Multi-platinum, Emmy Award-winning artist, podcaster and acclaimed songwriter Andy Grammer releases his uplifting and emotionally honest new single, “All I Want Is You.” The track is the latest offering from Grammer’s forthcoming sixth studio album, Big Stupid Heart, out October 16 via S-Curve Records/Hollywood Records.
A heartfelt declaration of love, “All I Want Is You” finds Grammer taking stock of the ambitions and distractions that can pull us away from what matters most. After chasing money, success and the promise of a dream that ultimately left him unfulfilled, he arrives at a simple realization: everything he has been looking for has been right in front of him all along.
“Take all the paper and light it on fire / I don’t need the money, it won’t get me higher,” Grammer sings before the song opens into its irresistible refrain: “All I want is you.”
On the new song Grammer said: “I wish I was better at remembering this, but I can get pretty caught up in chasing the next thing – the next goal, the next accomplishment, whatever I’ve decided is going to make me feel like I’ve finally arrived. ‘All I Want Is You’ is a reminder to myself in song form that my wife and daughters are my north star.”
At its heart, “All I Want Is You” poses the question that anchors the song: What if we have been wasting precious time chasing something that cannot compare to the love already in front of us? Romantic, sincere and unabashedly open-hearted, the track captures the central spirit of Big Stupid Heart and Grammer’s belief that choosing love is never something to be embarrassed by.
In a first look of the song with American Songwriter, Grammer noted the song and this new album have cello pop elements that he’s always wanted to explore: “I’ve been chasing the cello for my whole career. I’ve never actually captured it in a way that felt correct. This time, I was feeling very inspired with it. I just chased it on a bunch of songs on this record.”
The album’s lead single, “Best Hearts,” was inspired by a listener voicemail submitted through Grammer’s podcast, Showing Up With Andy Grammer. A mother shared the story of her son, who found the strength to comfort another patient while receiving treatment for his own mental health struggles, and asked Grammer to write about people carrying tremendous pain who still find a way to show up for others.
The resulting song became a stirring tribute to those who have been shattered by life and still choose strength, compassion and openness. It also reflects Grammer’s own experience of losing his mother when he was 25 and the years it took him to find hope again.
Following Grammer’s 2024 album Monster, which made space for anger, grief and emotional honesty in a bold new way, Big Stupid Heart represents an evolution rather than a return to form. The album finds Grammer choosing sweetness, sincerity and love not out of naïveté, but as an act of resilience.
Grammer is currently bringing Big Stupid Heart directly to audiences across the country on his summer headline tour, with a performance tonight at Harrah’s Council Bluffs’ Stir Cove in Council Bluffs, Iowa. The tour continues through August 30 before Grammer returns to the intimate, story-driven format of Greater Than Pt. II: A One Man Showbeginning November 3.
The solo concert experience blends Grammer’s biggest hits with candid storytelling, audience interaction and personal moments with fans.
