Celebrity quotes from recent news items.
Miley Cyrus just released “Secrets” off of her Something Beautiful (Deluxe) album. The track features Lindsey Buckingham and Mick Fleetwood, and it is supported by the official video directed by Miley Cyrus with Jacob Bixenman and Brendan Walter. The video was shot at Los Angeles’ historic Million Dollar Theatre and places Miley in striking looks from Iris Van Herpen Couture and Maison Margiela.
Earlier this year, Cyrus shared the song’s origins on Monica Lewinsky’s Reclaiming podcast: “I wrote this song about my dad because I wanted him to tell me — even though they were secrets, even though I didn’t really want to know — I wanted to be the one he felt safe enough to tell.”
Jenna Nicholls has a gift for taking her listeners to a different time with the rustic beauty of her music. She just released “Tie A String,” the latest single from her upcoming album, The Commuter (Royal Potato Family). The track was produced by three-time Grammy Award winner Larry Campbell (Levon Helm, Bob Dylan). It’s about lasting love and growing old together.
“One day I was searching for gray hair in the mirror and I asked my husband to help me get the ones in the back, thinking he would say, ‘I don’t see any’ and walk away. He didn’t and proceeded to pull quite a bit of my hair. I got a little irritated, and he said, ‘Honey, you’re as pretty as the day I met you.’ That inspired this song…” Nicholls revealed.
Bob Moses is Tom Howie and Jimmy Vallance. The duo is known for its melodic house music that transcends the club environment, appealing also to rock and pop fans. The emotionally charged sonic masterpieces have earned the pair multiple nominations for the Junos and the Grammys, including a Grammy win.
Recently, Tom Howie talked about the inspiration for the just-released title track from the forthcoming album, BLINK. “One Sunday evening after I put my kids to bed, I got this bolt of inspiration, picked up my guitar and the song just fell out of me. The lyrics, the chords, and the melody all came together in about an hour in my little home studio. It felt super poignant, and I remember sitting with a little desk lamp on, scribbling lyrics on a pad of paper and crying ’cause I was so overwhelmed with emotion and excitement. It was cathartic because it felt so true to what I was feeling and living through at this point in my life. Life moves so quickly that it’s sometimes hard to keep up. Are we doing all we should be? Are we achieving our goals, hitting the next level, and creating the most meaningful life we can be? It’s a lot to reckon with. Maybe it’s best to acknowledge that being present in the moment, cherishing our experiences, and having the courage to continue on the journey is often the best we can do. Because you can blink and then it’s gone.”
Madison Beer is a platinum-selling, two-time Grammy-nominated singer, songwriter, recording artist, producer, and author. The global icon has just released her first new song of 2025 — with more music promised to arrive “sooner than you think.” “Yes Baby” was inspired by her own Grammy-nominated, Gold-certified song “Make You Mine.” The intoxicating dark sizzle of her vibe carries an urgency that hits harder than epinephrine.
“‘Yes Baby’ is really just a fun and flirty song,” Beer informed. “After I shot the music video, though, it took on a whole new energy, and just feels like a song you want to blast with your friends.”
Hulder’s Offerings To The Otherworld tour is a two-week run of dates starting October 30, which covers territories ranging from Austin to Portland. Marz Riesterer’s extreme metal is a whirling cacophony of cathartic angst delivered at blazing, aggressive tempos with an unholy savage roar. Even Hulder’s quieter moments rumble with a barely restrained ferocity.
In a recent press release, Hulder stated, “We are proud to announce the Offerings To The Otherworld tour. This set of thirteen dates across the Western United States will see two new tracks from last month’s A Beacon From Darkened Skies EP brought to the stage for the first time as well as some newly resurrected songs from earlier releases. After having spent the majority of 2025 within the throes of creation, we look forward to performing our darkened hymns across the land.”
Featured photo courtesy of Columbia Records.
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