Music for People Who Believe in Love

グラミー賞(R)ノミネート経験を持つシンガー、ソングライター、俳優、プロデューサー、そして世界的なスーパースター、ジョー・ジョナスが、Republic Recordsよりニュー・ソロ・フルアルバム『Music For People Who Believe In Love』をリリース!

On his second solo album, 2025s Music for People Who Believe in Love, Joe Jonas offers a thoughtfully mature amalgam of his previous pop incarnations. The record is technically the follow-up to 2011s Fastlife, which is a long time between projects for most pop artists. However, Jonas has been busy in the decade since, releasing an album with his dance-rock outfit DNCE and reuniting with his brothers for several tours and a 2023 album. He also got married, had children, and eventually split with actress Sophie Turner. All of which is to say that the former Disney Channel star grew up. And while you wouldnt necessarily call Music for People Who Believe in Love a breakup album, it certainly finds Jonas in an introspective mood, thinking back over the past decade and having worked through some tough experiences. Its a feeling he underscores on "Work It Out," admitting to himself, "You go to bed with a head full of insecurities/Nobody cares what you said back when you were 17." Yet, as emotionally heavy as things can get on Music for People Who Believe in Love, theres a feeling that Jonas is letting go of the past and moving on. That vibe meshes nicely with the hooky, club-ready new wave he embraced in DNCE, a sound he returns to you on several tracks, including "Parachute," where he proclaims, "I dont know where I might land/Got my life back in my hands." Along with this newfound sense of self-determination comes the sense that Jonas is opening himself up to a wider palette of genre possibilities. Emblematic of this openness is "Woven," a jazzy instrumental track featuring piano-and-drum duo DOMi & JD Beck that kicks off the album. Particularly compelling is the midtempo ballad "Heart by Heart," where Jonas croons in the twangy, country-adjacent style of Amos Lee, lamenting a relationship that just didnt work out despite love and best intentions. More West Coast country-rock vibes pop up on the sun-dappled "Honey Blonde" and "Sip Your Wine" with Sierra Ferrell. Theres also "Hey Beautiful," a slow-burning collaboration with Louane and Tiny Habits, and "What We Are," a slinky Latin-R&B duet with Luiza Sonza, both of which nicely evoke the sophisticated adult-contemporary influences at play on the album. If Jonas has grown into a savvy pop craftsman, his fans have grown up right along with him, and Music for People Who Believe in Love is the kind of mature pop album he and his fans deserve. ~ Matt Collar

結成20周年を迎えるジョナス・ブラザーズの新作を前に、ジョーがセカンド・ソロ作をドロップ。アレクサンダー23、ダン・二グロら敏腕プロデューサーの協力を得て、ポップ、ロック、カントリーからフォーク、ラテン・フュージョンまで自身の音楽性のすべてを開放。ドミ&JDベックとのジャズから、弟フランキーとのストロークス風まで、やりたい放題の痛快作。
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