melodies. I took the song and produced it a dozen different ways - the process itself mirrored the content! I really wanted to capture a rock anthem through the lens of modern psyche-electronica, and was very happy to feature prominently my dad's old Ludwig drum set. Enjoy the ride!"

K.Flay also adds, "I had written a little chorus idea in my living room & played it for robbie in his studio. i think the theme resonated for us both, and because we know each other so well, the song kind of wrote itself. which is one of the best feelings. i love where he landed with the production -- it feels like a celebration, like a smirk, like owning your mistakes, like standing on the precipice of change."

Walk Like Me is the outcome of a period of extreme personal evolution for DeLong. After ending a nearly 10-year long relationship, he took the time to re-explore who he is musically, spiritually, interpersonally, and lyrically. Half of the songs were written with an array of Robert's different musical friends, including Ashe, Lights, Sir Sly, K.Flay, Tim Pagnotta, Fast Friends, and countless others and then were produced and mixed in his home studio over the darkest days of the pandemic. The other half were almost entirely written, produced, and mixed by Robert. The result is a stunning album detailing the journey of self-discovery.

"Walk Like Me is my new album, and I'm relatively certain (within a reasonable margin of error) this is the most excited I've ever been to release a body of work. It is a collection of songs unbounded by genre - referencing punk, dub, techno, industrial, folk, no-wave, alt-rock, and country, tied together by a sort of anti-hyperpop alt-pop undercurrent, with vocal delivery and lyrics (hopefully) as the adhesive. The album is intended to bring the listener on my personal journey, an invitation to 'Walk Like Me' (if I may engage in some low-hanging punnery)," said Robert.

The album follows DeLong's collaboration with Canadian electro-pop phenom Lights, "Did it to Myself," and "Better in College (feat. Ashe)." Both of which were met with global praise including placement on Spotify's New Music Friday in twelve countries as well as key playlist placements on Apple, Amazon, and YouTube.

Robert Delong has racked up 140 Million+ Streams on Spotify, more than 26 million views on YouTube and 59 million streams on Pandora. His 2018 collaboration with K.Flay, "Favorite Color is Blue," went Top 12 at Alternative radio and has been streamed over 18 million times worldwide. His single "Global Concepts" went platinum in Australia.
He's performed on the TV shows, Jimmy Kimmel Live!, Late Night with David Letterman and Conan, as well as elite festivals across the globe including Coachella, Lollapalooza, Bonnaroo, Outside Lands, Bottle Rock, Firefly, Groovin' the Moo (Australia), Splendour in the Grass (Australia), Lowlands (Holland) and Reading and Leeds (UK).