Mateo Is On A Quest For Love In "Say Its So"

Newcomer R&B singer Mateo, who dropped his "Love & Stadiums" R&B mixtape earlier this year, has released a visual for his Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz-featuring first single, "Say Its So," from his forthcoming EP "Love & Stadiums II," is slated to be released on December 6. It's just Mateo though in the video as he brings the lyrics to life opposite a beautiful female lead and throughout some glamorous visuals of New York City.
The 26-year-old Cincinnati native inspired many last year with his soulful re-working of a modern classic. and now hooked up with two of the biggest hitmakers, the Rising R&B star's new melody jam "Say Its So" has a real emotional story to tell, is a bluesy-R&B tune where he seeks confirmation and validation from his lover. The emotionally-charge ballad is perfect for a long drive or elevator trip.
The track itself was produced by Keys' longtime collaborator Kerry "Krucial" Brothers, and Mateo's lyrics about the bittersweet leftovers of a broken relationship are neatly captured in the video. Mateo said the song deals with how "you go through a break-up and a relationship and you hope that that person is hurting as bad as you are. It's kind of warped in a way but it's the truth. You want the person to be hurt just like you and I'm really saying I know this don't sound right, but I hope you're hurt like me. Then I know that you feel something or that our relationship meant something."
Love escapes Mateo, who reflect on his lost love in the concrete-and-glass canyons of New York in the David "Dahveed" Telles helmed video, singing his sorrows away at his piano and wandering the streets of NYC, as he stares out from a window alternately ponders the skyline, rides the subway and plays an old upright piano, searching for his lost love. Mateo ultimately meets his girl on the Brooklyn Bridge, but inexplicably keeps walking past, defiantly brandishing his Metallica patch. Will he find what he's looking for?