The Journal
Journal
Stories from the studio, interviews, release notes and label news from WMG.
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If You Don’t Want My Love: The Adulations Draw the Line
The Adulations reach the end of their patience on If You Don’t Want My Love, a poised but powerful Philadelphia soul declaration about knowing when devotion has become a one-sided affair.
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My Blue Heaven: Tony Medley Brings the Debut Era Home
Tony Medley returns to Only The Best for one final single with My Blue Heaven, a warm and intimate standard about home, companionship and the quiet contentment of knowing exactly where you belong.
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Keep That Love Coming: The Adulations Step Into the Light
The Adulations return with Keep That Love Coming, a radiant single shaped by gratitude, emotional security and the warmth of being loved well. Taken from their self-titled debut album, the track reveals the brighter side of the group’s commanding Philadelphia soul sound.
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Still Standing: Faith Supreme Testify on He Brought Me Through
Faith Supreme turn survival into testimony on He Brought Me Through, a gospel-soul declaration from Kept by Grace about the nights that nearly broke us, the grace that carried us and the faith that remains when the storm has passed.
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Only The Best: Tony Medley Makes His Debut
Tony Medley makes his debut with Only The Best, an eight-song collection of enduring standards that introduces a crooner built around warmth, elegance, romance and the lasting appeal of a great melody.
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Faith Supreme Give Everything on a Towering New Gospel-Soul Ballad
Faith Supreme turn a simple declaration of devotion into something immense on I’ll Give You Everything, a sweeping choir-led gospel-soul ballad from their debut album Kept by Grace. Intimate in feeling but enormous in scale, it captures the point where one voice becomes many.
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Bye Bye Blackbird: Tony Medley Looks Towards What Comes Next
Tony Medley closes the pre-album chapter of Only The Best with Bye Bye Blackbird, an enduring standard that turns departure into possibility and reflection into the quiet confidence to move forward.
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The Adulations Make Their Opening Statement
The Adulations arrive with a self-titled debut built on commanding baritone soul, sweeping Philadelphia orchestration and five voices united by one conviction: love is too important to be understated.
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Lift It Higher: Faith Supreme Turn Gratitude Into Celebration
Faith Supreme turn gratitude into joyful, full-voiced praise on Lift It Higher, an up-tempo gospel-soul single from their debut album Kept by Grace. What begins with the simple gift of another morning grows into a celebration built to be sung together.
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Ain’t She Sweet: Tony Medley Lets the Charm Loose
Tony Medley changes the mood again with Ain’t She Sweet, bringing wit, flirtation and effortless social charm to the third single from Only The Best.
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Father We Need You: Faith Supreme Begin with a Prayer
Faith Supreme begin with a prayer. Debut single Father We Need You, taken from forthcoming debut album Kept by Grace, introduces the Philadelphia gospel-soul collective through a song of need, surrender and the strength that arrives when a private plea becomes a communal cry.
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Stardust: Tony Medley Turns Towards the Night
Tony Medley follows the warmth of his debut single with Stardust, revealing a quieter and more romantic side of Only The Best through memory, longing and the elegance of a song built to linger.
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Through Every Season: The Adulations Return with “Seasons of Love”
The Adulations return with Seasons of Love, a sweeping Philadelphia soul reflection on romance as it changes, deepens and survives through every chapter of life.
Artist Spotlight
Faith Supreme: Many Voices, One Spirit
Faith Supreme bring a large, multigenerational choir together in a gospel-soul sound built on conviction, warmth and scale. Rooted in Philadelphia and shaped by the emotional power of the Black church tradition, theirs is music that can move from intimate prayer to a room-filling declaration in the space of a single song.
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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.
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Tony Medley: The Art of the Crooner
Tony Medley brings the great American crooner tradition into the WMG catalogue with charm, elegance and a voice made for big bands, romantic ballads and the hour when the lights begin to soften.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.