FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
AUGUST 1, 2016
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” SET TO DOMINATE
SOUNDTRACK COMPANION TO WARNER BROS. PICTURES’ HIGHLY ANTICIPATED MOTION PICTURE HERALDED WITH WEEK-LONG EXPLOSION OF HIGH-PROFILE ACTIVITY
SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM CELEBRATION ON ZANE LOWE’S BEATS 1 SHOW BEGINS TODAY,
FEATURING DAILY “WORLD RECORD” PREMIERES AND EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEWS
SEXY HARLEY QUINN THEME SONG “GANGSTA” - BY RISING R&B SONGSTRESS KEHLANI - NOW AVAILABLE TO STREAM AND DOWNLOAD EXCLUSIVELY AT APPLE MUSIC
TRIO OF HIT SINGLES ALREADY EXPLODING UP THE CHARTS,
FROM TWENTY ONE PILOTS, LIL WAYNE, WIZ KHALIFA & IMAGINE DRAGONS WITH LOGIC AND TY DOLLA $IGN (FEAT. X AMBASSADORS), AND SKRILLEX & RICK ROSS
PRE-ORDERS AVAILABLE NOW WITH MULTIPLE INSTANT GRAT DOWNLOADS
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH
SUICIDE SQUAD HITS THEATRES NATIONWIDE ON FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH
STREAM KEHLANI “GANGSTA”: http://smarturl.it/SuicideSquadAM
DOWNLOAD KEHLANI “GANGSTA”: http://smarturl.it/SuicideSquad
LISTEN TO ZANE LOWE’S INTERVIEW W/DAVID AYER: http://apple.co/_DavidAyer
LISTEN TO ZANE LOWE’S INTERVIEW W/KEHLANI: http://apple.co/_Gangsta
Atlantic Records has announced a blitz of activity leading up to this week’s release of “SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM,” the musical companion to the eagerly awaited film from Warner Bros. Pictures. The album arrives in stores and at all online retailers on Friday, August 5th; SUICIDE SQUAD opens worldwide in 3D, and in 2D, and in select IMAX 3D theaters that same day.
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” is available for pre-order now, accompanied by a trio of instant grat downloads, including “Heathens” by multi-platinum recording duo Twenty One Pilots; “Sucker For Pain” by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign (Feat. X Ambassadors); and “Purple Lamborghini” by Skrillex & Rick Ross. All three tracks are available now at DSPs and streaming services everywhere.
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” will be celebrated throughout this coming week on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Show with a series of exclusive interviews and “World Record” worldwide premieres. The week kicked off today with a premiere of Kehlani’s “Gangsta” alongside a special interview with SUICIDE SQUAD writer/director David Ayer; “Standing In The Rain,” from Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys), debuts tomorrow, August 2nd, with Ronson sitting in for a one-on-one chat; Wednesday, August 3rd will see Lowe joined by Grimes, who will introduce her soundtrack contribution, “Medieval Warfare”; last, but certainly not least, Panic! At The Disco’s long awaited “Bohemian Rhapsody” premieres on Thursday, August 4th, paired with a visit from Panic! frontman Brendon Urie. All four new tracks will be available for purchase and as instant grat downloads with album pre-orders shortly after their Zane Lowe Beats 1 Show premieres.
The first three “SUICIDE SQUAD” singles have all proven summer smashes, well in advance of the film’s globally anticipated release. “Heathens” is currently #2 on Billboard’s “Hot Rock Songs” chart, and #5 at Alternative Radio, while the companion video has now earned more than 60 million individual views at YouTube alone.
Meanwhile, “Sucker For Pain” by Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign (Feat. X Ambassadors), is proving an crossover blockbuster, debuting at #1 on Billboard’s “Rock Digital Songs” and “Rap Digital Songs” charts with over 67,000 downloads in its first week of release. The track then made the week’s highest “Hot 100” debut while also blowing up the top 10 on both the “Hot Rap Songs” and “Hot Rock Songs” tallies. The “Sucker For Pain” companion video – which, like “Heathens,” features never-before-released film footage – is an equivalent blockbuster, currently boasting 23 million YouTube views and counting. “Sucker For Pain” is also featured as the exclusive audio for Suicide Squad's global Harley Quinn Snapchat lens that launched Saturday.
“Purple Lamborghini” by Skrillex & Rick Ross had its world premiere on Zane Lowe’s Beats 1 Show amidst last month’s San Diego Comic-Con, and is available now for download and streaming. The track earned immediate acclaim from a wide range of media outlets. “As dope as you could imagine,” exclaimed Billboard. “This track is a monster,” raved Stereogum. “Purple Lamborghini” will be joined later this week by an explosive companion video of its own. The clip – highlighted by a special appearance from SUICIDE SQUAD star Jared Leto as The Joker – will have its world premiere this Friday, August 5th.
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” is as wildly diverse as the Suicide Squad itself, showcasing new and previously unreleased material from some of the most commendable artists in contemporary music (see attached tracklisting). Other highlights include tracks from such unprecedented assemblages as Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys) and Grace (Feat. G-Eazy), the latter offering a distinctly modern rendition of Leslie Gore’s classic “You Don’t Own Me.” What’s more, “SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” features new songs from Kevin Gates, Kehlani, Skylar Grey, Grimes and Panic! At The Disco (who offer up an astounding rendition of Queen’s classic “Bohemian Rhapsody”). In addition to its new tracks, the album features classics from War, Creedence Clearwater Revival, and Eminem, as well as the first full-length version of the ConfidentialMX (Feat. Becky Hanson) cover of “I Started A Joke” featured in last year’s “Comic-Con First Look,” ranked as one of the most-watched trailers of 2015 with over 136 million views since its release.
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM” was produced by Atlantic Records President of Film & TV and GRAMMY® Award-winning soundtrack producer Kevin Weaver (FURIOUS 7, Boardwalk Empire, The Fault In Our Stars, Girls Volumes 1 & 2, True Blood Volumes 1 & 2) and Creative Officer of Warner Music Group and CEO of both Artist Publishing and Partner Groups, Mike Caren, who co-A&Red, with Weaver, the massively successful “FURIOUS 7: ORIGINAL MOTION PICTURE SOUNDTRACK” and has been responsible for signing more than twenty gold and platinum-selling artists, including Trey Songz, T.I., Flo Rida, and Wiz Khalifa.
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ABOUT SUICIDE SQUAD
From director David Ayer (Fury, End of Watch) comes SUICIDE SQUAD, starring Oscar-nominee Will Smith (Ali, The Pursuit of Happyness), Oscar-winner Jared Leto (Dallas Buyers Club), Margot Robbie (The Wolf of Wall Street, Focus), Joel Kinnaman (Netflix’s House of Cards) and Oscar nominee Viola Davis (The Help, Doubt).
It feels good to be bad… Assemble a team of the world’s most dangerous, incarcerated Super Villains, provide them with the most powerful arsenal at the government’s disposal, and send them off on a mission to defeat an enigmatic, insuperable entity. U.S. intelligence officer Amanda Waller has determined only a secretly convened group of disparate, despicable individuals with next to nothing to lose will do. However, once they realize they weren’t picked to succeed but chosen for their patent culpability when they inevitably fail, will the Suicide Squad resolve to die trying, or decide it’s every man for himself?
Written and directed by Ayer based on the characters from DC Comics, SUICIDE SQUAD also stars Jai Courtney (Insurgent), Jay Hernandez (Takers), Adewale Akinnuoye-Agbaje (Thor: The Dark World), Ike Barinholtz (Neighbors), Scott Eastwood (Fury), Cara Delevingne (Paper Towns), Adam Beach (Cowboys & Aliens), and Karen Fukuhara in her feature film debut. SUICIDE SQUAD is produced by Charles Roven and Richard Suckle, with Zack Snyder, Deborah Snyder, Colin Wilson and Geoff Johns serving as executive producers.
Ayer’s behind-the-scenes creative team includes director of photography Roman Vasyanov (Fury, End of Watch), production designer Oliver Scholl (Edge of Tomorrow), editor John Gilroy (Pacific Rim), costume designer Kate Hawley (The Hobbit Trilogy) and Oscar-nominated visual effects supervisor Jerome Chen (Stuart Little, Fury, The Amazing Spider-Man films). The music is by Oscar-winning composer Steven Price (Gravity).
Warner Bros. Pictures presents, an Atlas Entertainment production, a film by David Ayer, SUICIDE SQUAD. The film will be distributed worldwide by Warner Bros. Pictures, a Warner Bros. Entertainment Company. The film opens worldwide in 3D, and in 2D, and in select IMAX 3D theaters beginning August 5th, 2016.
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(TRACKLISTING ATTACHED)
“SUICIDE SQUAD: THE ALBUM”
(Atlantic Records)
AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE FRIDAY, AUGUST 5TH
TRACKLISTING
1) Skrillex & Rick Ross – “Purple Lamborghini”
2) Lil Wayne, Wiz Khalifa & Imagine Dragons with Logic and Ty Dolla $ign (Feat. X Ambassadors) - “Sucker For Pain”
3) Twenty One Pilots – “Heathens”
4) Action Bronson, Mark Ronson and Dan Auerbach (of The Black Keys) – “Standing In The Rain”
5) Kehlani – “Gangsta”
6) Kevin Gates – “Know Better”
7) Grace – “You Don't Own Me (Feat. G-Eazy)”
8) Eminem – “Without Me”
9) Skylar Grey – “Wreak Havoc”
10) Grimes – “Medieval Warfare”
11) Panic! At The Disco – “Bohemian Rhapsody”
12) War – “Slippin' Into Darkness”
13) Creedence Clearwater Revival – “Fortunate Son”
14) ConfidentialMX – “I Started A Joke (Feat. Becky Hanson)”
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Sydney Margetson
212.707.2262
Sydney.Margetson@atlanticrecords.com
Chelsey Northern
818.238.6832
Chelsey.Northern@atlanticrecords.com
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