THE SINGLE BRINGS A FRESH SUMMERY FUSION TO BRITISH DANCE-POP DUO MOLOKO’S TIMELESS 1999 SINGLE “SING IT BACK”
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Los Angeles, California – June 21, 2024 – Brazilian music superstar and humanitarian ALOK, popularly known for chart-topping collaborations with James Arthur, John Legend, Tove Lo, Ellie Goulding, The Chainsmokers, Ava Max, and Bebe Rexha, has returned with the new dance anthem “Summer’s Back” together with British GRAMMY-winning singer/songwriter Jess Glynne. The single adds to ALOK’s astounding discography of smash collaborations with globally-famous musicians and promises a upbeat and bouncy atmosphere as a seasonal anthem that will have crowds dancing all summer. “Summer’s Back” is available now on all DSPs and streaming platforms via B1 Recordings/Sony Music UK/RCA Records HERE.
“Summer’s Back” is releasing just in time to capture the sizzling summer vibes with a mix of classic 2000’s energy and contemporary pop production culminating in an electrifying dance single. The song features energetic, reverberating vocals over a snappy beat and bassline. Each time the track explodes into chorus, the keys add splashes of color over the soundscape as the beat and Jess Glynne’s powerful vocals bring a summery fusion to English dance-pop duo Moloko’s timeless 1999 dance single “Sing It Back.” With catchy lyrics such as “Summer’s back, it goes so fast, we’ll make it last, when it’s you and me” listeners are taken on a euphoric journey. “Summer’s Back” is a testament to ALOK’s masterful artistry with its bounce and rhythm. His highly anticipated appearances at Europe’s hottest summer festivals are setting the stage for this infectious new track that is sure to have crowds dancing all season long.
“I always loved this song and its upbeat and bouncy melody, it’s a classic and timeless, and I feel honored to recreate it for a new generation of music fans today.
Working with Jess was amazing, her vocals sound incredible and I can’t wait to see the reaction the song gets this summer when I play it at the festivals. I hope it brings so much fun to everyone and they will dance and create many new memories of summer.” – ALOK
ALOK has been on fire again in 2024, having been voted the number 1 Latin America DJ in the world by DJ Mag, and recently number 3 in the world by Spin Genie – following a review of publicly available data including monthly listeners, Google searches and more, he has continued to climb to new heights. In February, a crowd of more than 1 million people turned out in Brazil for his performance, setting a new record for the most people to attend a show. On the music front, he’s released smash singles such as “Deep In Your Love” with multi-platinum hitmaker and star Bebe Rexha and earlier in the year, ALOK kicked off his Las Vegas residency with Tao Group Hospitality venues’ Hakkasan and Marquee and he announced his ‘ÁUREA Tour’, which will travel across Brazil, bringing a mega spectacle structure into football stadiums n November. Outside of his commercial ventures, ALOK continued his humanitarian work with his ALOK Foundation and his project to support indigenous communities globally, “The Future Is Ancestral,” which captured significant attention, from being invited to perform at the United Nations and Global Citizen, to being awarded by UNESCO, to recent support from the GRAMMY Museum, Los Angeles. Now, ALOK has proudly released the music from the collaboration as an album, with artists from eight indigenous tribes from different regions of Brazil. Profits from the album will go to the Indigenous artists who co-created the project, and there is no sign of the project’s success slowing down, with major concerts and performances to be announced soon.
When speaking on her collaboration with ALOK, Jess celebrates the nostalgia she felt working on the single, drawing parallels to her chart topping song ‘Hold My Hand’:
“It brings me so much joy when people say that ‘Hold My Hand’ reminds them of summer. There’s no better feeling than having a song that makes you reminisce on good times. So here’s another one that I hope people can enjoy this summer! Thank you ALOK, for having me on this track.” – Jess Glynne
Jess Glynne burst onto the scene in the early 2010s in the UK as the voice of chart-topping tracks “My Love” with Route 94 and “Rather Be” with Clean Bandit. Since then she has become the first British female solo artist to score 7 number ones on the UK Singles Chart including hits such as “I’ll Be There,” “Hold My Hand,” and “Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself.” Following her two previous Platinum-selling albums, I Cry When I Laugh in 2015 and Always in Between in 2018 which have both become Number 1 records, this collaboration comes on the heels of her return to music, earning her third top 10 album with JESS, which produced a string of pop bangers such as ‘Easy,’ ‘Silly Me,’ and ‘Friend of Mine’ adding to her 10 billion worldwide streams.
About ALOK
ALOK is a bonafide dance music superstar and philanthropist holding the title of the second biggest Instagram following of any electronic artist globally, with over 28 million fans. On Spotify, ALOK concentrates more than 33 million monthly listeners and 5 billion streams, making him the most listened to Brazilian artist internationally. In 2023 he was named the No. 1 DJ in Latin America and 4th Best DJ in the world, according to the prestigious DJ Mag Top 100 DJ Poll. Alok is also the only Brazilian to make the “Billboard Dance 100” and was named in 2022 by Bloomberg Linea as one of 500 people more influential in Latin America. Performing some 320 yearly shows on five continents, ALOK is widely regarded as one of the most influential Brazilian artists of all time and is experiencing his breakout moment in the US. His hit single, “Hear Me Now” has garnered over 755 million streams on Spotify alone. From working with and lending his remix work to artists including The Rolling Stones to Zara Larsson, from Jason Derulo to Tove Lo and more, he won the “Best Remix” award at the 2020 International Dance Music Awards for his hit remix of the Meduza’s single ‘Piece of Your Heart’ (over 223 million streams), also partnering with global pop sensation Dua Lipa for the official remix of her hit single ‘Physical’. In 2021 he collaborated with Grammy award-winning pop sensation John Legend on ‘In My Mind’, also with renegade vocalist John Martin, as well as lending his craft to remix multi-platinum, #1 artist Ed Sheeran. After an already hugely successful start to 2022 and hot off the back of the announcement of his debut Ibiza residency at Hï Ibiza, he brought the smash hit of the summer ‘Deep Down” alongside Ella Eyre, Kenny Dope and Never Dull. The song reached #1 Billboard Dance Chart for 4 weeks in a row. More recently, ALOK joined forces with multi-platinum singer/songwriter Ellie Goulding and British DJ/Producer Sigala for the dance-pop anthem “All By Myself”, which brings the timeless sample of Depeche Mode’s “Enjoy The Silence.” ALOK is also a recognized brand and star, having achieved huge notoriety in the gaming world as a character, with his own name, in the wildly popular game “Free Fire.” Two years ago, he created the Instituto Alok, which manages high-impact philanthropy projects in Brazil and Africa. To date, the institute has donated more than 10 million dollars to social and environmental projects worldwide. As a philanthropist, ALOK was part of the revolutionary Global Citizen Live series of worldwide performances alongside names including Billie Eilish, BTS, and Elton John, streaming live from the Amazon RainForest alongside the Guarani indigenous people to support poverty and climate change. In 2022 and 2023 he performed, with Brazilian indigenous artists, on the rooftop of the United Nations Headquarters, in NY, at the opening of Climate Week.
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About Jess Glynne
London-born singer-songwriter Jess Glynne made history by becoming the first and only British female solo artist to score seven number ones on the UK Singles Chart – among them ‘I’ll Be There’, ‘Hold My Hand’ and ‘Don’t Be So Hard on Yourself’. Jess rose to prominence in 2013 as a featured artist on the multi-platinum singles ‘Rather Be’ by Clean Bandit and ‘My Love’ by Route 94, both of which soared to UK number one in the charts. Since then, Jess Glynne has earned a GRAMMY Award, three Ivor Novello Awards, and nine BRIT Award nominations. With her first two chart-topping albums I Cry When I Laugh and Always In Between becoming Platinum best-sellers, Jess was named on Forbes’ notorious ’30 under 30’ in 2019 following her sell-out world tour. After taking a break from music, Jess signed with Jay-Z’s Roc Nation, a brand new record deal with music giants EMI, and went full steam ahead into her new body of work. An album 6 years in the making, Jess Glynne has just released her third studio album JESS, already featuring in the Official Top Ten Charts. A hugely proud piece of work, JESS is representative of where she has evolved to musically and in life since the release of her previous album. Written between London and LA, the 15-track self-titled album is penned with a deep sense of empowerment through Jess’ intimate song-writing style, featuring soulful ballads and the quintessential pop anthems that have earned Jess the title of one of music’s most successful artists. Adding to her accolades, in April 2024 Jess received the hugely prestigious BRIT Billion award for achieving over 1 billion streams in the UK, following in the footsteps of previous winners Ed Sheeran, Billie Eilish and Lana Del Rey. Jess is taking her new album and iconic hits on tour this summer.
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