Jack Horton’s pop country new single ‘Set Me Free’ is emotive, melodic, and quite beautiful. A stunning song that’s rich and radio-ready.
As a part of the Portland, Oregon-based singer and songwriter’s second EP, Imperfections, ‘Set Me Free’ is quite a gorgeous piece of music. With its classical pop poignancy, ‘Set Me Free’ takes you back to the harmonic richness of Julio Iglesias and Morris Albert, while keeping you grounded in its modern and polished production, elegantly combining the two eras in a fresh and engaging pop atmosphere.
Romantic and laced with melancholy, ‘Set Me Free’ is a heartbreaking song full of melodic twists and stirring chord changes, and being in part inspired by Horton’s life-altering divorce, there’s a stark and moving sense of honesty to each note and syllable played and sung by Horton on this song. As a bilingual person who resides in Tokyo, Japan, and following his previous 4-song EP The Tokyo Sessions, which consisted of songs in Japanese, it is perhaps easy to spot the influence of Japan’s abundant affinity towards tearjerker melodies and saccharine chord sequences that are often loaded with drama.
‘Set Me Free’ features a lovely arrangement of subdued piano chords, lush strings, a solid rhythmic base of a laid-back groove, and a supportive bass croons. Horton’s belts are heartfelt and capable, showcasing, alongside his piano skills, a talented and soulful singer, and with the song’s ballad-like structure, ‘Set Me Free’ ends up checking all the boxes to be a colorful pop anthem that is made to last.