Danish superstar MØ has teamed up with internet pop sensation Rebecca Black to release an updated version of her single ‘New Moon’, which is out today via RCA. The original version of ‘New Moon’ features on her recently released third album ‘Motordrome’ out now.
The triumphant ‘New Moon’ is given a fresh hyper-pop spin in the chorus with Rebecca’s additional vocals echoing MØ’s about leaving things behind and making a new start. They say;
Rebecca:
“Mø has been one of my most favorite artists ever since I heard No Mythologies to Follow for the first time in high school. It’s been a dream to get to put a verse on this song, which I fell in love with as soon as I heard it. So excited for everyone – very much including my high school self – to get to hear this song.”
MØ:
“New Moon is a song about manifesting a new era, a song about regaining control. Rebecca Black fit so perfectly into this energy and I love what she brought to this song. I also just adore her & it was so much fun to collaborate on this!”
‘Motordrome’ is MØ’s first body of work since 2018’s much-lauded ‘Forever Neverland’ and the 10-track album is a commanding new collection of songs that combine full-blown pop with darker grungy punk alongside honest and confronting lyrics. Alongside ‘New Moon’, the album features the singles ’Kindness,’ a love letter to her fans, the euphoric ‘Live To Survive’ the raw ‘Goosebumps’ and the ode to her teenage crush ‘Brad Pitt’.
MØ enlisted friends and long-time collaborators Caroline Ailin (Dua Lipa, Katy Perry, Ellie Goulding) and Noonie Bao (Halsey, Charli XCX, Carly Rae Jepsen) to help flesh out her original song workings, with further songwriting and production from a close circle including Ariel Rechtshaid (Haim, Vampire Weekend, Adele), Jam City (Olivia Rodrigo, Troye Sivan), S.G. Lewis (Dua Lipa), Linus Wiklund and Yangze.
‘Motordrome’s’ title came from a conversation MØ had with her mother about her battles with anxiety. The panic and intrusive thoughts called to mind the “dødstrome”, which is an old carnival trick in which a stuntperson rides a motorcycle around the vertical walls of a motordrome at death-defying speeds. The making of the album proved to be MØ’s escape from this deepening spiral, although the album is very much a document of a person-in-progress. While there is a strong sense of empowerment and of brighter days ahead, it also serves as a reminder that everyone has to deal with their own dødstrome and that there is no perfect remedy for life’s struggles, and that’s OK.
MØ returned to the road in February with US tour dates with Imagine Dragons alongside her own North America headline shows and she will be performing in Europe next month, including headlining a sold out London Heaven.
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MØ 2022 Tour Dates:
APRIL:
7th April @ Cat’s Cradle, Chapel Hill
9th April @ Sound Money Festival, Miami
10th April @ Jannus Live, Tampa
11th April @ Terminal West, Atlanta
13th April @ Union Transfer, Philadelphia
14th April @ Webster Hall, New York
15th April @ Royale, Boston
17th April @ 9:30 Club, Washington
MAY:
12th May @ Parkteatret, Oslo *sold out*
13th May @ Debaser, Stockholm
15th May @ NIEBO, Warsaw
16th May @ Kesselhaus, Berlin
19th May @ Heaven, London *sold out*
20th May @ Le Trabendo, Paris
22nd May @ Orangerie – Botanique, Brussels
24th May @ Melkweg Oz, Amsterdam
REBECCA BLACK LIVE DATES
https://www.songkick.com/artists/4106201-rebecca-black/calendar
Friday April 15th – Day Club @ Hilton Palm Springs
Friday April 15th – Rhonda Queen of the Desert @ Ross Aviation Thermal Airport
Saturday April 16th – Rebecca Black (& Friends) DJ set @ Do LAB
Monday, May 2, 2022 – Brussels, Belgium @ TBA
Tuesday, May 3, 2022 – Paris, France @ Leis Etoiles
Thursday, May 5, 2022 – Amsterdam, Netherlands @ Paradiso Noord
Saturday, May 7, 2022 – London, UK @ Colours
Monday, May 9, 2022 – Manchester, UK @ Deaf Institute
Wednesday, May 11, 2022 – Glasgow, UK @ G2
May 12-14, 2022, TBC – Brighton, UK @ The Great Escape Festival
Sunday, May 15, 2022 – Heidelberg, Germany @ Queer Fest
Tuesday, May 17, 2022 – Cologne, Germany @ Yuca
Wednesday, May 18, 2022 – Berlin, Germany @ Kantine Am Berghain