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UPI
5 days ago
- Entertainment
- UPI
Watch: Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande reflect on 'One Heart' collab
July 2 (UPI) -- Barbra Streisand, Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande are sharing what it was like collaborating on Streisand's song "One Heart, One Voice." In a clip released Wednesday, both Carey and Grande discussed how they've been fans of Streisand's since their childhood. "Barbra has quite literally always been a part of my life," Grande said. "I went to go see Barbra with my mom and we made it into the concert DVD somehow. We've come a long way from being in the audience to collaborating on her album." "The way she's broken through the glass ceiling... I really, really look up to her for all she's done," Carey added. The song appeared on the duets album that Streisand, 83, released Friday. That album, called The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, also includes collaborations with Hozier, Paul McCartney Sam Smith, Bob Dylan, Laufey, Tim McGraw, Sting, Josh Groban and Seal. "This song was written as a vehicle for three strong-willed women and when that regrettable Supreme Court decision concerning Roe vs. Wade was made, the lyrics, 'We've got every right to make a choice,' particularly resonated with me," Streisand said in the clip. Ariana Grande turns 32: a look back
UPI
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- UPI
Listen: Barbra Streisand recruits Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande for 'One Heart'
1 of 3 | Barbra Streisand released "One Heart, One Voice" with Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande, a song from her duets album "The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2," also out Friday. File Photo by Jim Ruymen/UPI | License Photo June 27 (UPI) -- Barbra Streisand has released a new song with fellow music superstars Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande. Streisand, 83, recorded the track "One Heart, One Voice" with Carey, 56, and Grande, 32, for her duets album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, which debuted Friday. In "One Heart, One Voice," the trio of music artists celebrate the power of a woman's heart. "With love that guides the way / A hundred thousand heartbeats a day / A reason to rejoice / Together, with one heart, one voice," they sing. Streisand had nothing but praise for Carey and Grande in an interview with Variety, calling the pair "the hottest, biggest, most wonderful voices." Partners, Volume 2 also features collaborations with Hozier, Paul McCartney, Sam Smith, Bob Dylan, Laufey, Tim McGraw, Sting, Josh Groban and Seal. Streisand released "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" with Hozier in April and "My Valentine" with McCartney in May. "Recording this album with new and familiar friends was a joyful experience! I Chose the title, The Secret of Life, because I thought James Taylor's philosophical lyric was particularly inspiring," she wrote on Instagram, referencing Taylor's 1976 song of the same name. In addition to her new music, Streisand released her autobiography My Name is Barbra in late 2023. Legendary star Barbra Streisand turns 83: a look back Barbra Streisand holds one of two Golden Globe Awards she won at the Beverly Hills Hilton Hotel in Hollywood on January 28, 1984. She won the best performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture-Musical or Comedy for her role in 'Yentl' and Best Director for the same movie, her first production. File Photo by Alan Zanger/UPI | License Photo
Yahoo
27-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Yahoo
Listen: Barbra Streisand recruits Mariah Carey, Ariana Grande for 'One Heart'
June 27 (UPI) -- Barbra Streisand has released a new song with fellow music superstars Mariah Carey and Ariana Grande. Streisand, 83, recorded the track "One Heart, One Voice" with Carey, 56, and Grande, 32, for her duets album The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2, which debuted Friday. In "One Heart, One Voice," the trio of music artists celebrate the power of a woman's heart. "With love that guides the way / A hundred thousand heartbeats a day / A reason to rejoice / Together, with one heart, one voice," they sing. Streisand had nothing but praise for Carey and Grande in an interview with Variety, calling the pair "the hottest, biggest, most wonderful voices." Partners, Volume 2 also features collaborations with Hozier, Paul McCartney, Sam Smith, Bob Dylan, Laufey, Tim McGraw, Sting, Josh Groban and Seal. Streisand released "The First Time I Ever Saw Your Face" with Hozier in April and "My Valentine" with McCartney in May. "Recording this album with new and familiar friends was a joyful experience! I Chose the title, The Secret of Life, because I thought James Taylor's philosophical lyric was particularly inspiring," she wrote on Instagram, referencing Taylor's 1976 song of the same name. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Barbra Streisand (@barbrastreisand) In addition to her new music, Streisand released her autobiography My Name is Barbra in late 2023.
Japan Today
25-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Japan Today
Barbra Streisand finds 'The Secret of Life' on her new duets album with Bob Dylan and Paul McCartney
By GLENN GAMBOA Barbra Streisand was worried. She had just spent six days a week for six weeks recording the audiobook version of her 2023 memoir 'My Name is Barbra' — which became more than 48 hours of discussing her storied, EGOT-winning career and the unexpected life that came with it. But now, it was time to record a new album with a stunning lineup of duet partners that ranged from current hitmakers Hozier and Sam Smith to legends Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and James Taylor. And when producers played the songs for her, she couldn't sing along. Her mighty voice would just squeak. 'My voice was shot,' Streisand, 83, told The Associated Press, calling from her home in Malibu, California. 'I mean, I literally prayed to God in front of that microphone, 'Let my voice be there for me.' And I don't know how, but it was there.' Fans will be able to hear that for themselves on Friday, when her album 'The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2' arrives in stores and on streaming services. And despite her misgivings, Streisand shows she can still deliver the performances she wants, while also coaxing them out of others. Her duet with Dylan had been decades in the making. In 1970, Dylan sent Streisand a bouquet of flowers and a note — written in what she believes was crayon — asking, 'Would you sing with me?' But they did not connect until decades later, when their styles had converged a bit. When Streisand started work on her new album, she sent Dylan a copy of her memoir with an inscription referring to their time separately performing in Greenwich Village as teenagers and hoping it was time to finally sing together. Choosing to rework the Ray Noble standard 'The Very Thought of You' — popularized by everyone from Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald — turned out to be a surprise. It's not one of her personal favorites, though it is her longtime manager Marty Erlichman's favorite song. Dylan, one of the most revered songwriters in music history, only wanted to sing a standard, not one of his own classics. 'Isn't that great?' Streisand said. 'I would've sung anything with him.' She also agreed to his request to keep everyone else out of the studio when they recorded — including Streisand's husband, James Brolin, who often goes to her sessions. 'I had heard he wrote 'Lay, Lady, Lay' for me,' she said. 'So I thought, 'Let's make this lush, romantic track.'' Though Dylan has a reputation for not taking much direction from producers, Streisand said he was very receptive to her suggestions. 'He was totally open to 'Why don't you maybe try this?' or 'Phrase it this way' or 'Try something else' — just like I do as a director in movies and he was my actor that day,' she said. 'To capture his originality and his voice and his phrasing, it was just an exciting experience.' Her experience with McCartney was more daunting. There was a full film crew on hand, led by Oscar-winning director Frank Marshall, to capture the recording of two of the world's most successful artists for an upcoming documentary on Streisand's life. Streisand said that added to the challenges of the session. 'He was kind of shy about it and I understand him,' she said about recording 'My Valentine' with McCartney. 'I walked into a room of 25 people (to sing) and I don't like that.' McCartney told his website he was 'terrified' during the three-hour session. 'I thought, 'Well, this will be easy because it's my song, it's 'My Valentine.' What can go wrong?'' he said. 'But what I'd forgotten was that they'd arranged it so that it had to go in Barbra's key and then in my key. So, to get from Barbra's key into mine was kind of difficult. ... It wasn't easy at all!' They quickly worked it out. 'It turned out great,' said Streisand, who released the song in May as one of the album's preview singles. It's another single, though, that is resonating even more. 'Letter to My 13-Year-Old Self,' Streisand's duet with Icelandic singer-songwriter Laufey, hit No. 1 on the iTunes chart earlier this month, topping Sabrina Carpenter's 'Manchild' and Mariah Carey's 'Type Dangerous' on release day. Streisand related to the song because it reminded her of a middle-school report she wrote called 'My Thirteen Years,' which meant so much to her that she still has it. In neat, cursive writing, she recalled what her life was like, her love of Shakespearean sonnets and the death of her father, Emanuel. 'I was too young to realize what had happened,' she writes in the report. It was at age 13 that Streisand also made her first record, when her mother brought her to Nola Studios in Manhattan to record 'You'll Never Know' and 'Zing! Went the Strings of My Heart.' 'When I was 13, that's a very distinguished year in my life,' Streisand said. 'So I hear this song … and it really hit me.' She worked with Laufey to turn the original, which Laufey sang solo, into a duet. They settled on Laufey singing as the 13-year-old and Streisand as her mother. Streisand said she was 'absolutely thrilled' with how it turned out and how fans have responded to it. Sure, duet success is nothing new to Streisand, who has topped the charts with Neil Diamond on 'You Don't Bring Me Flowers,' and Donna Summer on 'No More Tears (Enough Is Enough),' and a string of albums including 'Duets,' 'Partners' and 'Encore: Movie Partners Sing Broadway.' But 'The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2' is different. Streisand said her worries about the world and President Donald Trump's second administration may have subconsciously contributed to her selection of some of the album's more serious tracks — like Sting's 'Fragile' and her reworking of 'Love Will Survive' from last year's 'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' series into a duet with Seal. 'I'd like to be happier,' Streisand said. 'But every time I turn on the television — and I'm a glutton for punishment, obviously — I'm fascinated and horrified at the same time, you know?' At a recent dinner with U.S. Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J., Streisand said he described the current state of Washington as 'created chaos, corruption and cruelty.' Streisand added, 'I thought, 'That kind of sums him (Trump) up.'' However, Streisand, who has retired from touring, said she does plan to work on achieving the goal she set out in her memoir: To enjoy life more. 'The Secret of Life' — named from the James Taylor classic, as well as a children's book she reads her grandchildren — has sparked thoughts about what enriches her life. 'The secret of life is spending time with people you love,' she said, adding she plans to release a string of photos of her and her 'secrets,' including her husband, her son Jason Gould, and other friends, family and, of course, dogs. Streisand is in her 'stop and smell the roses' era. 'I'm getting older by the day, by the minute, and you have to take a look at your life from that point of view again, you know?' Streisand said. 'I look in the mirror and go, 'How much time do I have left?' … I've had several projects I've never fulfilled, but I have such fulfillment now with people that I love.' © Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.
Gulf Today
24-06-2025
- Entertainment
- Gulf Today
Singer Barbra Streisand finds ‘The Secret of Life'
Barbra Streisand was worried. She had just spent six days a week for six weeks recording the audiobook version of her 2023 memoir "My Name is Barbra' - which became more than 48 hours of discussing her storied, EGOT-winning career and the unexpected life that came with it. But now, it was time to record a new album with a stunning lineup of duet partners that ranged from current hitmakers Hozier and Sam Smith to legends Bob Dylan, Paul McCartney and James Taylor. And when producers played the songs for her, she couldn't sing along. Her mighty voice would just squeak. "My voice was shot,' Streisand, 83, told the media, calling from her home in Malibu, California. "I mean, I literally prayed to God in front of that microphone, 'Let my voice be there for me.' And I don't know how, but it was there.' Fans will be able to hear that for themselves on Friday, when her album "The Secret of Life: Partners, Volume 2' arrives in stores and on streaming services. And despite her misgivings, Streisand shows she can still deliver the performances she wants, while also coaxing them out of others. Her duet with Dylan had been decades in the making. In 1970, Dylan sent Streisand a bouquet of flowers and a note - written in what she believes was crayon - asking, "Would you sing with me?' But they did not connect until decades later, when their styles had converged a bit. When Streisand started work on her new album, she sent Dylan a copy of her memoir with an inscription referring to their time separately performing in Greenwich Village as teenagers and hoping it was time to finally sing together. Choosing to rework the Ray Noble standard "The Very Thought of You' - popularized by everyone from Nat King Cole and Tony Bennett to Billie Holiday and Ella Fitzgerald - turned out to be a surprise. It's not one of her personal favorites, though it is her longtime manager Marty Erlichman's favorite song. Dylan, one of the most revered songwriters in music history, only wanted to sing a standard, not one of his own classics. "Isn't that great?' Streisand said. "I would've sung anything with him.' She also agreed to his request to keep everyone else out of the studio when they recorded - including Streisand's husband, James Brolin, who often goes to her sessions. "I had heard he wrote 'Lay, Lady, Lay' for me,' she said. "So I thought, 'Let's make this lush, romantic track.'' Though Dylan has a reputation for not taking much direction from producers, Streisand said he was very receptive to her suggestions. Associated Press
