Darin - What's Christmas Anyway?

27 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS!!

Stream What's Christmas Anyway? here (Spotify)

It has been a stellar year for Darin - his disco-tinged groove, Can't Stay Away, remains one of the finest songs of 2021. Meanwhile, he demonstrated once more his versatility by crafting the achingly tender ballad Holding Me More. Becoming an independent artist seems to have unleashed a new creative glow in the singer-songwriter and we are all just happy to bask in the reflective glory. His latest song is destined to become your new future favourite seasonal oldie - a festive yarn designed to illuminate the hope of the holidays for all those who feel lost or distressed by the Yuletide cheer surrounding them. What's Christmas Anyway opens with the sounds of a bell and a lush layer of piano chords, swathing Darin's soulful vocal in glimmering score that gradually textures with elegant strings and graceful chimes. Darin infuses the lyrics with a poignant sense of melancholy, yet ultimately choses to believe that magical things can happen. This is buoyed by a choir who sing along with him as the song enters its final moments - a grandiose finale that reminds you how glorious pop music (and Christmas) can be.

**Ghosts of Christmas Past**

• 28th November 2020 ~ Siobhan Dillon, White Rose
• 28th November 2020 ~ Kurt Russell & Darlene Love, The Spirit of Christmas
• 28th November 2019 ~ The Triplets, Love Is The Only Gold
• 28th November 2018 ~ Erasure, Crackers International EP
• 28th November 2017 ~ Nicki French, A Very Nicki Christmas
• 28th November 2016 ~ Bette Midler, Cool Yule (10th Anniversary)
• 28th November 2015 ~ Barenaked Ladies, Barenaked Christmas
• 28th November 2014 ~ Boyzone, What Christmas Means To Me
• 28th November 2013 ~ R5, Christmas Is Coming
• 28th November 2012 ~ Dragonette, Merry Xmas (Text Message)
• 28th November 2011 ~ Alternative Guide to the Christmas Number One
• 28th November 2008 ~ An A Cappella Christmas with Straight No Chaser and Rockapella