The singer and songwriter Toni and me shared his new single, Dreaming, last Friday (2). The artist co-wrote the track with Sam Nelsonby X Ambassadors, and co-produced with Nelson and Randy Belculfine. Dreaming is now available on all streaming platforms, accompanied by an official music video, directed by Tones And I herself, featuring Nick Kozakis and Liam Kelly.
Regarding the song, Tones And I states: “‘Dreaming’ is the first track on my upcoming album. I maintain my integrity in my stories, which always come from a genuine place of love, loss and hope. I found myself subconsciously writing about things I’d never written about before . I let my music go where it wants to go and never try to force it in one direction to fit a trend or style. I hope you enjoy it and I look forward to sharing more songs soon.”
Dreaming arrives as Tones And I prepares to embark on P!NK’s 2024 Australia Stadium Tour. The season will begin on February 9 and 10 with two shows at Allianz Stadium in Sydney, Australia, and travel across the continent, concluding with two nights at Townsville’s Country Bank Stadium on March 22 and 23. Subsequently the artist leaves for Asia for a series of dates in May and then for Europe. Tones And I closed out 2023 with the powerful hit The biggestwhich was released in support of the Australian women’s football team, The Matildas, at the FIFA Women’s World Cup, to critical acclaim.
Tones And I also appeared on the track TAKE IT [Official FIFA Walkout Anthem]together with Bia and Diarra Sylla, and produced by RedOne (Lady Gaga, Britney Spears, Nicki Minaj, Justin Bieber), used for the players’ entrance onto the pitch during the FIFA Women’s World Cup, and which continued as the theme music of all official FIFA matches until 2023. Tones was also the closing show of the World Cup, singing in a stadium packed with more than 75,000 people and broadcast to billions more around the world.
These two songs complete the hit streak of 2023, which also included singles I am free, which has garnered thousands of streams across music platforms, along with its piano version. Tones also composed a track for the Netflix original film Espírito Livre, in addition to the 2022 Phenomena Charlie and the venture with the American rapper Macklemore, I sing. The duo debuted their collaboration on Good Morning America with an electrifying performance in New York’s Central Park. Additionally, Tones And I recently completed a run of dates supporting Macklemore on his spring tour of the UK and Europe.
As a singer, lyricist, producer and composer, Toni and me expands the reach of pop music with unpredictable and unique hits. Since she exploded onto the global scene in 2019 as a street performer from Australia’s Mornington Peninsula, she has broken records, won numerous awards, sold out tours, surpassed 10 billion streams and reached multi-platinum heights around the world. Your success Dancing monkey went six times platinum in the US, became the most Shazamed song of all time and did it “the first female artist to reach 2 billion streams on Spotify with a song“, while constantly maintaining a place in the “The 10 most listened to songs ever on Spotify“. His 2019 EP, The children are coming, appeared in the Top 30 of the Billboard 200 and was certified Gold. Meanwhile, Tones And I’s debut album, “Welcome to the asylum“, toppled the Australian Albums Chart at number one in 2021. Among his five career ARIA Awards, Cloudy day ended 2022 as “Song of the year” from ARIA. In addition to selling out shows on multiple continents, he has given impressive performances on the Late Show with Stephen Colbert, TODAY, Jimmy Kimmel LIVE!, Good Morning America, The Ellen DeGeneres Show and many more. Along the way, he has also collaborated with Macklemore, Blackbear, Jonas Blue, Sam Feldt and BIA, as well as contributing music to Netflix’s “Espírito Livre” and the highly successful sequel “Aquaman 2: The Lost Kingdom”.
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