Jon explains to Billboard.com:
I wanted to create something comforting and soothing. Something opposite of where we are sonically in music right now. A big bowl of Imogen Heap and Phil Collins-esque ingredients with a Jon Bellion backbone. A brain massage with a gangster-ass outro.
He also explain...
[Verse 1]
Way before you came, I was hollow, hollow, hollow
Used to complicate, now I'm alright, alright, I'm fine
All I gotta do now is follow, follow, follow
Used to complicate, now I'm alright, alright, I'm fine
[Pre-Chorus]
You don't need no big production
The synth and just my voice is fine (Yeah)
You don't need to wear your makeup up, no, no
No need to mess with God's design
[Chorus]
You're just so simple and sweet
(No yeah, no yeah, no yeah)
You're just so simple and sweet
(No yeah, no yeah, no yeah)
You're just so simple and sweet
(No yeah, no yeah, no yeah)
You're just so simple and sweet
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Lets keep this simple and sweet
[Verse 2]
Way before you came, I was empty, empty, empty
Used to complicate, now I'm alright, alright, I'm fine
All you gotta do now is tell me, tell me, tell me
Used to complicate, now I'm alright, alright, I'm fine
[Pre-Chorus]
You don't need no big production
The synth and just my voice is fine
You don't need to wear your makeup up, no, no
No need to mess with God's design
[Chorus]
You're just so simple and sweet
(No yeah, no yeah, no yeah)
You're just so simple and sweet
(No yeah, no yeah, no yeah)
You're just so simple and sweet
(No yeah, no yeah, no yeah)
You're just so simple and sweet
Yeah, yeah, yeah
Lets keep this simple and sweet
[Outro]
But if things get complicated
Don't worry, we gon' take it slow
Uh-uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
But if things get complicated
Don't worry, we gon' take it slow
Uh-uh, uh, uh, uh, uh
We keep it simple and sweet
Sing it out like...
Na, na-na-na, na, na-na, na-na
Na, na-na-na, na, na-na, na-na
Na, na-na-na, na, na-na, na-na
Na, na-na-na, na, na-na, na-na
Simple & Sweet was written by Jon Bellion.
Simple & Sweet was produced by Jon Bellion.
Jon Bellion released Simple & Sweet on Tue Aug 12 2014.