Close is the lead single from Nick Jonas third studio album and features Swedish pop artist Tove Lo. He tweeted about his creative conceit for the song the day before it dropped:

https://twitter.com/nickjonas/status/712911546947649536?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

This track and its sultry music video show Nick’s moving past the squeaky clean image of his Jonas Brothers days. For the first time in Nick’s highly regulated celebrity life, he’s solo. Besides experiencing the biggest break up of his life, he’s been the subject of celebrity gossip, played a gay MMA fighter on a TV show, and announced his own record label with his BFF, Demi Lovato. He’s stepping into adulthood and new artistic territory, and this song represents a step further in that trajectory.

Nick Jonas and Swedish singer-songwriter Tove Lo were friends. After performing at the Jingle Ball, Nick reached out and she hopped on the song. Tove told EW:

I’ve known Nick as a friend for a couple of years, and working with him was amazing. He’s very talented and I fell in love with the song as soon as I heard the demo.

This track has a roster of veteran pop-makers including songwriting credits from Tove, Julia Michaels and Justin Tranter, and Swedish production duo Mattman and Robin (who also produced the track).

On March 21st, Nick sent out a video teaser for the song. The official video for the song was released on March 25, 2016. Describing it to Ryan Seacrest, he said: “I actually was just texting Tove—look, there’s gonna be some babies made to this song and they better be named after us.”