As she prepares for the release of her third major label album, Obsessed, Morgan Wade gives fans a last tantalising preview with new release ‘Total Control’. Listen below.

The album opener, ‘Total Control’ sees Wade relinquishing her composure in favour of an all-consuming love. With previously released sneak peeks ‘Halloween’, ‘Moth to A Flame’, ‘2AM in London’, and ‘Time to Love, Time to Kill’, anticipation grows for Obsessed, which Rolling Stone calls “a songwriter record that is stripped down, primarily acoustic, and a powerful showcase of Wade’s dynamic vocal capabilities.”

An entirely solo-written 14-track collection, Obsessed was produced by her touring guitarist Clint Wells and showcases Wade at her rawest and most vulnerable. She writes with incredible force about the ache for home and the emotion of being reunited with loved ones, of feeling dangerously preoccupied with someone, and of being in situations that society might consider outside the norm.

On Obsessed, Wade also does a thorough examination and inventory of her journey as a person, not sparing any ugly details when she’s been the one at fault. The project arrives on August 16th and follows her celebrated second album Psychopath, which was named one of 2023’s best albums by The New York Times, Rolling Stone, and more.

Ahead of her new album release Morgan Wade is continuing to tour arenas across America with Alanis Morissette and Joan Jett. The tour finishes in Los Angeles on August 10th.

Obsessed tracklisting:
1. Total Control
2. Department Store
3. Time to Love, Time to Kill
4. Obsessed
5. Juliet
6. 2AM in London
7. Hansel and Gretel
8. Spin
9. Reality
10. Walked on Water (feat. Kesha)
11. Halloween
12. Crossing State Lines
13. Moth to a Flame
14. Deconstruction

Canadian pop singer & songwriter JESSIA presents her new EP, Okay With Every Part, and announces her first headline tour across North America. The Be Here Now tour begins on October 22nd in Los Angeles and includes stops in Vancouver, Toronto, New York, Montreal, and more. Tickets will be on sale on July 26th.

The tour announcement arrives alongside her independently released EP, Okay With Every Part. Wielding her sharp lyricism and powerhouse vocals, the 6-track project takes listeners on a journey of growth and change.

JESSIA opens up about the new EP: “Losing a label and a relationship within the span of 3 months shook me. I felt shame, rejection, anger, frustration, but also freedom, adventure, passion, and resilience. As much as I didn’t want to, I had to learn to accept and move through these new obstacles. Each song on this project represents a pivotal moment in my journey to finding peace and confidence again. This EP represents me accepting the good and bad parts of life so that I can look back and say, I’m okay with every part.”

With over 375 million collective global streams, JUNO Award-winning pop songstress JESSIA has taken the music industry by storm, capturing the hearts of fans across the world with her raw talent, dazzling pop melodies, and heart-wrenching lyricism. She made her explosive introduction in 2021 with the viral single, “I’m not Pretty.” Racking up hundreds of millions streams and views, the single caught the attention of Grammy-nominated artist Bebe Rexha, who later joined JESSIA on the track remix. She kept the buzz going with the release of her debut EP, ‘How Are You?,’ which was met with widespread support from iHeart, SiriusXM, and Billboard.

In 2023, JESSIA bravely transitioned to releasing music independently. Last year also saw JESSIA take her music on the road with an Asia tour supporting OneRepublic and a sold-out Canadian tour with Dean Lewis. With the release of her second EP, Okay With Every Part, as well as her forthcoming headline tour, JESSIA continues to prove that the sky’s the limit.

Listen to Okay With Every Part on all streaming platforms:

JESSIA – Okay With Every Part

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Upcoming Tour Dates:
October 22 – Los Angeles
October 24 – Vancouver
October 28 – Calgary
October 29 – Edmonton
November 3 – Toronto
November 4 – New York
November 6 – Montreal
November 7 – Ottawa
* tickets will be on sale July 26th @ jessiamusic.com

JADE, AKA Jade Thirlwall of multi-platinum selling, BRIT Award winning pop phenomenon Little Mix, today releases her highly anticipated debut solo single, ‘Angel of My Dreams’.

JADE co-wrote ‘Angel of My Dreams’ in LA alongside Steph Jones (Sabrina Carpenter’s Espresso), Pablo Bowman (Calvin Harris’ Miracle) and producer Mike Sabath (RAYE). The track is a frenetically shapeshifting, gloriously OTT banger that explores her love/hate relationship with a pop industry she’s been at the heart of since 2011.

“I didn’t want to do a safe first single, that was really important to me,” JADE states. “I’m setting the tone of who I am as an artist on my own. I want people to hear it and be like ‘what the fuck is that song?’. My worst nightmare is for someone to hear my song and go ‘that’s nice’.”

The lyrical themes are brought to life via an eye-popping video that takes the song’s playful storytelling and blows it up into big neon letters. Directed by Aube Perrie (Harry Styles, Megan Thee Stallion), and filmed over four days (“the budget was budgeting” laughs JADE), it’s a visual feast, inspired by the Fifth Element, Showgirls and Black Swan, that stars various versions of Jade all scrapping for the spotlight.

“There’s 11 looks in the video! The concept is sort of rags to riches It was emotional actually because for one bit I’m busking and walking past a Sainsbury’s Local. When I was 16, I would stand outside my local Sainsbury’s and sing Christmas songs.”

It’s been a long, carefully chosen path to get to ‘Angel of My Dreams’. When Little Mix announced their hiatus in 2022, JADE started to set her solo career in motion across multiple studio sessions with collaborators including MNEK, Cirkut, Lostboy, RAYE, Lauren Aquilina and Dave Hamelin alongside Mike, Steph and Pablo. ‘Angel of My Dreams’ immediately jumped out as the lead single. Built around a cheeky, knowing sample of Sandie Shaw’s 1967 hit ‘Puppet on a String’, lyrically JADE wanted to reflect on her time in an industry that has brought her both unimaginable highs and deep lows.

“It’s about how obsessed I am with the industry – so there are lyrics like “love when you call me a star” – but also there’s the dark side that comes with that. It’s not as glam as it seems.” The sample, which JADE had wanted to use in a song for years, was chosen very specifically. “In the beginning of our career you do think you are this puppet, but at the same time it isn’t true – we wrote a lot of our songs, and we were behind a lot of what we put out there. I resented that as a statement. So it felt natural to take that and show that it can be true and untrue at the same time.”

The track is Jade delivering Big Pop Girl Energy. It is, as she says, doing the most; it’s OTT, it’s ridiculous and it’s gloriously WTF.

“This dawn of pop girls giving people everything is so exciting. It couldn’t be better timing for my music. I’m so proud of it and I can say that with chest. The fans have waited long enough so now we just want to give it to them”.

K-Pop supergroup NCT 127 return with their sixth full studio album “WALK”, led by the focus single of the same name, out digitally today. Arriving at the pinnacle of summer, the 11-track album once again defines NCT 127 as a genre-defying group pushing the sonic boundaries of Korean pop, with songs that range from drum-led hip hop to soft guitar melodies. “WALK” is now available on various music sites including iTunes, Apple Music, Spotify, and more HERE. Pre-order for the physical album, which will be available in the UK on 19 July.

For the first time in their eight-year career, NCT 127’s members take on early 2000s hip hop with focus single ‘Walk’. The track has an infectious early aughties feel, with boom bap-style drums, retro guitar riffs, and choreography inspired by mop-style hip hop dancing. The lyrics symbolise NCT 127’s confidence and pride in forging their own path rather than following someone else’s. The music video is available to watch below.

‘Walk’ isn’t their only move into hip hop on the album, with ‘Intro: Wall to Wall’ using the genre to reflect on the journey NCT 127 have taken since their debut in 2016 and their aspirations for the future. ‘No Clue’ takes the less serious route, blending hip hop, soul, and funk to celebrate living free without being weighed down by thoughts; while ‘Orange Seoul’, with its jazzy sax and piano melodies, describes dreamy watercolour sunsets over Seoul, a symbolic city for the group.

The LP also features ‘Pricey’, an honest examination of love’s many costs, set to bouncy 808 drums. Mid-tempo ‘Time Capsule’ recalls sweet memories with loved ones unchanging with time, and dreamy ‘Can’t Help Myself’ describes a fateful story of love.

‘Rain Drop’ is a soulful R&B tune about articulating one’s inner feelings, followed by electro-trap ‘Gas’ revving up the tracklist to encourage everyone to step on the accelerator, full speed ahead. The album concludes with ‘Suddenly’, an intense portrayal of gradual attraction, and ‘Meaning of Love’, a sweet guitar-driven song about love.

“WALK” is NCT 127’s first full release of 2024, following their three-track winter EP “Be There For Me – Winter Special Single” and last year’s fifth full studio album “Fact Check”. In between group activities, the members have treated fans to near non-stop solo releases, including MARK’s solo debut single ‘200’ in May, DOYOUNG’s first solo album ‘Youth’ in April, and TAEYONG’s sophomore solo EP ‘Tap’ in April.

“WALK” Track List:

1. Intro: Wall to Wall
2. Walk
3. No Clue
4. Orange Seoul
5. Pricey
6. Time Capsule
7. Can’t Help Myself
8. Rain Drop
9. Gas
10. Suddenly
11. Meaning of Love

NCT 127 – WALK – The 6th Album

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