Miley Cyrus releases new album with surprise performance at fan event

Los Angeles, (IANS): Singer-songwriter Miley Cyrus has unveiled her new album, and she chose the best place to do it. The singer took a moment during TikTok’s fan-only listening event for her new album ‘Something Beautiful’, to give the 100-person audience a heads up.

She said, “My next album is about to be extremely experimental, so have fun with that. ‘Something Beautiful’ is just an appetizer”.

By that point, the room had already heard the album in full, as Cyrus had chosen Los Angeles’ Chateau Marmont to preview her ninth record (out Friday) for fans who were lucky enough to secure a spot through social media, as Cyrus invited guests through comments on their TikTok videos using her song ‘Easy Lover’, reports ‘Variety’.

But what they didn’t expect was a surprise performance from Cyrus, who appeared after album playback to debut a handful of songs from the project as well as a few fan favorites, including an impromptu rendition of her earlier hit ‘The Climb’.

As per ‘Variety’, the evening, in partnership between TikTok and Cyrus, was certainly for fans, as she consistently acknowledged how intricately they knew every adlib and key change. Dressed in archival Mugler, she took the makeshift stage at the front of the room, which also counted actress Anya Taylor-Joy in the audience, and began with ‘More to Lose’, the sweeping ballad that she previously released as a single.

“I’ve been experimenting with this album for the past year or two by having these nights at Chateau, they were invite-only, super exclusive, just my closest friends and my family”, she said at the beginning of the set. “This was the way that I kind of discovered the album, because if it can’t stand up with me and Michael Pollack on the piano, who I wrote these songs with, (Jonathan) Rado on the guitar, and Maxx Morando on the drums, then what are we even doing”.“So making the album and fully realizing it all and watching it become this butterfly and have this metamorphosis, this evolution, it’s so reflective of my life and everything that I’m experiencing and I pour that into the production. But at the heart of this album, it’s still been us, really. It’s been us three in a room making this album for the past couple of years”, she added. Miley Cyrus releases new album with surprise performance at fan event | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com

Read More........ → June 09, 2025

Lata Mangeshkar reveals her plans of singing with Amitabh Bachchan

Lata Mangeshkar talks about her plans for her music label LM Music... 

Congratulations, you've launched your own record label L M Music. What are your plans for your music company? I believe you will now be singing with Mr. Amitabh Bachchan?

Yes! I want to sing with Amitji for sure. We had come together for a duet 'Yeh Kahan Aa Gye Hum' in Yash Chopraji's film Silsila many years ago. But we didn't record it together. I had sung my portion. And later Amitji had recited Javed Saab's poetry. What would you be recording with Mr. Bachchan? I believe he is keen to do shlokas of Lord Tirupati with me. I'd love to do this project with him. I've spoken to him about it already. He has also been kind enough to give the voiceover for an album of devotional songs by Suresh Wadkar released on our label. Suresh had recorded the Kabir Bhajans many years ago but never released the album. When I heard them I thought they just needed some brushing up. That's where Bachchan Saab's commentary came in. What are the other albums to be released on the L M Music Label? We've already released several spiritual albums, and a children's album by my sister Meena. In that album Meena's granddaughter has also sung. In fact during the music-label launch function on January 15, Meena's granddaughter kept rushing to the stage to repeatedly touch Amitabh Bachchanji's feet (laughs). I've also released an album of Bhakti geet 'Har Har Mahadev' with Shankar Mahadevan accompanying me. Then there is an album of Buddha chants entitled Buddham Sharman Gachchami featuring 11 artistes including Hariharan, Shankar Mahadevan, Pankaj Udhas, Anoop Jalota, my sister Asha and me. This is the first time I've sung in Pali. We also have classical vocalist Jeetendra Abhishek's son Shounak singing Bhau Geet for the first time. Shounak's sister who is my sister Meena's daughter-in-law has also sung in that album. The label launch function was attended by the likes of Mr. Bachchan, Neeta Ambani, Sridevi and Boney... Yes, a lot of distinguished people from the film industry showed up for the function. I am fortunate to have so many lovely people's best wishes. Whoever we invited showed up for the function. I am blessed. It was a quiet evening. Four of us Bachchan Saab, Neeta Ambaniji, Pandit Jasraj and I were on stage. Neetaji and Amitji are so busy yet they came to my function for their love of me. Pandit Jasraj is not well and yet he came. Jasrajji released the album. What has the feedback to your label been so far? The feedback to my music label has been heartening. I completed 70 years of singing in 2012. I am deeply indebted to the people of India for liking my voice for so many years. What would I have been if it wasn't for the love of the people? It's my duty to give something back to the music industry now. What are your future plans for the label? We've lots of plans. Usha Mangeshkar is ready to record an album of Garba songs. I also want to record Ghazals. I also want to record poems of Bachchan's Saab's father Shri Harivansh Rai Bachchan, selected by Amitji. We're only starting out. Any plans for upcoming singers? But my ardent wish is to create a platform for these children who are seen on reality shows after which they vanish from the music scene. They are known only as long as the show lasts. We want to create our own music show where winners from these shows get a second chance. Those selected from our show can go on to record songs on our label. I feel their talent and hard work are getting lost. Source: Hindustan Times, Image: https://upload.wikimedia.org

Read More........ → March 26, 2013

Taylor Swift comes out of Instagram Hiatus, praises Selena Gomez’s new album

Los Angeles, (IANS) Pop icon Taylor Swift made a return to Instagram after more than three months to appreciate fellow singer-songwriter Selena Gomez‘s new album.

Swift heaped praise on ‘I Said I Love You First’, the ‘Only Murders in the Building’ star’s new musical collaboration with her fiance Benny Blanco, reports ‘Variety’.

“(Selena Gomez) & (Benny Blanco) I LOVE THIS ALBUM SO MUCH OH MY GODDDDDDDDDDDD (sic)”, Swift wrote on Instagram Stories, sharing a link to the album.

As per ‘Variety’, the 14-song record is Gomez’s first major musical release since her 2020 album ‘Rare’.

While her fans are certainly pleased that the current queen of pop shared the project on social media, they’re also expressing frustration with other artists who are not showing support despite the fact Selena Gomez has supported them in the past.

Prior to Swift’s glowing endorsement, one popular Selena Gomez fan account posted to X, “No celebrity supporting Selena Gomez’s new album except Becky G. Not Even Taylor Swift”. The post has since been taken down.

Fans are also upset with Gomez’s label Interscope Records, saying that it has not properly promoted the project since its March 21 release. “(Interscope Records) must really love losing money by not promoting one of their biggest artists”, wrote one fan on X. Ahead of the album’s release, Spotify posted a teaser in the form of a one-on-one sitdown between Blanco and Gomez. The 33-minute conversation took listeners behind the writing process of ‘I Said I Love You First’.

“We’d get up in the morning and have a conversation. But our conversation was never led going, ‘What are we going to write in the album? (sic)’”, Gomez said.Blanco shared, “I was constantly just writing whatever you said wherever we were. Sometimes, you’d be saying something really important, and I didn’t know if you even realized, but I would always open my phone and be like, ‘Fuck, that’s such a good line for a song’”. Taylor Swift comes out of Instagram Hiatus, praises Selena Gomez’s new album | MorungExpress | morungexpress.com

Read More........ → March 31, 2025