[WATCH] Jerry Williams - "David At The Bar (Official Video)"

still taken from the “David At The Bar” music video

A couple of weeks back I shared the latest from indie-pop artist Jerry Williams, “David At The Bar”, which recounts Williams’ interaction with a guy named David that she met at a bar who agreed to get sober if she wrote a song about him. Today sees the release of the accompanying video, which is shot in the very bar in the Marimon, the very bar in Portsmouth, UK where she met the now infamous main character in the song.

I’ll be honest, basically since the second I heard the song and learned the full story, I have thought about David and briefly rooted for his recovery. Only time will tell if the two one-time bar buddies will ever be reunited and David will have good news for her, but we can certainly hope.

[SONG OF THE DAY] Jerry Williams - "David At The Bar"

Ready for a nice swift kick in the feels today, fam?

No?

Too damn bad.

Portsmouth singer-songwriter Jerry Williams released a track late last week about an experience she had striking up a conversation with a stranger at a bar. “It’s one of the most honest songs I’ve ever written,” Williams reveals, “I just felt this weird, bizarre connection to this man.” In one of the more eye watering simple yet painfully intimate stories I’ve heard in song form, she went on to share the gist of their conversation. “He said, ‘If you write a song about me I promise I’ll give up drink’”, she explains, “and I said, ‘You should give up drink anyway, but I will’. The next day this song was written, I haven’t found him to tell him but I would love to find him.” She also revealed that didn’t even bother to change his name for the song, so wherever David is, here’s hoping he’s doing a lot better than he was that day. 💖

For those heading to SXSW you’ll be able to catch Williams at the conference. More updates on all of that coming soon.