Giveon's 'Give or Take' makes heartbreak enjoyable

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. On “Another Heartbreak,” the artist belts, “But my heart can’t take another blow/And that’s just why I’m scared to let you close/’Cause every time I’m in love, end up with nothing/Nothing but these songs.” “, ‘Here Giveon goes making these songs’ — I don’t want to make this. “I was like let me just write a song about the paranoia of the PTSD I’ve had from a previous heartbreak that I feel like this cycle is going to repeat.” But navigating fame hasn’t been all smooth; he went through a public breakup with songstress Justine Skye, but he insists this album isn’t reactionary — instead, it’s a culmination of romantic experiences. “I decided a long time ago that I’m going to keep everything as completely private as possible… I choose to express it in song form.” Believing a music career was unattainable after his voice pitched down during puberty, Giveon regained confidence when a Grammys music education program introduced him to other famous baritones like the legendary Frank Sinatra. In 2020, the former Bubba Gump Shrimp server burst onto the R&B scene in the middle of the coronavirus pandemic with a feature on Drake’s “Chicago Freestyle.” That assist gave Giveon’s “When It’s All Said And Done” EP a huge boost, followed by his second project, “TAKE TIME.” Recently, Giveon found himself on the pop charts when Justin Bieber tapped him and Daniel Caesar for the massive hit “Peaches” which earned four Grammy nominations, including record and song of the year.