Iris Gold ft Dave Stewart – Sugar On My Lips
British-Danish artist Iris Gold releases “Sugar On My Lips” featuring legendary Dave Stewart (Eurythmics).
Co-written and produced by Stewart, the warm, intimate track reveals a rarely seen vulnerable side of the artist known for her powerful stage presence—capturing the delicious tension of wanting something, and someone, without hiding behind bravado.
Born from a rare moment of softness, “Sugar On My Lips” emerged when Iris found herself in a quiet, vulnerable place—having met a boy she really liked. They went on long walks and long drives, caught in that suspended moment where something could happen, but hasn’t yet. That sweet tension. That delicious almost.
“I think a lot of people see me as this tiger—very bombastic, very strong,” Iris Gold says. “But with this song, I wanted to show the side of me that’s just… a girl.”
The emotional core draws inspiration from the iconic Notting Hill scene where Julia Roberts says: “I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” That was exactly how it felt—stripped of armour, fame, and expectations.
“I remember thinking, I feel like I have sugar on my lips—why doesn’t he just kiss me already?” she laughs. “And then of course there’s the thought… as women, we have two sets of lips. Damn could have both…hahaha.”
When Iris shared the story with longtime collaborator Dave Stewart—who she’s worked with across many tracks including her album ‘Woman’—he immediately encouraged her to turn it into a song. Not as a joke, but as something tender and human. A chance to let people see the softness behind the strength.
On her way to Jamaica, Iris made a spontaneous stop in the Bahamas to visit Dave, and “Sugar On My Lips” came together effortlessly and fast—recorded in that same open, unguarded spirit that inspired it.
Dave Stewart reflects on their collaboration: “Iris already has been through so much in her life, experienced extreme highs and lows. I’ve been around for some of them and witnessed her great strength and resilience throughout. This fun song we wrote is another example of her amazing attitude to life’s challenges. The lyrics ‘Some stories get started only when the end is near / Not for the half hearted / You have to face all your fears’ are true to Iris’s story. The first time I met Iris she reminded me of the first time I met Tina Turner.”
The result is a warm, intimate track that captures longing without desperation, vulnerability without weakness. It’s about allowing yourself to want something—and someone—without hiding behind bravado.
“For me, softness is a luxury. And it’s also a privilege,” Iris Gold reflects. “We’re many things as humans. We’re strong, we’re soft—and sometimes we’re strong because we have to be. This song is a reminder that it’s okay to put the armour down.”
Following her psychedelic soul-pop anthem “Smile” (August 2025)—which featured a global celebration of resilience with smiles from Jamaica to Zimbabwe—and playful single “André 3k” (a dreamy love letter to Outkast’s André 3000), “Sugar On My Lips” reveals yet another dimension of Iris Gold’s multifaceted artistry.
With “Sugar On My Lips,” Iris Gold invites listeners into a gentler space—hoping they’ll press play, feel the tenderness, and maybe recognise a softer part of themselves too.
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