Heartfelt Teddy Swims Makes “Need You More” Hit Hard Live

Teddy Swims steps into an intimate live setting and sings “Need You More” like he’s saying the one thing he’s been trying not to. It’s tender, tense, and weirdly beautiful, the kind of performance that makes a quiet room feel too small for what’s happening in his chest. You can hear love in every line, but you can also hear the fear that comes with it. This live take doesn’t just sound good, it feels personal.

This performance lives on YouTube as part of Teddy Swims’ Green Room Sessions, a stripped-back setup that keeps the focus where it belongs, on the voice, the words, and the emotion that keeps climbing with every repeat.

It starts with that simple count-in, “One, two, three,” and you’re in. No long runway, no big wind-up, just a quick breath and then the music settles into place. The vibe feels close enough that you can picture the space, the kind of room where every small sound matters and every pause lands.

Teddy’s delivery is warm, but it’s not relaxed. He sings like someone trying to keep it together, like someone choosing honesty even though it might cost him. The melody moves smoothly, but the emotion keeps snagging on certain words, especially when the chorus hits and he returns to the same thought again and again.

The details in the lyric make the whole thing hit harder because they’re so normal. Someone getting dressed. Someone putting on foundation. A look through the mirror that says, “I’m fine.” That’s the genius sting of it. The scene is everyday, almost sweet, but the singer hears the storm in the silence.

In a performance like this, the power isn’t in showing off. It’s in holding eye contact with a truth you don’t want to say out loud. Teddy sings with that kind of control, the kind that doesn’t hide feeling, it frames it. And as the song builds, you can sense where it’s headed: toward the part where love stops being simple and starts being scary.

This song doesn’t chase the fantasy version of love. It goes straight for the moment when love is real enough to scare you. The narrator isn’t panicking because he doesn’t trust her, he’s panicking because he knows people change, curiosity happens, and sometimes the person you adore wants to step outside the relationship just to test the air.

That’s why the dressing room image matters so much. It’s a soft scene, but it becomes a stage for a harder truth. You can be close to someone, you can be watching them in the mirror, you can be living inside the same routine, and still feel the ground shift under you.

The performance also captures something many people don’t like admitting: sometimes the person who “needs more” feels ashamed of it. You hear that in the line about not saying it out loud, because to the other person it wouldn’t make sense. That’s a particular kind of loneliness, loving someone and feeling like your deepest fear would sound silly if you said it plainly.

And still, the song doesn’t punish anyone. It doesn’t turn into a demand. It stays a confession. Teddy keeps it human, which is why it’s so easy to see yourself in it, whether you’ve been the one begging for reassurance, or the one who didn’t realize how much reassurance someone else needed.

If you’ve ever tried to smile through uncertainty, this performance feels like someone finally saying the part you kept quiet.

A live performance that stays with you after it ends

Some songs sound good and then they pass. This one lingers because it’s built on a feeling people recognize but don’t always talk about. Teddy Swims takes Need and turns it into something honest instead of something pretty. That’s why the Green Room Sessions version lands so hard, it’s close, it’s direct, and it doesn’t look away. When he sings “Just know I need you more,” it doesn’t feel like a lyric, it feels like the truth catching up to him.