Justin Tranter has created a new Pride anthem in the form of “I Am America,” the theme song to the HBO reality series “We’re Here.” Writing the song with Shea Diamond, Tranter was excited to work on an upbeat song that celebrates queer pride, taking inspiration from the HBO series, which features drag queens Shangela, Eureka and Bob the Drag Queen bringing drag culture to small towns. “This was the first full-on party song that we did but what’s so great is it’s this joyous celebration,” Tranter says in an exclusive new interview for Gold Derby. Because they typically write raw, meaningful songs together, it was a treat for the pair to write something so danceable. “What I love about it is that she still gets to be Shea, she still gets to be a proud Black trans woman who writes these amazing lyrics but we got to...
- 6/30/2020
- by Kevin Jacobsen
- Gold Derby
Selena Gomez is back with new music! At midnight, the superstar singer dropped her new powerful self-love ballad, "Lose You to Love Me," along with a moving black-and-white music video for the track. Gomez co-wrote the song with Julia Michaels, Justin Tranter, Mattias Larsson and Robin Fredriksson, with additional production from Finneas. In this new song, the 27-year-old singer, who has been taking time out of the spotlight recently to focus on her health and well-being, appears to be saying goodbye to a past love, once and for all. "This song was inspired by many things that have happened in my life since releasing my last album," Gomez says of her new...
- 10/23/2019
- E! Online
Dua Lipa today dropped a new song and video called “Swan Song.” The singer, who is nominated for two Grammys and was honored at Variety’s Hitmakers event last fall, releases the song and video ahead of the Twentieth Century Fox film “Alita: Battle Angel” an action-adventure film from producers James Cameron and Jon Landau and director Robert Rodriguez.
The video, directed by Floria Sigismondi, places Lipa in the film’s world, on the treacherous streets of Iron City. Sigismondi said of the video “While in the film Alita is quite literally on a journey to discover who she is, her story serves as a really powerful allegory for any girl who doesn’t yet know her own power. I wanted to play with that same profound notion by dropping Dua into a facet of Alita’s world and allowing Alita to serve as a surrogate that leads her on...
The video, directed by Floria Sigismondi, places Lipa in the film’s world, on the treacherous streets of Iron City. Sigismondi said of the video “While in the film Alita is quite literally on a journey to discover who she is, her story serves as a really powerful allegory for any girl who doesn’t yet know her own power. I wanted to play with that same profound notion by dropping Dua into a facet of Alita’s world and allowing Alita to serve as a surrogate that leads her on...
- 1/24/2019
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
Robert Rodriguez’s “Alita: Battle Angel” will feature a new song by Dua Lipa. “Swan Song,” co-written by Justin Tranter, Kennedi Lykken, Mattias Larsson, Robin Fredriksson and Tom Holkenborg (aka Junkie Xl), in addition to Dua Lipa, will drop ahead of the film’s U.S. opening on Feb. 14.
The Twentieth Century Fox action-adventure movie was produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau (“Avatar”) and tells the story of Alita, played by Rosa Salazar, who awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, according to a synopsis. The film co-stars Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali and Keean Johnson. The screenplay was written by James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis, based upon the graphic novel (“Manga”) series “Gunnm” by Yukito Kishiro.
Said Landau in announcing Lipa’s participation: “From the moment we saw her video for ‘New Rules,’ we knew that Dua Lipa...
The Twentieth Century Fox action-adventure movie was produced by James Cameron and Jon Landau (“Avatar”) and tells the story of Alita, played by Rosa Salazar, who awakens with no memory of who she is in a future world she does not recognize, according to a synopsis. The film co-stars Christoph Waltz, Jennifer Connelly, Mahershala Ali and Keean Johnson. The screenplay was written by James Cameron and Laeta Kalogridis, based upon the graphic novel (“Manga”) series “Gunnm” by Yukito Kishiro.
Said Landau in announcing Lipa’s participation: “From the moment we saw her video for ‘New Rules,’ we knew that Dua Lipa...
- 12/18/2018
- by Variety Staff
- Variety Film + TV
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