5X GRAMMY WINNER BRITTANY HOWARD RELEASES NEW SINGLE “PROVE IT TO YOU” OFF UPCOMING ALBUM WHAT NOW
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“On Feb. 9, she returns with ‘What Now,’ an album filled with wailing soul, jittery funk and buzzing grooves born of frustration, pain, love and intense questioning.”
- The New York Times
“Howard's dedicated herself to unbounded exploration.” – NPR
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26 JANUARY 2024 (TORONTO, ON) — Brittany Howard, the five-time Grammy Award®-winning powerhouse, shares the third single, “Prove It To You,” off her forthcoming album, WHAT NOW – the hotly anticipated second solo album (and first under Island Records) to be released on February 9th.
On “Prove It To You,” Howard delivers a euphoric four-on-the-floor dance track spiked with her explosive guitar work. Working alongside long-time collaborator Shawn Everett (The Killers, SZA, Miley Cyrus, Adele), Brittany originally produced the entire track in Reason Drum Sequencer, her first time using virtual drum machines, and her first time producing a dance track. Once the track took shape, she and her band recreated the song in a live setting for the final production, still capturing the essence of dance music that she originally set out to capture. Listen here.
“I wanted to write a fun four-on-the-floor dance track that makes you want to dance but at the same time lyrically looked at the complexities of being in a relationship. I love those songs that might not be exactly what they appear to be on the surface.” - Brittany Howard on “Prove It To You”
The song follows previously released title-track “What Now,” which Pitchfork called “a quaking introduction to her next chapter” and “Red Flags” deemed by New York Times as a “moodier and more meditative side of her versatile sound.”
WHAT NOW has found itself on multiple 2024 “must-hear” album lists including New York Times, NPR, Grammy.com, Pitchfork, TIME, and more. Over the course of its 12 tracks, WHAT NOW sees Howard bringing her singular musicality to a shapeshifting sound encompassing everything from psychedelia and dance music to dream-pop and avant-jazz. At turns galvanizing, cathartic, and wildly soul-expanding, the result is a monumental step forward for one of the most essential artists of our time. WHAT NOW is the long-awaited follow-up to Jaime, Brittany’s massively acclaimed solo debut of 2019 (featuring “Stay High” and “History Repeats.”) Jamie landed on best-of-the-year lists including Pitchfork, The New York Times, and Rolling Stone, was named NPR’s album of the year, and earned her 7 Grammy® nominations in 4 different genres, winning the award for Best Rock Song with “Stay High.”
Brittany was recently announced at this year’s Coachella and Bonnaroo festivals. Howard will also tour in 2024 across the US and Canada, and UK. Her North American tour will kick off with a sold-out show in Chicago on February 6th and continuing with stops in New York City, Boston, Toronto, and Washington D.C. with support from Becca Mancari and will pick up again in April with support from June McDoom. Tickets available at www.brittanyhoward.com.
TRACKLIST
- Earth Sign
- I Don’t
- What Now
- Red Flags
- To Be Still
- Interlude
- Another Day
- Prove It To You
- Samson
- Patience
- Power To Undo
- Every Color In Blue
BRITTANY HOWARD ON TOUR
2024
Date City Venue
Feb. 6 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall (SOLD OUT)
7 Chicago, IL Thalia Hall
9 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
10 Toronto, ON Danforth Music Hall
12 Boston, MA The Wilbur
16 New York, NY Webster Hall (SOLD OUT)
17 New York, NY Webster Hall
20 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (SOLD OUT)
21 Washington, DC 9:30 Club (SOLD OUT)
23 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel (SOLD OUT)
24 Asheville, NC The Orange Peel
Apr 12 Indio, CA Coachella
13 Tempe, AZ Marquee Theatre
16 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore (SOLD OUT)
17 San Francisco, CA The Fillmore
19 Indio, CA Coachella
22 Albuquerque, NM Revel Entertainment Center
23 Tulsa, OK Cain’s Ballroom
24 Kansas City, MO The Truman
26 St Louis, MO The Pageant
28 Austin, TX Austin Blues Festival
June 14 Manchester, TN Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival
July 2 London, UK KOKO
3 Lytham, UK Lytham Festival++
5 Dublin, IE Marlay Park++
6 Manchester, UK Albert Hall
7 London, UK London Finsbury Park++
9 Chepstow, UK Chepstow Summer Sessions++
10 Glasgow, UK Glasgow Green++
13 Bruges, BE Cactus Festival
*All February dates with support from Becca Mancari
*All April dates (outside of festivals) with support from June McDoom
++Dates with Hozier
ABOUT BRITTANY HOWARD:
Known for her unique timbre and powerful, soulful, emotionally charged vocals, Brittany Howard has been at the heart of the music scene for over a decade. She is a globally renowned singer, songwriter, and guitarist extraordinaire whose critical acclaim began with the release of Boys & Girls, the RIAA platinum Top 10 debut album by Alabama Shakes (2012). It included the career-defining RIAA gold single “Hold On,” a #1 Triple-AAA anthem that Rolling Stone named #1 Song of the Year. It was nominated for a Grammy® as Best Rock Performance and earned the band a Best New Artist nomination.
The second Alabama Shakes album (and final, before their hiatus), Sound & Color (2015) was another breakthrough, hitting #1 on the Billboard 200 albums chart, a rarity for an indie release. The Shakes performed “Don’t Wanna Fight” and “Gimme All Your Love” on NBC’s Saturday Night Live in advance of the release of the album; “Don’t Wanna Fight” took the awards for Best Rock Song (Brittany’s first songwriting Grammy®) and Best Rock Performance while Sound & Color won the Grammy® for Best Alternative Album.
In September 2019, Howard released her solo debut, Jaime, whose celebratory single, “Stay High,” hit #1 on the Triple-AAA chart while "History Repeats" subsequently received Grammy Award® nominations for Best Rock Song and Best Rock Performance. This brought Howard’s cumulative career total to 16 Grammy® nominations, and five wins. The album tracks "13th Century Metal" and "Stay High" were included on Pitchfork's list of the Best Songs of 2019. At the annual GLAAD Media Awards, Howard was nominated for Outstanding Music Artist. And at the Americana Music Honors & Awards, Howard was nominated for Artist of the Year, Jaime for Album of the Year, and "Stay High" for Song of the Year.
The Jaime (Reimagined) remix album (2021), contained "Stay High" (Childish Gambino remix, produced by Donald Glover and James Francies), “Stay High again.." (produced by Emmanuel Franklyn Adelabu, Joy Anonymous, and Fred again..), plus versions of Jaime tracks from Bon Iver, Common, Michael Kiwanuka, EARTHGANG, Little Dragon, and more.
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