Hailing from Bradford and steeped in the sound’s underground roots, TS7 has earned millions of streams for his infectious blend of melody, emotion, and raw energy. Now, TS7 steps into a new chapter with ‘Moment’, a reimagining of T2’s 2007 hit Heartbroken, featuring Charlotte Plank’s soulful yet vocals.

We caught up with TS7 to discuss the creative process behind modernising a classic, working with one of dance music’s most exciting new voices, and the lessons learned along his musical journey.

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FAULT Magazine: How did you approach reimagining such an iconic track like “Heartbroken” while keeping its spirit intact for a 2025 audience?
TS7: We just wanted to approach it from a unique and interesting angle. By following the melody in places with new lyrics and a new instrumental felt exciting and different. It’s always a scary one when you touch such a classic but it’s been received really well which we’re all buzzing about.

FAULT Magazine: What drew you to collaborate with Charlotte Plank on this project?
TS7: Charlotte is someone who I’ve been a fan of for a while now. Has an unbelievable voice and a great performer, a proper gem. So when I had the chance to work with her on this it was a no brainer. There’s just something about her vocal delivery that stands out from the rest.

FAULT Magazine: When you’re modernising a classic, a much-loved one at that, how do you balance not being compared to the original’s runaway success?
TS7: I think naturally people are going to compare and that’s absolutely ok. We didn’t approach it thinking we need it to be better than the original, it’s just a record we all love as a nation. We wanted to give a nod to it without using every aspect and still making it our own at the same time. We were lucky enough to get T2’s and Jodie’s blessing on it which was unreal.

FAULT Magazine: Can you walk us through your creative process in the studio for this track? What did the first version sound like compared to the final cut?
TS7: I originally made the instrumental to this back in 2023, and we had an idea to do a version of T2’s classic Heartbroken, but not in the typical way. Generally, when musicians sample, they use actual master parts, but we tried to do it from a more interesting and unique angle for 2025. I linked up with Teo Cinti, Poppy Baskcomb, Nick Henriques and Charlotte Plank — all unbelievably talented — and we came up with Moment. We went through so many different versions and takes but eventually went back to our original idea, and it seems to have connected.

FAULT Magazine: Bassline has deep roots in the UK underground. How has your upbringing in Bradford influenced the energy and emotion you bring to the genre?
TS7: For sure. We didn’t have much opportunity or hope growing up in Bradford to be honest, there wasn’t a lot going on. But one thing it did have was a love for bassline (and still does) — it’s a genre that brought the city together in many ways. Growing up there were venues like Red Square, Love Apple, Mode and the Boilerhouse that were primarily bassline clubs, absolutely packed each weekend. Being brought up in Bradford has allowed me to keep that realness and rawness in the music I make today.

FAULT Magazine: What feelings or experiences were driving your production on the track?
TS7: I just wanted to make a catchy organ tune, that was the vision at the very start. Something with a simple riff and a few ear worms that would allow space for a vocal to really flow over. I finished the beat in 2023 and it just had something really catchy about it. Everything came together pretty cohesively from a production perspective.

FAULT Magazine: How do you balance creating music that moves dancefloors with tracks that also connect on a personal, emotional level?
TS7: This is something I actively try to target when producing. I love emotional melodies, chords and riffs alongside heavy basslines and punchy driving drums. That’s my style in a nutshell really, so it comes quite naturally. My mum made me have piano lessons from when I was about five (which I hated at the time) but really couldn’t thank her enough now. I definitely use that experience when creating.

FAULT Magazine: When you look back on your creative journey, what’s been the most challenging FAULT to overcome?
TS7: I think the most challenging thing is just being yourself ironically. We’re in a world where it’s so easy to see something and want to do that, or be easily influenced by it, but you just have to back yourself, be yourself and trust your own abilities and judgement. It took me a while to really get my head around it but I’m comfortable with it now.

FAULT Magazine: What is your FAULT?
TS7: So many. If I had to pick one, I’m quite stubborn. It can be good at times but for the most part it isn’t. Ego is also the enemy of progress!