The Journal
Journal
Stories from the studio, interviews, release notes and label news from WMG.
Latest — Release Story
When You’re Smiling: Tony Medley Steps Into the Spotlight
Tony Medley makes his first entrance with When You’re Smiling, a warm and immediately recognisable standard that introduces a crooner built around charm, optimism and the enduring pleasure of a great song.
Release Story
They All Say She’s Crazy: The Adulations Choose Her Side
The Adulations return with They All Say She’s Crazy, a sweeping Philadelphia soul declaration about judgement, loyalty and choosing to believe in someone when everybody else has already made up their mind.
Release Story
All They Want Is You (But You're All Mine): The Adulations Begin With a Declaration
The Adulations open their recorded story with “All They Want Is You (But You're All Mine)”, a confident Philadelphia soul declaration about public admiration, private loyalty and the woman who has already made her choice.
Artist Spotlight
Five Voices, One Devotion: Inside the World of The Adulations
The Adulations bring commanding baritone soul, sweeping orchestration and immaculate five-man harmony into the WMG catalogue. Their music treats love not as a passing mood, but as something to be declared with urgency, dignity and complete conviction.
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Ocean Breeze: Kofi Rivers Lets the Rhythm Carry the Weight
Kofi Rivers brings his debut album into the evening sun with Ocean Breeze, a warm, unhurried reggae single shaped by sea air, easy rhythm and the quiet freedom of letting the day drift away.
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What About The Children: Betty Blane Faces the Cost of Goodbye
Betty Blane turns from romantic heartbreak to the consequences left behind on What About The Children, a deeply emotional soul song about divorce, responsibility and the family caught between goodbye and what comes next.
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Betty Blane Turns Devotion Into Defiance on “I Walk Through Fire For You”
Betty Blane transforms unwavering devotion into a declaration of strength on “I Walk Through Fire For You”, a stirring soul release about choosing love through every flame, fear and storm.
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Kofi Rivers Debuts With Reggae
Kofi Rivers makes his first statement with Reggae, a warm, melodic debut album built around sunshine, rhythm, memory and the quiet promise that better days can still arrive.
Artist Spotlight
Inside the World of Kofi Rivers
Kofi Rivers brings reggae warmth, island rhythm and feel-good uplift into the WMG catalogue, with songs shaped by sunshine, movement and the belief that music can make the world feel lighter.
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Betty Blane Finds Her Strength on You Don’t Get Me Twice
Betty Blane returns with You Don’t Get Me Twice, a classic soul statement of dignity, heartbreak and self-possession, taken from her self-titled album Betty Blane.
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Kofi Rivers Turns Up the Heat on Now We Feel The Fire
Kofi Rivers returns with Now We Feel The Fire, an upbeat reggae single from Reggae built around love, movement and the sound of people coming together.
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Bobby Chills With We Were Almost Right
Bobby Chills returns with We Were Almost Right, a double A-side release shaped by regret, restless nights and the quiet ache of love that came close but could not hold.
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Kofi Rivers Opens With Everything Gonna Be Alright Tonight
Kofi Rivers makes his WMG debut with Everything Gonna Be Alright Tonight, a warm, uplifting reggae single built around sunshine, rhythm and the promise that better days are close enough to feel.
Release Story
Betty Blane: The Debut Album That Introduces a World of Soul, Romance and Quiet Strength
Betty Blane’s self-titled debut album introduces a classic soul voice shaped by romance, emotional poise and quiet strength across 14 original recordings, including Heaven In Your Arms, I'm Walking Out Smiling and Just Leave.
Artist Spotlight
Inside the World of Betty Blane
Betty Blane brings classic soul romance into the WMG catalogue, with a voice shaped by warmth, elegance, emotional restraint and quiet self-possession.
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Walking Out Smiling: Betty Blane Finds Strength in the Leaving
Betty Blane returns with I'm Walking Out Smiling, a soul single about dignity, self-respect and the quiet power of leaving without looking broken.
Artist Spotlight
Inside the After-Hours World of Bobby Chills
Bobby Chills brings WMG its after-hours blues-soul voice: intimate, bruised and built around heartbreak, empty streets, late-night rooms and unanswered questions.
Release Story
Ain’t No Comfort In This Town Tonight
Bobby Chills returns with Ain't No Comfort In This Town Tonight, a double single that deepens his blues-soul world through two songs of heartbreak, loneliness and unanswered questions.
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These Tears: Introducing Bobby Chills
Bobby Chills steps into the spotlight with These Tears, a first single steeped in blues-soul heartbreak, late-night atmosphere and the quiet dignity of a voice that has lived every line.
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Heaven In Your Arms: Introducing Betty Blane
Betty Blane arrives with Heaven In Your Arms, a debut single steeped in classic soul romance, velvet emotion and timeless vocal elegance.