English singer-songwriter Imogen Heap has announced the news of a remastered edition of her pop masterpiece record ‘Speak For Yourself’. The reissue is in celebration of the album’s 20th Anniversary yesterday (18th June) and will be released on 17 October.
The anniversary release will feature updated cover artwork and a remastered version of her frequently sampled hit song ‘Hide And Seek’, which has been released ahead of the full record. The engineer of the original track, Simon Heyworth, has worked on the remastering of the album alongside Heap. The two spoke about the process and influences in a recent YouTube video.
After four studio albums, Heap’s last project was her 28-tracked 2014 album ‘Sparks’, an atmospheric elevation of electropop. Since then, she has worked on the soundtrack Harry Potter And The Cursed Child, and had her ‘Speak For Yourself’ lead single ‘Headlock’ go viral on TikTok.
The song re-entered the UK Top 40 charts in January this year– two decades after its original release. Fans used the track on TikTok to edit popular shows, such as the Netflix thriller series Squid Game.
@sqrvfx I loved their dynamic!! wait for the drop! longer version of my previous edit! EVERYTHING IS FAKE ⚠ IT’S FAKE GUN$⚠ FAKE SCENES ⚠ FAKE EVERYTHING #squidgame #squidgame2 #edit #foryоu #headlock #001 #player #456 ♬ suono originale – aras
With her streaming revival, the artist then released a new EP ‘Off Cuts’ with her electronic pop duo group Frou Frou. The singer began producing music with fellow member Guy Sigsworth in 1996 with their only studio album released in 2002, ‘Details’. Their reunion couldn’t have come at a better time, and their hit single from the album, ‘A New Kind Of Love’, has reached over 200 million streams since its release in 2022.
The song has also received a huge amount of remixes with its unique production style. The version mixed by Hoodtrap was a fan favourite, with over 2 million Spotify streams.
Heap has a few more exciting plans with her tech pop production, speaking in an interview with The Guardian on her vision to use an AI twin to streamline her music process. She says, “It’s about empowering the song to have the tools to go and collaborate, to go and make love with different people,”.
Catch Heap’s next exciting music venture and pre-order the album remaster on the artist’s official website.
