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Jack Savoretti – Who’s Hurting Who
Today, UK singer/songwriter Jack Savoretti returns with his irresistible new single “Who’s Hurting Who” — a disco-fueled pop track featuring the legendary Nile Rodgers. “Who’s Hurting Who” is the first release from Savoretti’s forthcoming album Europiana, due out via Capitol Records on June 25.
Co-produced by Rodgers and Mark Ralph (Tove Lo, MARINA), “Who’s Hurting Who” arrives as a gloriously upbeat piece of soul-pop, perfectly showcasing Savoretti’s alluring vocal presence. With its dance-ready grooves, glistening guitar riffs, and lavish string arrangements, the song fully embodies the elegant escapism of Europiana, an album Savoretti describes as “the music of my childhood summers, remade for today.” But despite its undeniably fun spirit, “Who’s Hurting Who” also bears an intense emotional power. “It’s my take on the great Kris Kristofferson’s song ‘Nobody Wins,’” Savoretti reveals. “About behavior I’m all too familiar with, but hopefully is behind me. It’s a serious song in shiny packaging.”
The official video for “Who’s Hurting Who” will premiere soon, complete with a cameo from Rodgers. “Nile brings groove, glamour, and chic that is everything that Europiana is,” says Savoretti of his collaborator.
The seventh full-length from Savoretti, Europiana serves as the follow-up to his gold-certified album Singing to Strangers: a 2019 release that marked his first #1 on the UK album chart and earned praise from such outlets as The Telegraph (who hailed its “heady love songs mixing lush orchestrations with a tight, electric band”). This time around, Savoretti recorded at the famed Abbey Road Studios with leading producers like Cam Blackwood (London Grammar, Florence + the Machine), approaching the album with more confidence and imagination than ever before. “Singing to Strangers was my first album that wasn’t all about me, which I loved,” Savoretti says. “Europiana pushes that further. There are more characters and bigger concepts. I’m looking out at the world, not inwards.”
Greentea Peng – Nah It Ain’t The Same (Official Video)
Greentea Peng is back with her first single of 2021 “Nah It Ain’t The Same”, which also arrives as the first taster of her highly-anticipated debut album MAN MADE. “Nah It Ain’t The Same” follows December 2020’s “Spells“, and features production from Earbuds (“Revolution”, “Hu Man”).
Greentea Peng revealed via Instagram that the new single is the first track to be lifted from her debut album MAN MADE. The new single is accompanied by a video directed by Machine Operated.
Greentea Peng writes of her album on Instagram, “Thank you to everyone who helped bring this together. It’s been a real process forming this album, a real trip. I’m so excited to begin this rollout, I have sooooo much music/ energy to engulf you with its wild. But I’ll start with this. Hope you enjoy it.
Deliberations of a (hu) man subject to the pendulum swing, a reflection of my utter confusion and innermost conflicts/contradictions amidst these shifting paradigms. Always LOVE, always mushrooms. PEACE.”
Bakar – 1st Time
Bakar returns with his first new music in over a year. The London artist has releases a new single./video for “1st Time.” Bakar continues to work on a new album, the follow up to Badkid, his 2018 debut album, will be released in 2021. The “1st Time” is accompanied by a video by director Hector Dockrill, famed for his work with Jorja Smith, Ray BLK, and Skepta among others. Produced by Bakar and longtime collaborator Zach Nahome, “1st Time” is set to build on the global success of 2019’s Will You Be My Yellow? EP and its standout sleeper hit “Hell N Back.”
Much of Bakar’s music pays tribute to classic songwriting, full of warmth and wordplay. However, Bakar’s is an undeniably contemporary take, in part informed by his first-generation British experience (“I make black music. We’re hip hop kids – everything comes from that place”) and a network of likeminded global collaborators and peers: whether collaborating with Kenny Beats, Dominic Fike and BENEE or absorbing knowledge from the likes of Skepta, A$AP Mob or Virgil Abloh. In contrast, he hasn’t had a phone for two years so he can always be focused on songwriting rather than social media, instead of spending his time writing songs on the move, whether on the tube or walking the streets. “1st Time” is a perfect example of his unique approach: bursting with originality and uninhibited by nostalgia.
Mini ‘Adventure on 4’
Spirit of adventure
David George, Director of MINI UK, said: “The sponsorship and the work perfectly captures the Countryman’s spirit of adventure from behind the wheel of the biggest, boldest most adventurous MINI ever – The MINI Countryman.”
Ben Levy, Strategic Planning Lead at Wavemaker added: “A television sponsorship was the perfect next step for MINI’s vision of adventure.
“We’re very pleased to have landed the Channel 4 deal, which will align MINI’s new model with a daring audience, and surely drive further growth for the much-loved brand.”
Simon Poett, Executive Creative Director at The Brooklyn Brothers, says: “It’s always a privilege to work with such an optimistic and iconic brand and product range at this time.
“Our ‘Adventchaaa’ idents celebrate our thirst for fun & possibility in the everyday. Even at a time when it’s been thwarted, our thirst for Adventchhhha remains. Michael Lennox brought inspiring simplicity and a comedic deftness of touch to the work.”
Adidas by Stella McCartney SS21
Adidas by Stella McCartney presents: SS21 FUTUREPLAYGROUND – performance wear designed for your body, mind and planet. To celebrate this new collection, three directors share their vision of what it means to connect with your direct surroundings and protect what matters most.
London-based director Netti Hurley’s film values intimacy and honesty, capturing something real, bold, and emotive with a clear message: “I wanted to make sure we cast people whose identity, work, and presence set the tone for a better future”.
Nike Air Force
Nike’s Air Force 1 campaign is celebrating community activists by making them part of the shoe’s latest campaign.
Kelsey Lu – Morning Dew (Director’s Cut)
A few months ago, LA musician Kelsey Lu put “Morning Dew” out into the world — the first single since the release of their debut album BLOOD over a year prior. Featuring Isaiah Barr from Onyx Collective on the saxophone, and originally written while Lu was living in an old leather factory in New Jersey, the beautiful song is apparently one of their all-time-favourites.
Last week, Lu shared a 360 degree projecttied to the song, featuring three American Sign Language speakers — Leila Hanaumi, Natasha Ofiliand Joey Antonio— translating its lyrics. Today, we’re shifting focus to Lu’s physical interpretation of “Morning Dew” in a solo performance shot in London by Harry Wheeler, No Tricks and Chris Alborano. The result, which we’re premiering below, is an intimate portrayal of Lu cloaked in soft, warm lighting that ebbs and flows with their expressive movements. Dressed in a ruched look and a pair of thigh-high boots, Lu spins to the music, hypnotic and free.
“There are many versions of oneself, multi-dimensional universes inside of your body and yet, only one You,” Lu says of the video. “If you wander inside that place, what can you find? Star Ancestors. Flowing through you, not new information, but memories. Following cosmic guidance.”
To Erase the Cloud
The official trailer for the short film, ‘To Erase A Cloud’, a directorial and writing debut from Jim Longden & Sonny Hall’s acting debut.
