HappyNew Music Friday (January 15) – our first new music roundup of 2021!!
We have some great new music to share with readers this week, including from Aly & AJ and Ariana Grande, as well as Why Don’t We‘s long-awaited album The Good Times and The Bad Ones.
Sister duo Aly & AJ dropped their first track of the year, “Listen!!!” It also comes just a couple weeks after they released the explicit version of their fan-favorite song “Potential Breakup Song.”
“Listen!!! is about feeling trapped by a relationship or system. It’s a reminder that you might be lost but you always know your way out,” Aly said about the track. “Being able to create this song with the great Jorge Elbrecht felt like a breakthrough for our songwriting. We’re honored to have a longtime mentor & hero of ours, Nancy Wilson of Heart on this track, along with the super talented Jack Tatum of Wild Nothing.”
Why Don’t We have been teasing their new album for months, which they wrote, co-produced and played their own instruments on. The Good Times and The Bad Ones is finally here!
“Writing and co-producing our own music has been one of the most rewarding experiences for us,” Corbyn Besson shared of the LP. “In the past four years we’ve become confident enough to reinvent ourselves, becoming the band we always hoped to be.”
The sister music duo posted a teaser of an updated version of their hit song “Potential Breakup Song.”
The song is one of the girls’ biggest hits, and they’re updating it with new, explicit lyrics.
“12.29.20,” they simply captioned the snippet.
“Ending 2020 on a high note,” they added in the comments.
“Potential Breakup Song” was originally released in 2007 when Aly & AJ dropped their third album Insomniatic, when they were signed to Disney’s Hollywood Records.
Just last week, Aly & AJ dropped their latest single “Slow Dancing,” along with the music video, which also stars AJ‘s beau, Good Trouble star Josh Pence, and was directed by Aly‘s hubby Stephen Ringer.
The song is an “ode to longing for a moment of unwinding with a special someone and a glass of wine, the ethereal slow-burner feels all-too-familiar given the state of the world.”
Aly & AJ fans have long believed that their hit “Potential Breakup Song” is about Joe Jonas but the duo are now saying that isn’t the case!
A fan recently posted that they had just learned the origins of “Potential Breakup Song” but when Aly & AJ saw the post, they quickly shut it down.
“ok so you’re telling me that i went 13 years not knowing that one of the greatest songs ever written was about joE JONAS THIS ENTIRE TIME,” the fan wrote.
Aly & AJ corrected the fan, writing, “Flattery not Potential”
While some fans continued to debate in the comments if AJ had sent Joe a piece of cake in the mail when they were dating, others turned to focus on the lyrics of “Flattery.”
“I will admit if you’ll admit it / It’s harder than we both thought / It’s easier to fall apart / Look where we are / I can forgive it, I can’t forget it / You left me here with all these scars / And you can’t deny the hardest part – I’m not in your arms,” the girls sing.
Listen to all of “Flattery” here…
Click inside to read the “Flattery” lyrics…More Here! »
Bella Hadid wears a leather look while attending the 2020 Art of Elysium “Heaven” Gala on Saturday night (January 4) at the Hollywood Palladium in Los Angeles.
The 23-year-old model was joined by her best friend Jesse Jo Stark at the event.
FYI: Bella is wearing Amwaj earrings and carrying a Les Petits Joueurs bag. Ava is wearing a Michael Costello dress and Piaget jewelry. Aly is wearing a Gucci dress with Sergio Rossi shoes. AJ is wearing a Gucci dress. Larsen is wearing a Dundas gown. Luna is wearing a vintage Norma Kamali dress, Alevi shows, a Marzook bag and jewelry from Shay Fine Jewelry. Kat is wearing a J’Amemme dress. Jasmine is wearing a MaisonMet dress. Cameron is wearing Ted Baker London.
“Dear 2020, Oh how we’ve been patiently waiting for your arrival,” they wrote. “In the coming months we will finally begin to make the album of our dreams. It’s been 14 years since we last recorded a collection of music together, so we hope you’ll be kind to us.”
“We know this year has always been in the cards, always been in the stars….it just took a decade,” Aly & AJ added. “Happy New Year!!!!!”
They also shared a great meme, which they captioned, “2020 vibe.” It shows a man asking a woman, “Are you single?” and her reply is, “No, I’m album.” See it here!
