Tones And I Talks Macklemore Collaboration, Sophomore Album – Billboard

Tones And I is preparing for spherical two.

The Australian singer and songwriter who had a monster hit with “Dance Monkey” is reportedly making progress on her sophomore LP.

“I’ve already began this subsequent album that’s popping out in August; it’s very completely different,” she instructed triple j, the Australian Broadcasting Company’s youth community.

“I form of simply instructed my managers after I began writing it after I was abroad. I used to be like, ‘I’ve to place this out’. I must put it out fast as a result of in any other case I’ll get sick of it. So I simply instructed my managers, ‘I’m dropping an album’.”

Tones (actual identify Toni Watson) has additionally teased a brand new collaboration with Grammy Award-winning hip-hop artist Macklemore. “This 12 months I may be lastly releasing a music with my favourite artist – Macklemore,” Tones defined, after sharing an image of the pair posing in a studio.

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“It’s been a very long time coming since he first stunned me in Seattle in 2019,” she continued. “He needed me to report vocals on a monitor we’re doing collectively so I had to do this in individual.”

Previous to her world breakthrough, Tones minimize her tooth busking alongside Australia’s east coast. When “Dance Monkey” obtained transferring, it was unimaginable to budge.

The music triggered a flood of awards and dominated gross sales charts for months, together with Australia the place it held high spot for an all-time report 24 weeks. “Dance Monkey” additionally led the U.Okay. survey for 11 weeks, a report for a solo feminine artist; it cracked the High 5 on the Billboard Scorching 100; and reigned over charts in some 30 territories.

It’s ranked No. 3 on Spotify’s most-streamed songs record.

Tones’ debut full-length album Welcome to the Madhouse hit No. 1 in Australia after its launch final July, and featured her followup hit “Fly Away,” which peaked at No. 11 within the U.Okay. “Dance Monkey” appeared on Tones’ 2019 EP The Youngsters Are Coming.