The Teddy Swims Songs We Want To Hear On His 2025 Australian Tour

Teddy Swims, the genre-hopping singer-songwriter from Atlanta, Georgia, went from uploading covers of Shania Twain and Lewis Capaldi songs to YouTube in 2019 to landing a US number one single (Lose Control) in 2023 and an ARIA #1 album with I've Tried Everything But Therapy [Part 2].

Pre-sale demand for Swims’ I’ve Tried Everything But Therapy Australian tour this October was so exceptional that extra shows have been added at Sydney’s Qudos Bank Arena and Melbourne’s Rod Laver Arena, plus a second and final show at the Brisbane Entertainment Centre. Not bad when you consider Swims was in the country fewer than 12 months ago, playing sold-out shows at venues like the Hordern Pavilion and Margaret Court Arena.

So, what’s going to be on the 2025 tour setlist? Here are some of Swims’ best-known and most representative tracks that we hope to hear on the upcoming tour.

You're Still The One (Shania Twain Cover)

Swims’ pre-fame covers repertoire includes everything from Michael Jackson’s Rock With You to Six60’s Rivers and Vanessa Carlton’s A Thousand Miles. Most videos on his YouTube channel have attracted several million views, but nothing trumps his cover of Shania Twain’s You're Still The One.

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“This goes out to my mum,” says Swims at the start of the video, which has been watched more than 200 million times since appearing online in October 2019. Swims’ penchant for merging pop, country and soul is apparent in his faithful reading of this enduring 90s pop song.

Bed On Fire

Bed On Fire, from Teddy Swims’ 2021 EP Unlearning, is the kind of melodramatic love song that’s become his signature. “[Bed On Fire] comes from a place of genuine fear of loving someone so much that if they ever got up and decided to leave you at any moment, they could crush your whole world,” Swims said in a statement at the time of the song’s release.

“If you're gonna leave, leave me in the middle of the night/ Set the bed on fire,” Swims belts out in the song’s chorus. With each recurrence, the chorus grows louder, more forceful, until it feels inevitable that the bed will burn.

911

Teddy Swims signed with Warner ahead of releasing Unlearning in 2021, but his major commercial breakthrough came with his third EP, Tough Love, in early 2022. The record’s opening track, 911, is a lithe pop-soul number in the vein of laidback neo-soul acts like India.Arie Simpson and Allen Stone. The similarity is likely no coincidence, given Swims has uploaded covers of both artists to his YouTube channel.

All That Really Matters (ILLENIUM feat. Teddy Swims)

By mid-2022, Swims had become such a hotly tipped rising star that EDM producer ILLENIUM asked him to add the topline to his EDM-power ballad All That Really Matters. The song hearkens back to the anthemic vocal EDM of the early 2010s – so much so that I had to check the credits to confirm it wasn’t a Sia co-write.

Devil In A Dress

Teddy Swims’ voice does things to people. He demonstrates its elastic, gut-driven power on Devil In A Dress, released in October 2022 as the second single from his fourth EP, Sleep Is Exhausting. “She’s the devil,” Swims sings in the chorus, his raspy falsetto recalling some of the hair metal frontpeople he grew up listening to.

When Swims originally posted the song to Facebook, one fan commented, “Teddy Swims, you have an amazing voice, and I see the emotion of your voice radiate from your whole body.” Someone else, equally smitten, said, “I could hear him sing the dictionary a thousand times in a row and still have goosebumps each time.”

Lose Control

Teddy Swims launched into the stratosphere with his 2023 single Lose Control. Written alongside Beyoncé and Chris Brown collaborator Ammo, the track topped the US Billboard Hot 100—though it was a slow burn, debuting at #99 in mid-2023 before eventually reaching the top spot in March 2024 and then becoming second-longest running Hot 100 Top 10 song of all time.

Lose Control is a waltz-like rock’n’soul belter with a broken heart at its core. Released as the second single from Swims’ debut album, I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 1), the song’s lyrical emphasis on falling apart when “you're not next to me” is a good introduction to Swims’ preferred subject matter.

The Door

I've Tried Everything but Therapy (Part 1), Swims’ debut album, was an unequivocal hit. Released in September 2023, it reached #4 on the ARIA albums chart and achieved Gold accreditation in the US and UK.

On its third single, The Door, Swims departs from the loud-quiet-loud soul balladry that put him on the map, proving he’s no mug at straight pop music with a mild disco tinge. The subject matter isn’t exactly chipper – “I saved my life when I showed you the door” – but the song’s upbeat stride makes it an apt finale at Swims’ live shows.

Bad Dreams

Swims’ latest album, I've Tried Everything But Therapy (Part 2), arrived just 16 months after its predecessor, besting Part 1’s chart success in all major territories. The laidback groove and accessible melodies of its lead single, Bad Dreams, create the impression that heartfelt modern soul songs simply pour out of Swims.

It does sound like he could use some therapy, though: “I love you, and I need you to set me free from all of these bad dreams,” he sings in the chorus. But why change a thing when you can get ten-thousand-plus people singing along with you?

Your Kind Of Crazy

Teddy Swims does not do conventional love songs. At first glance, the title, Your Kind Of Crazy, sounds accusatory. But the song is a salute to his new lover’s unique way of being in the world.

“Your kind of crazy, best kind that I've ever had,” Swims sings over another throwback waltzing arrangement. He sounds at home in this setting: romantic, sentimental and – dare I say – happy.

Guilty

We couldn’t end this list without mentioning Teddy Swims’ latest single, Guilty. Opening with a melancholy guitar riff, Guilty spotlights Swims’ soulful vocal tone as he cheekily blends reggae with classic pop and rock elements.

Guilty’s undeniable chorus showcases what Teddy Swims does so well: He pulls the audience in, encouraging singalongs with his undeniable positive energy. In the bridge, he summons the style of an old-school crooner, stretching his range to new heights.