The new single dropped with a music video directed by Dev Hynes, who has also directed music videos and short films for Blood Orange and Vampire Weekend. The music video is shot in a house, showing close-up shots and choreography of Naomi Scott, creating intimate framing and qualities, as well as a confident atmosphere and compelling on-screen movements. 

Naomi Scott is known for her acting career, as she started on Disney Channel, starring in Lemonade Mouth back in 2011. Her breakout roles started in 2017, starring in Power Rangers and Charlie’s Angels alongside Kristen Stewart, Ella Balinska, and Elizabeth Banks. She also portrayed Jasmine in the live-action Aladdin movie, and most recently starred in the horror, Smile 2.  

Although Naomi is known more for starring in front of the screen as an actress, she started her music career while creating and singing songs within the soundtracks of all of her films. Lemonade Mouth was a significant step in her music career, singing the lead on ‘She’s So Gone’, and featured in songs ‘Breakthrough’ and ‘More Than a Band’. She also sang the solo and duet parts as Jasmine in Aladdin with songs ‘Speechless’ and ‘A Whole New World’. 

Naomi featured and performed many songs in her Smile 2 film released last year, including tracks ‘Greived You’, ‘New Brain’, ‘Blood On White Satin’, and ‘Just My Name’. Scott released her debut EP titled ‘Invisible Division’ in 2014 and her second EP in 2016 titled ‘Promises’.  

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Naomi Scott will make her debut music festival performance on August 2 at the famous Lollapalooza festival in Chicago on the Grove stage. She will be performing amongst other artists such as Tyler The Creator, Rufus Du Sol, Doechi, Sabrina Carpenter, Montell Fish, and Clairo that weekend. See the complete lineup here.

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The song is a heartbreaking and emotive alt-pop single, which has quickly become a fan favourite with the Instagram video shared as a response to a comment where a fan said ‘orla i’m begging on my knees please release iiiittttt’. The snippet was shared by the artist in a recording of its live debut in Paris on the ‘EVERYBODY NEEDS A HERO’ with several openers including Emma Harner and Hohen Ford. The tour comes after the release of her latest album ‘Everybody needs a hero’ .

 

 

 

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In classic Gartland style, she performed the track first for fans on social media singing emotively alongside the acoustic guitar playing that brought the singer to fame.  

 

 

 

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Gartland explains the creative process and concept behind her latest album in an interview with Billboard. The artist shares her musical desires, stating “I wanted the good, the bad and the very ugly.” in terms of writing songs surrounding love and relationships. The style is reminiscent of her self-made creative independence, but pushes past homemade ambitions and instead revels in a heavier alt-pop sound.

The artist has revealed the monetary difficulties touring the US as a small independent artist, especially post-pandemic, after the tour commenced in November 2024. However, this has not discouraged Gartland from live performance announcing several upcoming opportunities to catch her live. The artist announced her involvement in this year’s Glastonbury Festival last month, promising to give ‘everything we’ve got’.

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Only the week before, she also announced that she would be performing in the Lollapalooza festival as well as her role supporting Glass Animals for their ‘TOUR OF EARTH’ this August.  

 

 

 

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The band have also spoken about their thoughts of touring after the pandemic in an interview with The Independent. Their album ‘Dreamland’ was released in 2020 during the lockdown, and tours for the release were postponed until 2021. They discuss the fear of ‘petrifying financial shortfalls’ if they were to need to end the tour abruptly.

With Gartland’s YouTube beginnings, live performance is understandably important to the artist. She has shared these performances on her YouTube channel in her series ‘tour diaries’.

With the latest album still recent in its release, it will be exciting to see fresh music from the artist.

Rina’s live dates act as support for her sophomore album, Hold The Girl which came out in September last year. Last week she shared her latest single from her album, “Eye For An Eye” from the John Wick: Chapter 4 soundtrack.

There are special guests that will accompany her on her four-month tour and those guests are Magdalena Bay, Empress Of, and Tom Rasmussen. Those headlining shows will have Sawayama’s packed festival circuit finally filled out. The festival circuit will also include appearances at Governors Ball, Bonnaroo Osehaga, Lollapalooza, and Life Is Beautiful.

As Rina will be one of the performers at Lollapalooza, there will be a lot of Asian artists that will perform on that day, namely: TXT, NewJeans, Beabadoobe, NIKI, The Rose and DPR Ian, among others. K-pop girl group, Aespa will also be performing at the Governors Ball Music Festival.

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Pre-sale for tickets starts on Wednesday 29 March at 10 am local time and general tickets go out on sale on Friday 31 March. Tickets will be available here.

Rina recently made her acting debut in John Wick: Chapter 4 as Akira. She spoke to NME for the Big Red cover story last year about her role as Akira: “My team are all just shook by the idea that we even got offered John Wick, so I think… none of us really know what’s going to happen. We’re just like, ‘What does happen to people in movies?'”

In a four-star review, of the film, NME wrote: “Chapter 4 doesn’t exude the wheel-spinning cynicism for a forever franchise. Stahelski may traffic in excess, but at least he understands it: how choreography, performance and style can make over-the-top spectacle cohere into pleasurably overwhelming action fizz, rather than congealing into a sweaty special effects overload. He also gets that after 169 minutes, some degree of closure is appreciated. There may well be a John Wick: Chapter 5, but Chapter 4 still feels like a movie giving its all.”

Rina spoke to Sky News about her acting debut, “I actually have been doing self-tapes, when I’ve been sent a really great script and when I’ve got the time, and also when I have the energy because I hate doing them,” she says. “But I’ve been doing them for several years, and I’ve gotten quite close to getting several roles but I hadn’t landed anything.”

Presently, there is still one final headliner to be announced for the second day of the festival alongside Die Fantastischen Vier and Tiësto. Also on the line-up amongst the aforementioned headliners are English indie rockers Sea Girls, American singer and rapper Iann Dior and singer-songwriter Clairo.

Lollapalooza is undeniably one of the most well-known festivals in the world right now; whilst the event took its genesis in Grant Park in Chicago, its success has spawned a plethora of spin-off events and expansion to several other countries outside of the USA, including Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Germany, Sweden, France and Israel. The festival was originally conceived in 1990 by Jane’s Addiction singer Perry Farrell and a number of other individuals such as artist manager Ted Gardner and music executive Marc Gieger.

The festival originally began as a touring event upon its founding in 1991, but later settled on Chicago as a permanent venue. The festival actually declined in popularity in the late 1990s, so much so that the 1998 iteration of the event was cancelled, as no suitable headliner could be found. Lollapalooza was revived in 2003, and whilst it struggled with low ticket sales and even another cancellation, by 2006, the festival was experiencing much more success, with Capital Sports and Entertainment and the Chicago Park District agreeing to a five-million-dollar deal lasting five years, that would keep Lollapalooza in Grant Park until 2011. This was extended to 2018 after a very successful event in 2008.

The festival has long been inclusive of many different genres of music, initially playing host to rock icons of the 1990s such as The Butthole Surfers, Siouxsie and the Banshees and Soundgarden, and then in later iterations featured artists such as Waylon Jennings and The Prodigy.

The German version of the festival commenced in September 2015 after an announcement in 2014 and has been held in Olympia Park since 2018.

The festival has announced that Pearl Jam, Imagine Dragons, A$AP Rocky and David Guetta will headline the 2022 event. The festival will be held on 16th-17th July 2022 at Hippodrome De Longchamp.

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The festival’s fourth event in Paris boasts a line-up of over 50 further acts, all of which will perform across the festival’s four stages. Festival goers will also be able to take advantage of the French cuisine on offer, art exhibitions and an area in which provides education on how best to help the world. Other acts billed to play include Megan Thee Stallion, Jack Harlow, Anitta, Illenium, Turnstile, Phoebe Bridgers and Eurovision champions Måneskin. Ticketholders will be able to see headliners Imagine Dragons and famed DJ David Guetta on the festival’s first day, 16th July 2022. The second and final day includes headliners A$AP Rocky and rock icons Pearl Jam.

Lollapalooza was founded by Perry Farrell in 1991 and initially entertained the public as a touring festival. The festival has remained a staple in any music fan’s calendar and has led the way in live entertainment for over 30 years. The festival has now branched out all over the world and in 2005 made its home in Chicago. The recent expansion joins the long list of cities that host the annual event including Chile, Argentina, Germany, Brazil, France and Sweden.

The global festival is regarded a trailblazer within the live music and festival event fields. It was the first festival to intertwine musical genres in their lineups, include multiple dates, have a second stage and showcase electronic music acts on the main stage. Lollapalooza is considered a forerunner for holding festivals in cities and has spearheaded the city experience with locations across the globe. Outside of music, the festival has also made its mark on challenging the big issues. Lollapalooza was the first festival to combine the arts with activism and to counterbalance its carbon omissions.

The festival’s dedication to the planet is clearly evident and next year is no different. The festival’s website provides further information concerning their initiative, Lollaplanet. “At the heart of Lolla Paris’ commitment since day one, Lolla Planète is committed to the planet … and its inhabitants: alongside associations which each year raise awareness among festival-goers about sustainability and environmental issues, Lolla Planète will give a voice to those who fight for the rights of everyone. So you will find throughout the year a special program developed in collaboration with Label Emmaüs, a key player in the ecological and inclusive digital transition. Among the various activities of Lolla Planète to inform and learn in an interactive way, we will find in particular times of exchanges and workshops with Morgane Ortin, author and creator of Amours Solitaires who acts alongside the association En Avant All.”

The Paris festival is produced by founder Perry Farrell, William Morris Endeavor Entertainment, Live Nation France and C3 Presents. This year the event would have celebrated its 30th anniversary. However, due to COVID-19 restrictions, the festival was postponed until next year.

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So far the confirmed biggest acts set to perform at Lollapalooza (which this year is set to be in Chicago in the United States are: Red Hot Chili Peppers, Radiohead, LCD Soundsystem, The Last Shadow Puppets, Foals and many many more.

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Tickets are available for the festival (which will be in Chicago from July 28th – July 31st) here. However currently the vast majority of tickets are sold out, yet keep your eyes peeled as more might be released.

Lollapalooza is a unique festival in the fact that often it changes locations annually. Whilst the main event has been in Chicago since 2005; it has also toured around the globe, having been in Chile, Colombia, Germany, Argentina, Brazil and many more.

For a full list of an ever growing amount of artists performing, see below:

Radiohead
Red Hot Chili Peppers
LCD soundsystem
J. Cole
Lana Del Rey
Future
Ellie Goulding
Major Lazer
Disclosure
Jane’s Addiction
Flume
G-Eazy
The 1975
Haim
M83
Two Door Cinema Club
Halsey
Chris Stapleton
Flosstradamus
Hardwell
Martin Garrix
Die Antwoord
Grimes
Bastille
Leon Bridges
Bryson Tiller
Miike Snow
Bloc Party
Big Grams
The Last Shadow Puppets
Excision
Big Gigantic
Griz
Local Natives
Foals
Nathan Rateliff & The Night Sweats
Vic Mensa
Adventure Club
Zhu
The Arcs
City and Colour
Ghost
Mac Miller
Jauz
Kurt Vile & The Violators
Yellow Claw
Daughter
Silversun Pickups
Cherub
Mutemath
Frightened Rabbit
Vince Staples
St. Lucia
A$ap Ferg
Duke Dumont
Years & Years
Danny Brown
Oliver Heldens
Alessia Cara
Lindsey Sterling
Tchami
Cashmere Cat
Tory Lanez
Third Eye Blind
Yeasayer
Mø
Seven Lions
Houndmouth
Snails
Lettuce
Kehlani
X Ambassadors
The Front Bottoms
Melanie Martinez
Frank Turner & The Sleeping Souls
The Joy Formidable
Fidlar
The Struts
Wolf Alice
Chairlift
Saint Motel
Alunageorge
Oh Wonder
Jack Garratt
Marshmello
Bro Safari
Towkio
Wavves
Snakehips
Haitus Kaiyote
Marian Hill
Bob Moses
Don Biablo
Classixx
Rufus Du Sol
Aurora
Alina Baraz
Flatbush Zombies
Audien
Modern Baseball
Skepta
Grandtheft
Mr carmack
Lewis Del Mar
Dua Lipa
Muna
Lolawolf
Mija
Bas Cozz Omen
AC Slater
Somo
Jackal
Slumberjack
Boombox Cartel
Bad Royale
Louis the Child
Kiiara
Hayden James
Day Wave
Party Favor
The Strumbellas
Lâpsley
Cloves
Frances
Baio
Panama Wedding
Wild Child
Banners
Autolux
Nothing but Thieves
PVRIS
Alle Farben
Jarrydn James
Hælos
Con Brio
Jazz Cartier
Illenium
Burns
D.R.A.M.
Tor Miller
VHS Collection
Sir the Baptist
Saba
The Noisey Freaks
Tennyson
Generik
Smino
Pinegrove
Lazyboy Empire
Drowners
Nothing
Sunflower Bean
Unified Highway
Secret Weapons
Firekid
Skate Maloley
Mothers
Lucy Dacus
Totem
Jahkoy
Dreamers
Race Banyon
Arkells
Muddy Magnolias
Potty Mouth
Polly A.
Horse Thief
Audiodamn!
Lanco
The Greeting Committee
Honeysuckle