New Music Friday and 10 great releases that are out today.
1. Kylie – ‘Kiss of Life’ feat Jessie Ware
Kylie releases her brand-new single ‘Kiss of Life’ with pop sensation Jessie Ware, via BMG. Listen to the brilliant new single here.
‘Kiss of Life’ is made for the dance floor – bursting with disco-fever beats and melodies. It was written by Kylie and Jessie Ware, alongside James Ford, Danny Parker and Shungudzo, who collaborated with Jessie on her hugely successful album ‘What’s Your Pleasure?’, released last summer.
Kiss of Life follows the track ‘A Second to Midnight’ with Years & Years, which was released earlier this month to widespread praise – deemed ‘dazzling’ by NME and a ‘delightful disco fever dream’ by Rolling Stone. Both singles will be featured on the forthcoming ‘DISCO: Guest List Edition’, which also features a new track titled ‘Can’t Stop Writing Songs About You’, recorded with disco legend Gloria Gaynor. The new version of ‘DISCO’ also features an array of incredible remixes from the original album and ‘Real Groove (Studio 2054 Remix)’ – last year’s hit collaboration with Dua Lipa.
2. Sammy Porter – ‘Celebrate’ feat Karen Harding
Sammy Porter’s singles such as ‘Talking Like Friends’ and ‘Let Your Love’ have taken him to over 50 million career streams, 5 million video views and 2500 plays on UK radio. Now he teams up with Karen Harding for his new single ‘Celebrate’. Listen HERE.
Boasting punchy piano house keys, a dynamite drop and the not-so-secret weapon that is Karen’s Harding’s soaring soulful vocal gift, ‘Celebrate’ has everything it takes to become a crossover dance anthem. Not only does it look set to become Sammy’s biggest track to date, but it sees Karen Harding adding to an epic year in which she has featured on major tracks from Galantis, Shift K3y, Hook N Sling and Felix Cartal.
Sammy produced ‘Celebrate’, which he co-wrote with Rob Harvey, Charlotte Haining and Lewis Thompson. Frontman of The Music, Rob Harvey has also co-written two of Joel Corry’s smash hits, ‘Head & Heart’ (featuring MNEK) and ‘Lonely’.
Sammy says, “Never been so excited for a record to see the light of day. Being able collab with Karen Harding on a record is literally unreal and I’m so excited for it to come out sounding the way it does after keeping this under wraps for so long.”
Karen adds, “We wrote ‘Celebrate’ up in Leeds and the chorus was inspired by a packet of Celebrations in Rob Harvey’s kitchen. We all got our best moves out and danced around! It was such a happy, feelgood vibe.”
3. KiD RAiN – ‘Magic’
KiD RAiN is quickly becoming one of the hottest new prospects in UK pop after the breakthrough success of his take on ‘Accidentally In Love’. His teasers for the song generated millions of likes on TikTok, and things continued to explode with over 10 million streams of its official release. It raced up countless key charts – including #1 on iTunes in the UK and Spain, and Top 25 on Spotify UK’s Viral Chart. Between his engaging modern pop and his effervescent personality, KiD RAiN has already attracted over 250 million views on TikTok alone.
Now KiD RAiN shares the official video for new single ‘Magic’. Directed by Will Fidler (Oliver Brian Productions) and filmed at the Abbeydale Picture House in Sheffield.
KiD RAiN says, “My favourite film is The Prestige, a film about two magicians in 19th century (Christopher Nolan at his best go watch it if you haven’t) so I knew I wanted the magic video to look similar to that, and when I found an old 19th century theatre IN YORKSHIRE I couldn’t believe it!! We called the venue and we were in there shooting a week later! My favourite shot is where I’m sat hanging off the main balcony, scary but worth it!!”
4. Regard – ‘Signals’
BRIT Award nominated powerhouse DJ and producer Regard, has joined forces with singer songwriter Kwabs for an energising new single ‘Signals’ via Ministry of Sound. LISTEN HERE
Opening with an effortlessly conjuring hook sung by Kwabs, the new track combines every element you’d expect of a club anthem, with deep basslines, bright synth-riffs, FX sweeps and syncopated house piano chords. Kwabs’ powerful and soulful vocals command attention throughout.
“You can never get bored with deep house” says Regard, with Kwabs explaining:
“I recorded the vocal for Signals so long ago that it was crazy to think I’d ever be hearing it on the radio. It just goes to show that sometimes you can’t keep a good song down. Huge kudos goes to Regard; he really transformed it into something new. And now it’s this whole mad, amazing, emotional dance record. I can’t wait for people to hear it.”
A collaboration that joins platinum selling artists who boast a BRIT nomination and worldwide charting singles, Regard and Kwabs are an unstoppable duo to anticipate.
5. Meduza & Hozier – ‘Tell It To My Heart’
Platinum-selling hitmakers Meduza and Hozier have linked up on new collaborative single ‘Tell It To My Heart’, out 29th October.
An emotion-steeped, atmospheric electronic masterpiece, ‘Tell It To My Heart’ pairs the trademark sophisticated production firmly associated with Meduza, with Hozier’s iconic soaring vocals. It follows the similarly rousing ‘Paradise’, Meduza’s collaboration with another Irish chart topper, Dermot Kennedy, which has racked up over 400 million Spotify streams, and achieved platinum awards in multiple countries, peaking at #5 in the UK Singles charts.
6. James Blunt – ‘Unstoppable’
James Blunt today releases the hilarious video for his uplifting new song ‘Unstoppable’ – taken from his forthcoming greatest hits album, ‘The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)’ – out November 19th on Atlantic Records.
17 years into his prolific career, ‘Unstoppable’ sees James delivering a phenomenal single for the post-Covid era; driven by a chorus that will no doubt find its home in the arenas on his tour next year, it’s set to quickly assert itself as a fan favourite.
“It’s coming, it’s coming!” screams a man as the video opens with James and his one man band. Like a scene from a 50’s B movie horror film, people run for their lives, terrified of his music, with James blissfully unaware of the chaos he’s causing. Indicative of his triumphant career, he soon wins the world over, and the video, directed by illustrious film writer Jamie Thraves, comes to a joyous, celebratory end. “Be afraid…I am UNSTOPPABLE!” says James, and who are we to argue!
James will embark on a nine date UK arena tour for 2022 which will see him celebrate songs spanning a 17-year career that has spawned over 23 million album sales, a global smash hit with ‘You’re Beautiful’, two Brit Awards and two Ivor Novello Awards, as well as receiving five Grammy Award nominations.
Amongst the string of hit singles, ‘The Stars Beneath My Feet (2004-2021)’ will include four new songs (‘Love Under Pressure’, ‘Unstoppable’, ‘Adrenaline’ & ‘I Came For Love’), as well as four exclusive live performances from around the world, including the Glastonbury Festival. It also features stunning tracks from his latest Gold-selling album ‘Once Upon A Mind’, including ‘Cold’, and the heartbreaking ballad for his father, ‘Monster’.
7. Maggie Lindemann – ‘She Knows It’
Today, punk rock/pop singer Maggie Lindemann has released “She Knows It,” her first song since the release of her January 2021 debut EP PARANOIA. “She Knows It” arrives with a video directed by Vixxion that features popular artist Jasiah as the lead male, and has appearances from collaborator Siiickbrain and popular alternative artist TOOPOOR. The video had a special viewing yesterday at Travis Barker’s House of Horrors on-line paid event. “She Knows It” is released as Maggie is seven dates into the nation-wide Life Support Tour with Madison Beer. Full tour dates are HERE.
Listen to “She Knows It” HERE.
“I wrote this song about how I liked a girl who had a boyfriend. She would confide in me about how shitty he was and say and do things that would kind of lead me on but then tell me she didn’t ‘mean it like that’…so I was like fuck it, I’m gonna write about it,” said Maggie of the song. About the video, she said: “I wrote up the concept kind of right when we made the song. I instantly had a vision for it and wanted to give it a high school 2000’s feel but also keep it current and industrial and surreal spin from a normal classroom setting. I wanted to tap into my high school fantasy — haha.”
8. Tank – ‘I deserve’
9x GRAMMY® Award-nominated R&B superstar Tank has announced today’s release of his new single. “I Deserve” is available today via R&B Money/Atlantic Records at all DSPs and streaming services; an official music video directed by Matt Alonzo and starring Adam Waheed and Juhahn Jones premieres today via YouTube.
“I Deserve” sees Tank bringing his extraordinary two-decade career full circle by sampling his now-classic single, 2001’s top 40 smash, “Maybe I Deserve.” The new single heralds the upcoming release of what will be Tank’s final album, R&B MONEY, due to arrive Friday, February 4, 2022.
9. David Guetta – ‘Family’
2x GRAMMY® Award-winning DJ/producer/songwriter David Guetta is back with a star-studded new single, “Family (Feat. Bebe Rexha, Ty Dolla $ign, and A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie)” is available now HERE.
“Family is everything to me,” shares Bebe Rexha. “Sometimes you find friends that become your family, and that is what this song is about. Sharing this experience with David Guetta, Ty Dolla $ign and A Boogie With A Hoodie made it even more special.”
10. Why Don’t We – ‘Love Back’
Multi-talented band Why Don’t We go acoustic for a stripped back take of their triumphant new single “Love Back” – available now via Atlantic Records. The breezy new version premieres today alongside a serene video shot at Tanaka Farms in Irvine, CA.
Teaming up with GRAMMY-nominated producer JHart, “Love Back” finds Why Don’t We sounding refreshed as ever after a turbulent year, finding creative solace and marking the beginning an exciting new era. Already boasting over 12 million global steams, the track was featured by PEOPLE Magazine who touted the group’s “control over their own destinies.”
“We are so thankful to be able to release new music for our fans after they have been such an incredible support system for us throughout the past five years as a band. ‘Love Back’ is the start of our most authentic chapter yet, and we can’t wait for what’s next.” – WHY DON’T WE
