Arts & Entertainment
Kesha drops single ahead of new album
Kesha fans can rejoice – not only is the rapper, singer and songwriter’s newest album set to release on Friday, she’s dropped another advance track with today’s release of the song, “Tonight.”
The music superstar’s fourth album, “High Road,” from Kemosabe/RCA Records, is the culmination of a lead-up that has included three – now four – singles and the announcement of a North American tour this spring. On Thursday, the eve of the album’s release, she’ll also hit the stage on “The Late, Late Show with James Corden” to perform the previously released track “Resentment,” giving fans one more bonus treat for a very eventful week.
The latest track begins with a delicate piano solo, leading into Kesha’s soulful vocals before transforming into something much wilder.
According to the press release:
“[The song] undergoes a sudden morphing, from heartfelt pop ballad into a dirty, club-ready hip-hop ode to a wild night – of throwing caution to the wind, living life to the fullest, losing your phone, and smuggling a bottle of wine in your purse. ‘Tonight’ is a tantalizing merger of the inspiring heart found on her last album Rainbow with the signature gritty IDGAF swagger from her early releases. The song is destined to become a celebratory anthem and is the perfect sampling of what’s to come when ‘High Road’ drops on Friday.”
“Tonight,” written by Kesha with Wrabel and Stint (who also produced the track), has been one of the new albums most highly anticipated tracks. Fans have been buzzing about it since it was featured in the album’s trailer, and a portion was heard in a video posted by a fan from a live event in LA a few months ago.
Previously released from “High Road” have been the raucous lead single “Raising Hell” (feat. Big Freedia, the self-empowered and tongue-in-cheek “My Own Dance,” and the heartbreaking country-crossover collaboration “Resentment” (feat. Sturgill Simpson, Brian Wilson and Wrabel).
You can listen to the new track below.
Celebrity News
Madonna announces release date for new album
‘Confessions II’ marks return to the dance floor
Pop icon Madonna on Wednesday announced that her 15th studio album will be released on July 3.
Titled “Confessions II,” the new album is a sequel to 2005’s “Confessions on a Dance Floor,” an Abba and disco-infused hit.
The new album reunites Madonna with producer Stuart Price, who also helmed the original “Confessions” album. It’s her first album of new material since 2019’s “Madame X.”
“We must dance, celebrate, and pray with our bodies,” Madonna said in a press release. “These are things that we’ve been doing for thousands of years — they really are spiritual practices. After all, the dance floor is a ritualistic space. It’s a place where you connect — with your wounds, with your fragility. To rave is an art. It’s about pushing your limits and connecting to a community of like-minded people,” continued the statement. “Sound, light, and vibration reshape our perceptions. Pulling us into a trance-like state. The repetition of the bass, we don’t just hear it but we feel it. Altering our consciousness and dissolving ego and time.”
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(Washington Blade photos by Michael Key)
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In an act of artistic defiance, Baltimore Center Stage stays focused on DEI
‘Maybe it’s a triple-down’
By LESLIE GRAY STREETER | I’m always tickled when people complain about artists “going political.” The inherent nature of art, of creation and free expression, is political. This becomes obvious when entire governments try to threaten it out of existence, like in 2025, when the brand-new presidential administration demanded organizations halt so-called diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) programming or risk federal funding.
Baltimore Center Stage’s response? A resounding and hearty “Nah.” A year later, they’re still doubling down on diversity.
“Maybe it’s a triple-down,” said Ken-Matt Martin, the theater’s producing director, chuckling.
The rest of this article can be found on the Baltimore Banner’s website.
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