Desire (with Johnny Jewel on Italians Do It Better, originally from Canada)

Desire is a Canadian electronic music duo from Montreal, based in Palm Springs, California. Formed in 2009, the band consists of vocalist Megan Louise and producer Johnny Jewel, a former member of Chromatics and Glass Candy. Nat Walker (also a previous member of Chromatics) was formerly a member of Desire, playing synthesizer and drums. Their lyrics are in French and English. Their debut studio album, II, was released in 2009, via the Italians Do It Better label. Fact magazine listed II as the 14th best album of 2009. That same year, the band's song "Under Your Spell" was featured in the 2010 S/S Max Mara fashion show, in Christian Dior's Haute Couture Spring–Summer 2012, and in the soundtracks of the 2011 films Drive and Oslo, August 31. Kid Cudi sampled "Under Your Spell" in his 2012 song "Teleport 2 Me, Jamie". Desire recorded the song "Behind the Mask" for the soundtrack to the 2015 film Lost River. Studio albums Desire (2009) Escape (2022) Games People Play (2025) Singles "If I Can't Hold You" (2009) "Under Your Spell" (2009) "Tears from Heaven" (2018) "Bizarre Love Triangle" (2020) "Escape" (2020) "Black Latex" (2020) "Liquid Dreams" (2020) "Boy" (2020) "Zeros" (2021) "Future Lights" with Double Mixte (2021) "Ghosts" (2021) "Haenim" feat. Ether (2021) "Can't Get You Out of My Head" feat. Guy Gerber (2022) "54321" feat. Omar-S (2022) "Hard Times" feat. Omar-S (2023) "Parisian Time" feat. Jimmy Whoo (2023) "The Power of Love" (2023) "Love Races On" (2023) "Darkside" (2024) "Human Nature" (2024) "Vampire" (2024) "Dangerous Drug" (2024) "I Know" (2024) "Drama Queen" (2024) "Something Real" feat. Omar-S (2025) Simon, Reynolds (September 20, 2011). "'Drive' playlist: 5 tracks from Ryan Gosling's explosive thriller". Digital Spy. Retrieved July 17, 2017. "Kasper Bjorke's Exclusive Disco Mix". Dazed. February 19, 2010. Retrieved July 17, 2017. Grow, Kory (January 5, 2011). "'Girls & Boys Presents Glass Candy+Chromatics'". The Village Voice. Archived from the original on September 26, 2020. Retrieved July 17, 2017. "Desire prep debut LP and Italians come to London". Fact. June 3, 2009. Archived from the original on August 5, 2010. Retrieved January 28, 2010. Ace, Ezra (April 9, 2009). "Damaged Disco". The Portland Mercury. Retrieved January 28, 2010. "Desire – II". Resident Advisor. July 9, 2009. Retrieved July 17, 2017. Park, Dave (December 27, 2009). "Album Review: Desire – II". Prefix. Archived from the original on October 19, 2012. Retrieved June 29, 2013. "The 40 Best Albums of 2009". Fact. December 9, 2009. Retrieved January 28, 2010. "Oslo, 31. august (2011) – Soundtracks". IMDb. Retrieved July 17, 2017. Feenstra, Gerrit (April 8, 2015). "Album Review: Johnny Jewel – Lost River Original Soundtrack". KEXP-FM. Retrieved July 17, 2017. Hogan, Marc (April 28, 2009). "Desire: "If I Can't Hold You"". Pitchfork. Retrieved January 24, 2010. Murray, Robin (February 14, 2020). "Desire Cover New Order's 'Bizarre Love Triangle'". clashmusic.com. Clash. Retrieved February 21, 2020. Article about Johnny Jewel at The Guardian Interview with Jewel at The Portland Mercury Desire discography at Discogs