An indie anthem where the guitars glow and the chorus refuses to let go, tracing the exact moment one person rearranges everything you thought you knew about love, sound, and where your feet are standing.
Adam Berry doesn’t ease into “With You.” He arrives already glowing. From the first shimmer of guitar, there’s a sense that something has shifted, that the world has tilted slightly on its axis and nothing will look quite the same again. That’s the trick of great pop songwriting: it can take something as universal as falling for someone and make it feel like it’s happening for the first time, to you, right now. “With You” pulls that off with a warmth and confidence that belies how difficult it actually is to do well.
Written by Adam Berry alongside Dan Fielden, the track threads a needle that plenty of artists attempt and few land cleanly. It’s nostalgic without being retro for its own sake, sun-warmed in its melodic instincts yet unmistakably built for right now, with a rhythm section that pushes forward rather than settling into pastiche. The verses breathe. They’re intimate, almost conversational, giving Berry room to build the story slowly, the way you’d tell a friend about someone new, still a little disbelieving of your own luck. Then the chorus arrives, and the song opens up completely, becoming the kind of stadium-sized release that turns a good single into a genuine anthem.
That chorus is the whole story here. “Oh, you change my world and my whole universe,” Berry sings, and it lands not as hyperbole but as plain fact, the way it always feels when someone new walks into your life and rearranges the furniture without asking. It’s a lyric built for singing along, for windows down and volume up, for the kind of moment when a song stops being background noise and starts feeling like it was written specifically about your life. That’s rare, and it’s the reason “With You” feels destined for repeat listens rather than a single spin.
None of it would land the way it does without Berry’s vocal performance, which carries the emotional architecture of the song from start to finish. There’s a soulfulness in his delivery that gives the track its heartbeat, a warmth that makes the intimate verses feel genuinely intimate rather than merely quiet, and a power in the chorus that never tips into strain or performance for its own sake. He sounds like someone who means every word, which is ultimately what separates a song that’s merely catchy from one that actually connects.
Behind the board, producer Daniel Fairhurst gives the track a soundscape that matches the ambition of the songwriting. The production is crisp without feeling clinical, vibrant without losing control of its dynamics. Infectious basslines anchor the groove, shimmering keys add texture and light around the edges, and the arrangement builds toward a soaring, bass-infused climax that keeps the energy climbing rather than plateauing. It’s the kind of production choice that separates songs built for a single festival moment from songs built to soundtrack an entire summer, and “With You” clearly belongs in the latter category.
Sonically, the single sits comfortably alongside the driving, hook-forward indie rock of bands like The Killers and Walk the Moon, but with a warmer, more retro-pop finish that gives it its own identity rather than making it feel like an imitation. That blend, familiar enough to feel instantly welcoming, distinctive enough to stand apart, is exactly what makes “With You” such a natural fit for summer playlists, road trip rotations, and morning motivation queues alike. It’s a song built to travel, whether that’s across a festival field or through a set of car speakers with the windows down.
What makes Adam Berry’s arrival on the scene particularly compelling is the path that led here. Based in Manchester, UK, Berry is a published poet, with two collections, Soul Rise and Soul Expressions, to his name before he ever thought seriously about songwriting. That background shows in the way he handles language, in the care taken with a phrase like “you change my world and my whole universe,” a line that could easily tip into cliché in lesser hands but instead feels earned and specific.
Berry found his way into songwriting in 2022, initially as a lyricist, and moved quickly into collaboration. He worked with Ronn Patrick on the ballad “Guidance” and the 80s-tinged electro-pop cut “Invisible,” before teaming with Dan Fielden again for an acoustic reimagining of “Guidance.” More recently, he’s expanded into melody writing and production, partnering with Leo Seal of the School of Electronic Music (SEM) on “Do You Care?,” an electronic dance anthem that climbed to number two on the Distrokid dance charts in November 2025 and was still holding a spot in the top ten as of January 2026, alongside airplay on iHeartRadio.
That range, poetry to lyricism to melody to production, points to an artist who refuses to sit still creatively, and “With You” feels like a natural next step in that evolution rather than a departure from it. Berry has also begun stepping into the role of vocalist in a live setting, performing his own material and adding another dimension to a body of work that already spans several genres and disciplines. His influences read as widely as his output suggests, drawing from the pop instincts of Kylie Minogue, the raw emotional honesty of Alanis Morissette, the rhythmic muscle of Red Hot Chili Peppers, and the propulsive energy of drum and bass, a combination that explains why his sound continues to shift and grow rather than settle into a single lane.
“With You” captures Adam Berry at a moment where all of those influences and disciplines are starting to click into place. It’s a song about the disorienting, exhilarating feeling of meeting someone who changes everything, delivered with a vocal performance and production polish that make the feeling contagious. For listeners building out their upbeat indie playlists, their driving soundtracks, or their feel-good summer rotations, “With You” isn’t just a fitting addition. It’s the kind of track that ends up defining the mood of the whole list.
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