Michael Waters only turned his full attention to songwriting in late 2025, and it’s already paid off: two of his tracks, “A Baby Of My Own” and “The Boy Who Really Loved You,” reportedly landed in the top 15 of the World Indie Music Chart, recorded with musicians in New York despite Waters being based in Gravesend. “La La Love Song,” out July 3rd, is the lighter half of a two-single July release, with the more somber “Requiem for Earth” following two weeks later, and it leans fully into feel-good, beach-vibe territory.
This is the perfect summer love song, a duet full of tender love moments and wholesome human connection. The summer part of the equation is in the choice of textures; this song feels right at home playing on a beach bar or something of the sort. That warmth comes through in the arrangement more than in any single flashy hook, laid-back rhythms, and a bright, uncomplicated tone that doesn’t strain for anything beyond genuine affection.
Michael Waters has said his priority is the song itself over any personal spotlight, and “La La Love Song” reads like a writer comfortable handing a simple, well-built melody over to a performance rather than dressing it up with unnecessary complexity. It’s not trying to be a statement piece, and pairing it with “Requiem for Earth” a couple of weeks later suggests Waters is deliberately showing range, contrasting an easy, sun-soaked love song against something heavier, rather than betting everything on one register.
Whether “La La Love Song” repeats the chart success of Waters’ first two releases remains to be seen, but as a piece of pure feel-good songwriting, it does exactly what it sets out to do. It’s unfussy, warm, and built for exactly the kind of setting the title promises, and for a songwriter this early into treating the craft seriously, that kind of clarity of intent is a good sign.