Nick Jonas, a singer/songwriter, multi-instrumentalist, and actor best known as one-third of the hugely popular Disney Channel sibling pop/rock act the Jonas Brothers has focused primarily on his own career, releasing solo material, appearing in musicals, and acting in film and television after the year they broke up.
Nick Jonas began working with several other musicians on a side project in late 2009. Members from Prince's New Power Generation were recruited to join the lineup, including Michael Bland and Tommy Barbarella, and the group named itself “Nick Jonas & the Administration” before making its debut in early 2010 with the album “Who I Am.” The record performed well, peaking at three on the U.S. charts on its way to sales of 151,000, but there were soon suggestions that Nick was planning to return to the Jonas Brothers fold but to no avail. A 2013 tour was never made just prior to its October launch and, soon afterward, the band split. Nick Jonas regrouped with a 2014 solo tour followed by the November release of an eponymous album. Over the course of 2014, Jonas gained a push, generating the Top 10 single "Jealous," which also topped Billboard's dance charts, as did "Chains " and "Levels," a bonus track from 2015's Nick Jonas X2.
Jonas returned with a new full-length called “Last Year Was Complicated” in the summer of 2016, an album which was preceded by the Tove Lo duet "Close."
"Close" is a song recorded by American singer Nick Jonas from his third studio album, “Last Year Was Complicated.” The track features vocals from Swedish singer Tove Lo. It was released on March 25, 2016, by Island, Safehouse and Republic Records as the album's lead single. The song was written by Robin Fredriksson, Mattias Larsson, Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, and Tove Lo.
During a Twitter session, Jonas explained that the track is "about how I literally can't open up and be vulnerable with someone
The music video was released the same day as the single. The video, directed by Tim Erem, shows both singers unable to physically touch each other as they are continuously pulled away from the other. As their clothes are ripped away, the pair is able to finally get close. The more vulnerable the pair get, the closer they are able to get.
In real life this idea is much true, we can only get close to the people we love if we are vulnerable or we have stripped off our self-protecting armors or broke down our personal walls. In order to get close, we must be open.
