Jorja Smith: Last News

Jorja Smith has confirmed details of her second album ‘Falling Or Flying’ alongside a string of UK record release shows.Set for release September 29, ‘Falling Or Flying’ is the follow-up to Smith’s debut album ‘Lost And Found’ and 2021’s “sonic waiting room” EP ‘Be Right Back’.According to a press release, the new album “thrillingly broaches any gap between Jazz, Soul, R&B and Funky House”.Smith said the songs on the record “touch on breakups, relationships with my friends, relationships with old friends, relationships with myself. It’s definitely about a lot of relationships, but every song I write I can sing it to myself,” she added.

RELEASESKylie Minogue has released new single ‘Padam, Padam’. Her new album ‘Tension’ is out on 22 Sep.Jorja Smith will release her second album ‘Falling Or Flying’ on 29 Sep. She is set to play four launch shows around the UK close to the release date, including one at Outernet in London on 4 Oct.

It's been five years since Jorja Smith captivated alt-R&B fans worldwide with her debut Lost & Found, and today the English singer-songwriter has finally shared details of her full-length follow-up. falling or flying is out September 29 via Smith's own label FAMM and is available for preorder right now.

LABELS & PUBLISHERSUniversal Music shareholders have agreed a new pay package for boss man Lucian Grainge, which will see his basic wage reduced by more than two thirds to $5 million. He will, however, be eligible for an annual performance bonus of $10 million, and is set to receive new stock options. So, you know, he’s not going to starve.

English R&B singer Jorja Smith has taken her time with her follow-up to her 2018 debut Lost & Found, sharing the stopgap project Be Right Back in 2021 and the Joy Orbison collab "Rose Rouge" in 2022. The wait may be finally ending: on Thursday (April 13), Smith shared "Try Me," her first new song of the year and the debut track released on her new label FAMM.

RELEASESPost Malone has released new single ‘Chemical’, taken from his upcoming fifth album.Doja Cat features on a new remix of ‘Kill Bill’ by SZA.Eighteen months on from her debut solo single, ex-Little Mix singer Jesy Nelson is back with new track ‘Bad Thing’.Busted have released a new version of their song ‘Loser Kid’, featuring Simple Plan. “’Loser Kid’ has always been a favourite track of mine”, says the band’s Matt Willis. “It was the end of the first album and summed up that record.

by night or by day) and for the in Los Angeles last night, March 12, she added another naked number to her repertoire. A range of made dramatic impact on the after-party red-carpet (hello, Daisy Edgar-Jones in crystal-swathed transparent Gucci and Janelle Monáe in a cut-out black beaded Area confection), but it was Ratajkowski’s goddess-like chainmail sheath that had the most drama. The brains behind the gauzy silver creation, accented with braided details? Emerging London designer Feben, the Central Saint Martins graduate who has also created pieces for Beyoncé and Erykah Badu and who enlisted Jorja Smith to walk in her recent autumn/winter 2023 show. By Carrie WittmerEmily Ratajkowski’s gown came straight from Feben’s runway, one which also featured a range of artisanal embellishments like molten sequins, which the designer describes as an outré armor.

Sir Rod Stewart says he knocked back an offer of $1million (£845,000) to perform in Qatar because of their human rights record.

Jem Aswad Senior Music Editor Creative Artists Agency (CAA) has promoted Jenna Park Adler to co-head of the agency’s global hip-hop/R&B touring group, alongside current head Mark Cheatham.  Adler personally reps artists across multiple genres as well as hip-hop and R&B, with a client roster that includes Jennifer Lopez, Doja Cat, Charli XCX, Green Day, Chloe x Halle, Yeah Yeah Yeahs, Deftones, and Mark Ronson, among many others. She played a key role in Doja Cat’s rise, architected Green Day’s “Hella Mega” tour and helped Lopez develop her multi-dimensional businesses. “Jenna’s an undeniable force in the business and an invaluable member of the CAA team, brilliantly delivering for artists across genres,” said CAA Co-Head of North American Music Darryl Eaton.  “Mark and Jenna bring an incredible level of energy, experience and strategic vision to our industry-leading Hip-Hop/R&B group.  Under their leadership, the future is very bright.” 

Birmingham has been dubbed the ‘home of metal’ for a long time thanks to its long history of producing some of the genre’s most iconic acts. One of the second city’s biggest bands brought the 2022 Commonwealth Games to a thunderous close as Ozzy Osbourne and Black Sabbath rocked the city’s Alexander Stadium. The band closed the games time in the city in style following performances from fellow Midlands acts Dexy’s Midnight Runners, UB40, Beverley Knight, Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, Apache Indian, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Jaykae, Ash, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve and The Selecter.

the vintage motorcycle jacket is having a moment, and we're very much here for it. Padded shoulders, shiny hardware and a whole load of leather have been all the rage for some of our favourite celebrities recently, and we can't wait to hop on the back of the outerwear trend.

Naman Ramachandran Rocker Ozzy Osbourne made a surprise appearance in his home city of Birmingham, U.K., and performed at the closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games on Monday evening. Osbourne and his band Black Sabbath, featuring Tony Iommi on guitar, Adam Wakeman on bass and Tommy Clufetos on drums, performed their evergreen hit “Paranoid” in front of a capacity crowd of 30,000 at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium.

Naman Ramachandran A sequence from an upcoming “Peaky Blinders” stage show and a performance from legendary local band UB40 are amongst the highlights of closing ceremony of the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham.The sequence from U.K.-wide theater show “Peaky Blinders: The Redemption of Thomas Shelby,” will be staged at Birmingham’s Alexander Stadium on Aug. 8, with a special performance of a newly-commissioned track from Laura Mvula, inspired by Nick Cave’s “Red Right Hand,” which is used as the TV show’s theme song.

Jorja Smith, Laura Mvula, UB40, Dexys have been announced to perform at the 2022 Commonwealth Games closing ceremony tonight (August 8).West Midlands acts and other associated figures Beverley Knight, Goldie, Jacob Banks, Ash, Apache Indian, Mahalia, Musical Youth, Neelam Gill, Panjabi MC, Raza Hussain, Talulah-Eve, and The Selecter will appear at the event to round off the multi-sport event that’s been hosted this year by Birmingham.The acts in question have been selected to “celebrate the diverse musical heritage of the West Midlands, championing the genres and trends that run through this great Commonwealth city; from rave to reggae, street and grime to R&B, drum ‘n’ bass and rap”, according to a press release.Masterminded by creative directors Amber Rimell and Bronski from TAWBOX, the ceremony staged at the city’s Alexander Stadium will also feature a sequence from the theatre production Peaky Blinders: The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby. Laura Mvula will perform a freshly commissioned track for the show, which has been inspired by the Blinders‘ theme tune, ‘Red Right Hand’ by Nick Cave And The Bad Seeds.The Redemption Of Thomas Shelby is written and adapted for the stage by creator Steven Knight, and choreographed and directed by Rambert’s Artistic Director Benoit Swan Pouffer.

Calvin Harris has released another song from his forthcoming album ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’ – listen to ‘New To You’ below.The R&B-style single, which features Normani, Offset and Tinashe, follows ‘Stay With Me‘ (feat.

Calvin Harris has shared an official video for his new single ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams – watch it below.The track, set to feature on Harris’ upcoming album ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, was released yesterday (July 15) as the latest preview of the record.‘Stay With Me’ follows the tracks ‘New Money’ featuring 21 Savage and ‘Potion’ (feat.

Calvin Harris has shared his new single ‘Stay With Me’ featuring Justin Timberlake, Halsey and Pharrell Williams.The funky disco track was teased by the superstar DJ last week and is set to feature on ‘Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2’, his first album in five years.The song, which you can listen to below, sees all three guest artists swapping vocals with Halsey picking up a section where she sings: “I’ve been waiting for you all year/ Come play, make a mess right here/ Do whatever, I like it weird/ Okay, let ’em disappear/ Say whatever you want to hear/ Just stay.”‘Stay With Me’ comes a couple of weeks on from ‘New Money’ featuring 21 Savage.

Jem Aswad Senior Music EditorDay N Vegas — which was scheduled to feature Travis Scott’s first festival appearance since the Astroworld disaster in which four people died during his headlining set — has been canceled, organizers announced Friday. Produced by Goldenvoice, the festival was scheduled to take place at the Las Vegas Festival Grounds on Labor Day weekend, Friday, September 2nd through Sunday, September 4th.“We’re sorry to announce that a combination of logistics, timing and production issues have forced us to cancel Day N Vegas for 2022,” read the announcement on the festival’s socials.

Jacquemus, headed over to Arles in the south of France to present his AW/22 collection.Since the brand launched back in 2009, it has enjoyed huge success with its playful pieces. Jacquemus' iconic micro bags and enormous straw floppy hats are adored among fashion circles.MORE: The hat Kendall Jenner can’t get enough of is on Etsy'Le Papier' is the name of Jacquemus' latest line, created for both men and women.

FKA twigs has revealed in a new interview that she and Jorja Smith are cousins. The pair, who worked together on this year's "darjeeling," had no knowledge of their family status prior to their collaboration, which featured on twigs' latest mixtape, Caprisongs.

FKA twigs has revealed that she recently found out that she and Jorja Smith are cousins.Speaking in a new interview, the ‘Tears In The Club’ singer said she only discovered Smith was her relative after the pair teamed up on twigs’ recent single ‘Darjeeling’, taken from her January mixtape ‘CAPRISONGS’.“I’d never met her before, and I jumped in her car with her,” twigs told GQ, “and I remember thinking to myself, ‘Gosh, that’s really strange. We’ve got exactly the same kind of skin.'”She continued: “A few months later, I was on the road to go to LA and [Smith] left me a voice note saying, ‘You’re never going to believe this, but I’ve just spoken to my dad and he’s spoken to his sister and we’re related.'”Elsewhere in the interview, twigs (real name Tahliah Barnett) talked about the creative process for ‘CAPRISONGS’, admitting that she felt a lot of freedom creating the 17-track project.“I didn’t feel trapped, I felt like I was just being myself,” she said.