Tak Pikirkan Sukses, Nate Ruess `FUN` Hanya Ingin Berkarya

Liputan6.com, Jakarta FUN sukses besar mengukirkan namanya di dunia musik beberapa waktu lalu. Dengan hit singlenya We Are Young band tersebut berhasil meraih Grammy pada 2013.

Namun, alih-alih merilis album terbaru bersama bandnya, sang vokalis Nate Ruess justru memutuskan bersolo karier. Ia baru saja meluncurkan album solo perdananya yang bertajuk Grand Romantic, dengan lagu andalannya Nothing Without Love.

Langkahnya yang cukup berani, mengingat FUN baru memiliki dua album sepanjang kariernya; Aim and Ignite (2009) dan Some Nights (2012). Rupanya, Nate sedikit merasa bosan dan ingin mencoba sesuatu yang baru.

Baca juga: Grand Romantic - Nate Ruess, Album Baru yang Wajib Kamu Koleksi

"Saya sudah 15 tahun dalam sebuah band, jadi kenapa tidak mencoba solo. Saya selalu menantang diri saya untuk menghasilkan karya berbeda," ujar Nate Ruess dalam acara launching album solo perdananya tersebut di Hard Rock Cafe, Jakarta, Jumat (31/7/2015).

Namun pria pemalu tersebut tidak berekspektasi besar terhadap karyanya itu. Sama ketika album kedua FUN membuat Nate Ruess dan rekan-rekan satu bandnya menggondol dua Grammy (Best New Artist dan Song Of The Year), ia sama sekali tidak menyangka.

"Saya tidak pernah berharap ingin menyamai level kesuksesan yang sama. Seperti dulu, semua itu terjadi begitu saja. Saya benar-benar tidak menyangka, benar-benar luar biasa," Kata Nate.

Selain dengan bandnya, ia juga sering membantu artis-artis lain. Sederet nama tenar pernah mengajaknya bekerja bareng, seperti Eminem dan Pink. Singlenya bersama Pink, Just Give A Reason meraih sukses besar beberapa waktu lalu.

Nothing Without Love - Nate Ruess

Lirik: 

I am nothing without love
I’m but a ship stuck in the sand
Some would say that I’m all alone
But I am, I'm nothing without love

I wanna hold her in my arms
But she feeling low she feeling sad
I would take credit for what’s wrong
But I am, I'm nothing without love

Three years at sea after the storm
On this sinking ship that love had put me on
God I wish a gust of wind would come and carry me home
But I, I got nowhere to go

Now here you show up with the force of a wave
And so I'm setting my sail, I’m headed for the empire state
Hey hey lord, I don’t want to lose this one, she make me feel whole
You know I am, I am nothing without love

Oh baby show me a sign
Send up a signal, that everything’s fine
Come on slide up right here by my side
You know that I, I want to rest in your light

Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
I wanna rest in your life
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey

I am nothing without love
I’m just these thoughts without a pen
And I would take credit for this song
But I am nothing without love

Oh baby show me a sign
Send up a signal, that everything’s fine
Watch this, come on, come on, come on, come on right by my side
Don't you know that I, don't you know that I
I want to rest in your light
I want to rest in your light
I want to rest in your light
'Cause I am, I am nothing without love

I am nothing without love
I’m but a ship stuck in the sand
Some would say that I’m all alone
But I am, I'm nothing without love

I wanna hold her in my arms
But she feeling low she feeling sad
I would take credit for what’s wrong
But I am, I'm nothing without love

Three years at sea after the storm
On this sinking ship that love had put me on
God I wish a gust of wind would come and carry me home
But I, I got nowhere to go

Now here you show up with the force of a wave
And so I'm setting my sail, I’m headed for the empire state
Hey hey lord, I don’t want to lose this one, she make me feel whole
You know I am, I am nothing without love

Oh baby show me a sign
Send up a signal, that everything’s fine
Come on slide up right here by my side
You know that I, I want to rest in your light

Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
I wanna rest in your life
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey, na na na ooh oh
Na na na hey

I am nothing without love
I’m just these thoughts without a pen
And I would take credit for this song
But I am nothing without love

Oh baby show me a sign
Send up a signal, that everything’s fine
Watch this, come on, come on, come on, come on right by my side
Don't you know that I, don't you know that I
I want to rest in your light
I want to rest in your light
I want to rest in your light
'Cause I am, I am nothing without love