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New Single Heavily Featured in Netflix’s Film Uglies
Sick to my Stomach EP Out September 27
Watch “The Top” Music Video HERE
With no sign of slowing down, Natalie Jane drops her earthquaking, triumphant single “The Top” – the latest taste of her forthcoming Sick to my Stomach EP, out September 27 via Capitol Music Group / 10K Projects. A fight song powered by huge bass drops and driving synths, the new track fittingly appears in Netflix’s hotly tipped dystopian film, Uglies, which premiered today.
Listen to “The Top” HERE. Pre-order / pre-save Sick to my Stomach HERE.
Produced by PomPom (John Legend, Noah Kahan, Lyn Lapid), “The Top” finds Natalie preparing to lead her own revolution, flexing her famous vocal prowess amid a swirl of futuristic effects. If she sounds like she’s spoiling for a fight, there’s a reason: “I wrote this about someone who told me to give up on my dreams,” says Natalie. “They said I needed a fallback for when this didn’t work out. So I wrote the line, ‘Just watch, I’ll be waving at you from the top.’”
It’s a perfect match for Uglies, where in a futuristic world that imposes cosmetic surgery at 16, Tally (Joey King) is eager for her turn to join the rest of society. But when a friend runs away, Tally embarks on a journey to save her that upends everything she thought she wanted. Music supervisor, Rob Lowry, shared his thoughts on the synchronicity:
“From the moment we heard Natalie Jane’s “The Top,” we knew we had to find a way to work it into Uglies. Tonally speaking, the instrumentation felt so a part of what we were trying to create sonically with the music of the film – both with score and the source. And lyrically, Natalie was hitting on so many themes that our protagonists were dealing with in their own journeys – both in the film’s narrative and their own internal battles – that it felt tailor made for the film. Being able to use the song multiple times in the project allowed us to make the song and the message a part of the actual narrative, rather than it playing a supportive or complementary role. We are able to use Natalie’s anthemic tale of growth and empowerment as a way to show and highlight Tally’s evolution on screen. It’s one of the most rewarding parts of our job, when we’re able to collaborate with like-minded artists on expanding the story of a song that lives outside the boundaries of your speakers and your screens. “The Top” lives with you as a core thematic element of the film long after the credits have rolled.”
The collaboration is another win for Natalie ahead of Sick to my Stomach. She recently released the EP’s booming stunner of a title track – watch the video HERE – which itself was preceded by the soulful ballad “Somebody to Someone,” dark dance-popper “Can I See You Tonight,” and the electrified R&B of “Tattoos.” Natalie released a series of teasers for each. So far, combined views of all short form videos for the EP’s songs have surpassed 200 million.
Natalie, who hit North America, Europe, and the U.K. on her sold-out Where Am I? Again Tour this year, was one of 2023’s most viewed artists on TikTok in the U.S., ranking at #2 on “The Hitmakers” year-end list. She’s racked up over 500 million combined global streams to date with such hits as “AVA,” “Seven,” “Mentally Cheating,” “Do or Die” and “Intrusive Thoughts” – all found on her debut EP, Where Am I? (Capitol Music Group / 10K Projects).
GRAMMY.com named Natalie one of the “25 Artists to Watch in 2024.” Popdust called her “The Powerhouse Vocalist You Should Know.” EUPHORIA. observed, “[The] starlet has the world in the palm of her hand; and at the precipice of her inevitable superstardom, we’re watching her shape into one of the industry’s most potent voices in real time.” Natalie was also included in People Magazine’s “Meet PEOPLE’s Talented 2024 Spring Emerging Artists!” list this year, the 20-year-old pop sensation has been gaining a significant amount of momentum putting her in a position to unlock new levels in her career. Keep watching.
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