Teddy Geiger Debuts Another Brand New Song Under A Brand New Name

Just a number of years back, Teddy Geiger was known primarily for the mid-2000s pop-rock hit "For You I plan to (Confidence)" and for disappearing to the world of behind-the-scenes songwriting and studio work. Geiger penned songs for One Direction and 5 Seconds of Summer, however the largest successes have come with her work with Shawn Mendes, including on all three of Mendes' top-10 Billboard Hot 100 hits (and the entirety of his new self-titled album).


Yet a lot can occur in per year. Right after coming out as trans in October 2017, the New York Times profiled Geiger earlier this year; her latest appearance on Zane Lowe's Beats 1 Radio on Tuesday (September 4) shows her own star is back on the rise. Her latest song under the moniker "teddy<3," which debuted today, is a slick part of subdued garage rock called "Body and Soul."





In an interview with Lowe, Geiger mentioned the songs on her upcoming new album, LillyAnna, date back to 2011 and 2012 until she started transitioning. "There are a lot of songs about struggling with identity and not knowing how to really let out and express yourself," she told Lowe. "It's sort of all clouded."


"Even what I did with some of these, I went back and I did fine-tune some lyrics here there, plus a lot of those weren't finished finished," she mentioned. "The clarity of being able to accomplish things was huge."


Mendes, Geiger's most frequent collaborator, discussed to her power as a star in that Times interview. "She's mesmerizing and just has a star excellent to her," he mentioned. "She was the person I was attempting to sing like." On "Body and Soul," you could hear that voice on full display, aching and eventually redoubling up until it's more of a shout. It couldn't be farther from the whisper-pop of "For You I plan to — all it took was a dozen years.


"Body and Soul" follows the similarly lean, similarly piano-pounding cut "I Was in a Cult" that dropped in July. They're both included in the tracklist for teddy<3's new album due out sometime soon. You could check out the entire song list and pre-order info here.


Stream the smoldering, fidgety "Body and Soul" above.