{"id":21029,"date":"2025-08-27T19:57:28","date_gmt":"2025-08-27T17:57:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.loffmusic.com\/oliver-sim-the-intimate-voice-of-the-xx-returns-with-obsession-sensuality-mystery-and-visual-premiere\/"},"modified":"2025-08-30T12:22:37","modified_gmt":"2025-08-30T10:22:37","slug":"oliver-sim-the-intimate-voice-of-the-xx-returns-with-obsession-sensuality-mystery-and-visual-premiere","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.loffmusic.com\/en\/oliver-sim-the-intimate-voice-of-the-xx-returns-with-obsession-sensuality-mystery-and-visual-premiere\/","title":{"rendered":"Oliver Sim, the intimate voice of The xx returns with “Obsession”, sensuality, mystery and visual premiere."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

By LoffMusic Editorial Staff – August 2025<\/strong><\/p>\n\n

It’s been three years since Oliver Sim – the intimate voice of The xx – released his first solo album, Hideous Bastard<\/em> (2022). Today he returns with a breath of mystery and sensuality in his new single “Obsession”,<\/strong> accompanied by a haunting and elegant music video starring iconic British model Erin O’Connor. <\/p>\n\n

Produced by the avant-garde duo Bullion<\/strong> and Taylor Skye<\/strong> (of Jockstrap), this song marks a new chapter in his sonic universe, clearly detached from the “Jamie xx aura” with which he debuted. Although Sim and Jamie maintain their artistic link, each explores a voice of his own at this stage. <\/p>\n\n

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“Obsession”: emotional chromatics and self-absorbed elegance<\/h3>\n\n

The song grabs from the first note with an atmosphere charged with latent tension: smooth, enveloping rhythms, a whispering bass line and a polished production that embraces desire and fascination. It’s not a ballad, but it’s not a beat-heavy beat either: it’s an undercurrent that slips into the sensual. <\/p>\n\n

Visually, the music video amplifies that nocturnal and elegant halo. Directed by Sharna Osborne<\/strong>, it turns the frame into a game of silent chemistry between Sim and O’Connor; every look, silence or gesture is an emotional discharge. Whole aesthetic but loaded with subtextual electricity. <\/p>\n\n

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From Hideous Bastard<\/em> to a new sound skin<\/h3>\n\n

His solo debut, Hideous Bastard<\/em>, produced by Jamie xx, was a pure confession: even overflowing. It spoke of identity, HIV, fear and emotional release. In contrast, Obsession<\/em> represents a more stylized evolution: less confessional, more interpretive and playful, focusing on more subtle attraction and desire. <\/p>\n\n

In between, the three members of The xx (Sim, Jamie xx and Romy) reunited on 2024 for the track “Waited All Night” from Jamie’s album In Waves<\/em>, and a new album from the band is already in the offing. This solo comeback then feels like a creative interlude between shared eras. <\/p>\n\n

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A step forward without losing identity<\/h3>\n\n

“Obsession”<\/em> is not a break, but a more discreet and sophisticated opening. It is a piece that invites you to read between the lines, to feel rather than listen. If Hideous Bastard<\/em> was intense and direct, this return moves with stealth, confidence and a refined sense of the forbidden. <\/p>\n\n

Oliver Sim doesn’t need anything more than his voice, his presence and that luminous sensibility. And we are grateful for it. <\/p>\n\n

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