ROBIN THICKE UNVEILS "ON EARTH, AND IN HEAVEN" – NEW ALBUM OUT NOW, WATCH NEW MUSIC VIDEO "LOOK EASY"
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Unleashing his eighth studio album and first in nearly seven years, Lucky Music/EMPIRE’s Robin Thicke is back, reintroducing himself with On Earth, and in Heaven. The 11-track collection is entirely co-written by Thicke alongside collaborators like Pharrell Williams, Nasri, James Gass, and more, built on his foundational, signature sound and inspired by a life-altering, transitional chapter.
"(With) this album, my intentions are pure again. I want to make great music that spreads love, that feels like a warm blanket, that brings people closer together, that helps heal wounds and bring bonds back, and that's what I needed," Thicke shared in conversation with Apple Music's Zane Lowe. "And that's what this music has done for me and that's what I wanted to do for others."
Later, he continued sharing the inspiration behind the project, citing the passing of mentor Andre Harrell as the shift that brought the music back. “I just looked in the mirror and I woke up and I said, 'I'm not going to be insecure like that anymore. I'm not going to let these days go by…I am going to do what I always wanted to do and be the person I wanted to be.' And then the music came quickly. But it started with that big turn.”
LISTEN TO ON EARTH, AND IN HEAVEN HERE
Buzz around the album’s latest single “Look Easy” is humming as the #2 most-added single at US R&B/Urban AC Radio this week. The music video for the new track that Thicke dedicates “to all the frontline workers, mothers, daughters and grandmothers of the world” debuted exclusively for the first time in New York’s Times Square.
Directed by Nick Leopold for Skinny Empire and shot in Los Angeles, CA, the clip marries both the album and the single’s themes, smash cutting in with Thicke falling from heaven into the ocean, washing up ashore. Following a beautiful onlooker through a haze of obstacles, Thicke eventually emerges from the chase, journeying back to the beach just as the sun begins to set into the earth.
Thicke made his return with an electrifying album mashup performance on US CBS’ The Late Late Show with James Corden. Fusing “Look Easy” with grooving “Take Me Higher,” Thicke showed off his smooth-as-silk style and limitless vocal range backed by a full band and brass section. Watch Robin Thicke perform on The Late Late Show HERE and chatting with Corden HERE.
Praise for On Earth, and in Heaven has already begun, with PEOPLE commending Thicke’s “provocative lyrics and soft falsetto” and The Associated Press calling “the 11-track set a breezy, acoustic R&B journey about his hard and heavy times, though hope is at the centre of it.”
ABOUT ROBIN THICKE:
Five-time GRAMMY® Award nominee, diamond-selling performer, actor, entrepreneur, and philanthropist Robin Thicke continually elevates the genre of R&B. After kicking off his career behind-the-scenes as a songwriter for the likes of Christina Aguilera and P!nk, he skyrocketed into the stratosphere with a string of successful solo albums, logging four consecutive Top 10 debuts on the Billboard 200, picking up platinum plaques, and selling out shows around the globe. Thicke then made history with 2013’s Blurred Lines, which bowed at #1 on the 200 and delivered the RIAA-diamond-certified title single “Blurred Lines” (feat. T.I. & Pharrell). The smash hit spent 12 weeks at #1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making Thicke the first artist since 2012 to simultaneously occupy #1 on that chart and on the Billboard 200. As a sought-after collaborator, he’s also teamed up with Kendrick Lamar, Lil Wayne, Nicki Minaj, Nas, Joe Perry, Pitbull, and more. Expanding his presence, Thicke joined the panel of the US FOX hit show The Masked Singer, which is heading into a fifth season for 2021. Presenting the same bold, bright, and boisterous R&B that turned him into a household name, he now ascends to new heights with his eighth full-length album and debut for Lucky Music and EMPIRE, On Earth, and in Heaven.
