Chris Cornell’s daughter Toni announces pop-rock debut single ‘Sunset of Your Love’

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Chris, has announced her debut single ‘Sunset Of Your Love’ – pre-save it here.The 20-year-old shared on Instagram that the track will be released next Thursday (November 21) and revealed that it was written by MoZella, who co-wrote Miley Cyrus’ 2013 hit ‘Wrecking Ball’, and produced by Dave Hamelin, who worked on Beyoncé’s Grammy-nominated single ‘16 Carriages’.In her post, she gave fans a preview, showcasing lyrics including, “All I know is I’m not ready/ ‘Til you find me/ I’ll be waiting in the sunset of your love.”While she describes it as her “first song”, she did release a track, ‘Far Away Places’, back in 2019.

She recorded the song in 2017, three months before her father died that May at the age of 52, and it features production from the Soundgarden and Audioslave icon too.A post shared by Toni (@tonicornell)Over the years, Toni has performed a range of covers, too, including Temple Of The Dog’s ‘Hunger Strike’, Pearl Jam’s ‘Black’, Leonard Cohen’s ‘Hallelujah’, and Prince’s ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which was her dad’s favourite song to cover.In 2018, she released a duet of ‘Nothing Compares 2 U’, which she performed alongside her father, and donated the proceeds to the International Rescue Committee (IRC).

The previous year, she began working with the humanitarian organisation alongside the Chris and Vicky Cornell Foundation, set up by her parents in 2012, while in 2021 she was named the youngest ambassador to be appointed by the IRC.She marked Father’s Day by sharing the recording of her and her father covering the track, writing: “Daddy, I love you and miss you so much,” she wrote at the time. “You were the best father anyone could ask for.