Blair Davie has released a deluxe edition of their latest EP, You Like Ugly, Don’t You Babe?, via Giant Music, expanding the original collection with three additional tracks and a new focus single, I Thought About You.
The Scottish singer-songwriter describes the expanded release as the completion of a deeply personal story, tracing the emotional journey of falling in love, learning to trust and allowing someone else into their life. While the original EP explored the complexities of love, identity, resilience and transformation, the deluxe edition brings that journey to its conclusion with a further three songs.
Blair Davie
I Thought About You provides a moment of unfiltered joy and optimism amid the EP’s more introspective themes. Built around the excitement of imagining a future with someone, the song captures the possibility of lasting love and the beauty of everyday moments, from golden-hour walks to the prospect of a wedding and all the ordinary experiences in between.
Speaking about the single, Blair Davie says: “In the midst of a fairly dark EP thematically, I wanted a song that just embraces the joy and optimism of falling in love. It’s imagining a beautiful future, dancing in golden hour sunlight, walking down the aisle and all the wonderfully mundane bits in between.”
The deluxe edition also includes Mess Like Mine and Don’t Look Back, completing the narrative arc that runs throughout the project. The former explores the process of becoming more emotionally open, finding confidence through another person and learning to accept personal vulnerabilities. The latter brings the collection to a reflective close, looking towards the future rather than remaining caught in the past.
Blair Davie @ Latitude Festival 2026
Explaining how the additional songs fit into the wider project, Davie says: “It completes the story. ‘Don’t Look Back’ is about leaving my family in Scotland to start a new life with the person all these songs are about; ‘Mess Like Mine’ is about learning to be open; ‘I Thought About You’ is the emotional outburst of falling in love for the first time. Put together, it’s the whole arc – breaking, opening up, and finally letting someone in.”
Across You Like Ugly, Don’t You Babe? Deluxe Version, Davie continues to develop a more rhythm-led sound without losing the emotional directness that defines their songwriting. The collection moves between expansive indie arrangements, powerful choruses and intimate balladry, with their distinctive vocal delivery providing a thread connecting its contrasting moods.
The original EP opens with When You Fall In Love, a song about healing and connection that introduces the project’s exploration of relationships and the way past experiences shape future possibilities. The title track, You Like Ugly, Don’t You Babe?, brings a more forceful indie-rock energy, pairing bold instrumentation with a soaring vocal performance and a refrain made for a live audience.
That momentum continues with So What?, which embraces a brighter, more expansive sound, before You Must Be A Miracle shifts into heartfelt ballad territory. Its anthemic melody and soul-stirring vocals reflect the gratitude of finding someone who remains supportive through difficult times. Alive Because Of You begins gently before building into a powerful rallying cry, bringing the original EP’s central themes into focus.
With the three additional tracks, the deluxe edition gives the project a fuller sense of resolution. Rather than simply extending the original release, it adds the final pieces to a story about leaving familiar surroundings, confronting vulnerability and discovering the courage to let love in.
Blair Davie has quickly established themselves as one of Scotland’s most compelling emerging singer-songwriters, combining an unmistakable vocal tone with emotionally candid songwriting. Their music balances intimate storytelling with widescreen arrangements and anthemic ambition, while earlier releases include the EP First And Last, featuring Crashing The Car, Wouldn’t Be Right and Butterflies.
Blair Davie @ Latitude Festival 2026
Recent live highlights have included supporting James Arthur at London’s The O2 and Glasgow’s OVO Hydro, followed by headline performances in London and Glasgow. Davie has also appeared at SXSW and The Great Escape, performed at Latitude Festival, supported Mika at Glasgow’s Kelvingrove Bandstand and toured Germany with Amy Macdonald, playing to audiences totalling 70,000 people. European festival appearances have further extended their growing live presence.
Davie now heads into a run of European dates before returning to the UK for headline shows at London’s Barfly on 24 November and Glasgow’s King Tut’s on 26 November.
You Like Ugly, Don’t You Babe? Deluxe Version, featuring I Thought About You, is available now via Giant Music.
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NOVEMBER
24th – London, Barfly
26th – Glasgow, King Tut’s
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