Shawn Mendes has released a powerful new song, titled “What the Hell Are We Dying For?”, amid the devastating Canadian wildfires.
25.05.2023 - 17:21 / officialcharts.com
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
This week's biggest release has already been featured on New Releases, of course, but comes to us now in an entirely new form.
Of course, I'm talking about Taylor Swift and about her tenth album Midnights, already a record-breaking UK Number 1 album which is coming back into our lives with a brand new deluxe, Til The Dawn Edition.
With Tay currently on tour with The Eras Tour (where are those UK dates, hun?) Midnights (Til Dawn Edition) has a few surprises; it's being lead with a remix of hairdryer-synth banger Karma featuring rapper Ice Spice (best known for her viral verse of PinkPantheress' UK Number 2 single Boy's A Liar) and a re-recorded version of Snow On The Beach with Lana Del Rey billed as featuring, hilariously, more Lana Del Rey (you always need more Lana Del Rey).
With Midnights still a constant presence in the Official Albums Chart, the inclusion of a few new tracks will no doubt help bolster it for the few weeks where we all wait in anticipation for Speak Now (Taylor's Version).
Also coming up on big album releases this week is Arlo Parks' follow-up to the Mercury Prize winning, Top 3 debut album Collapsed In Sunbeams. My Soft Machine comes with lofty expectations, given that Arlo has worked on the album with producer Paul Epworth (Adele) and has collaborated with indie-rock queen Phoebe Bridgers.
And BRIT Award-nominated singer-songwriter Lola Young continues to move in a completely unique and enrapturing space, issuing her first full-length project, My Mind Wanders And Sometimes Leaves Completely (what a title).
And now let's turn our attention to some of this week's
Shawn Mendes has released a powerful new song, titled “What the Hell Are We Dying For?”, amid the devastating Canadian wildfires.
canceling his Wonder Tour in July 2022 to focus on his mental health, so fans were excited to get a new song.The “Mercy” singer has long been vocal about the dangers of climate change, but many fans also questioned Mendes’ decision to use the devastating results of wildfires to promote the song.“Shawn Mendes turning the fire smoke pollution into single cover art is sending me into orbit,” one person wrote.“Not Shawn Mendes using a photo of the NYC fire to promote his new song,” another said.“Shawn Mendes did not just slap some words on a picture of Smokey a-s NYC and used it as cover art,” someone tweeted.“Not Shawn using the air quality in new york as promo for a new song,” a fan commented.People also made their thoughts known in the comments of his Instagram post announcing the single.“Canada burning was just Shawn Mendes promo?” one questioned.“Bro saw an opportunity and took it,” another wrote.A post shared by Shawn Mendes (@shawnmendes)“Ppl are dying in wildfires n getting sick by the poor air quality n u rlly decided to make it ur aesthetic?” a disappointed fan commented.“Did bro actually commercialize New York’s climate lmao,” one person said.“Why are you trying to profit off a natural disaster,” someone asked.Some fans speculated that the song was actually about his relationship status with Camila Cabello, 26, rather than actually about the wildfires because of some of the lyrics.“Smoke in the air/ the city’s burning down/ I want to speak/ but I don’t make a sound,” Mendes sings in the song. “Locked in my mind, you’re all I think about/ I want to save us, but I don’t know how.”“If we don’t love like we used to, if we don’t care like we used to, what the hell are we dying for?” he sings in the chorus.
Shawn Mendes splits opinion with his return to music as he drops single about how the Canadian wildfires have affected New YorkWhile the likes of Taylor Swift and Beyoncé are drawing in big dollars for their respective 2023 tours, Shawn Mendes is making his musical comeback after cancelling his tour last summer to focus on his mental health. However, the year-long wait for Shawn’s return to the music industry has not been met with the most warmth from fans after he promoted his newest single ‘What The Hell Are We Dying For?’The 24-year-old singer shared a picture of the New York skyline surrounded by fog as a result of wildfires in his home country Canada with the caption:“WHAT THE HELL ARE WE DYING FOR? OUT NOW Started writing this song yesterday morning with my friends in upstate New York & finished it only a few hours ago.
Tom Holland is still in the Big Apple and he’s enjoying some down time!
Shawn Mendes has announced his new song and he appears to be using a photo of New York City’s orange sky as the single artwork.
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.
ABC News unveiled its lineup of embed reporters and producers covering the 2024 presidential campaign, while the news division also announced leadership promotions in three bureaus.
California Governor Gavin Newsom attacked Florida Governor Ron DeSantis after a group of migrants were dropped off at a Sacramento church, likening the move to “kidnapping.”
Not holding back! Kelly Clarkson dives deep into her heartbreak and anger on her new single, “I Hate Love,” in the wake of her divorce from Brandon Blackstock.
sad indie fangirls, the patron saints of cry-yourself-to-sleep pop have had another bestie moment — and now we can share it. Well, sort of. Taylor Swift’s most recent round of concerts at New Jersey’s MetLife Stadium marked the end of Phoebe Bridgers as an Eras Tour opening act; they also marked the very last time Phoebe would be performing her second album, Punisher.
Jeanne Du Barry, alongside touring with his band Hollywood Vampires, but he has had to cancel all his upcoming appearances due to a debilitating injury. The actor, who is currently promoting his latest film around the world, took to Instagram to share the disappointing news he's had to cancel the upcoming dates on his tour, explaining his reasoning for pulling out of his planned dates with Hollywood Vampires. "My dear friends, I am sorry to say that I have fractured my ankle, which is a drag," he began.
Sam Faiers jetted off for a flying visit to the big apple to celebrate the American launch of her hugely successful supplement brand.The former The Only Way Is Essex star, 32, revealed to fans on her social media that she had spent just two nights in New York. Although she couldn’t stay for long, Sam called the US launch “a dream come true” and shared that it had “always been my goal.” Sam, who admitted that she felt emotional leaving her kids behind in the UK, is partnering with Saks, a department store headquartered in New York that boasts 42 locations across the country, to bring her brand to a brand new audience.To celebrate the collab, Sam posed in a bright pink pantsuit outside of Saks’ most famous store which is located on New York’s iconic fifth avenue. The former reality star thanked her “amazing team” for the feat and paid tribute to her business partner, John Bailey.
Taylor Swift is making moves for an Official Singles Chart takeover this week with a three tracks from the newly-released Midnights (The Til Dawn Edition) heading for the Top 10.
Lana Del Rey looks to have struck gold by opening the vaults of her unreleased music – with Say Yes To Heaven on track for this week’s highest new entry (6). If it maintains momentum it would be Lana’s first solo Top 10 single in the UK since Born To Die in 2012.
A never-before-seen photo of Kate Middleton was released on Saturday in honor of World Bee Day – and it’s buzz-worthy.In the picture, which was posted on the official Instagram page for the Prince and Princess of Wales, the royal is seen dressed up in a beekeeping suit and protective gear, tending to the honeybees.She is looking lovingly at the bees she’s attending to.“We are buzzing about #WorldBeeDay
Lana Del Rey has shared a previously-unreleased song called ‘Say Yes To Heaven’ – listen to it below.Recorded back in 2013, the standalone track was originally intended to feature on the singer-songwriter’s third studio album ‘Ultraviolence’ (2014).As Stereogum notes, numerous iterations of the cut have since appeared online. Last year saw a sped-up snippet from ‘Say Yes To Heaven’ go viral on TikTok.Fans then noticed this March that the song had been copyrighted by UMG/Polydor, ahead of its official release today (May 19).
Thania Garcia Bad Bunny enters his EDM era with the release of a new Jersey Club-inspired single titled “Where She Goes,” a cross-pollination of hip-hop, dembow and house beats with a star-studded music video to match. Dominic Fike, Frank Ocean and Lil Uzi Vert make subtle appearances (blink and you’ll miss them) in the desert-themed music video along with Brazillian soccer player Ronaldinho. The track reunites the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer with his long-time collaborators, and Variety Hitmakers, producer Mag and his engineer La Paciencia. Directed by STILLZ and produced by WeOwnTheCity, the track’s video was filmed on the sands of the California desert and starts with Bunny standing stoic over a mountaintop.
unknown “medical complication” at a physical rehab center in Chicago. New photos released Thursday show Foxx’s daughter, Corinne, 29, hugging her boyfriend, Joseph Hooten, as she left the unidentified facility with her friends and family on Sunday, May 14. Foxx’s 13-year-old daughter, Annalise Bishop, and her mom, Kristin Grannis, were also spotted outside of the facility.
Every Thursday, we here at Official Charts round up the biggest New Releases coming your way across music and home entertainment.