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{{short description|2020 song by X Ambassadors, K.Flay, and Grandson}}
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{{Infobox song
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| name = Zen
{{Infobox album
| name = Artificial Paradise
| cover =
| type = studio
| alt =
| artist = [[OneRepublic]]
| type = single
| artist = [[X Ambassadors]], [[K.Flay]], and [[Grandson (musician)|Grandson]]
| cover =
| caption =
| album =
| alt =
| released = May 15, 2020
| released = {{Start date|2024|07|12}}
| studio =
| recorded = 2016–2024
| length = 3:35
| studio =
| label = {{flatlist|
*[[Kidinakorner]]
| genre =
*[[Interscope]]
| length =
| label = * [[Mosley Music Group|Mosley]]
* [[Interscope Records|Interscope]]
| producer = * OneRepublic
| prev_title = [[One Night in Malibu]]
| prev_year = 2022
| next_title =
| next_year =
| misc = {{Singles
| name = Artificial Paradise
| type = studio
| single1 = [[Sunshine (OneRepublic song)|Sunshine]]
| single1date = November 10, 2021
| single2 = [[West Coast (OneRepublic song)|West Coast]]
| single2date = February 25, 2022
| single3 = [[I Ain't Worried]]
| single3date = May 13, 2022
| single4 = [[Runaway (OneRepublic song)|Runaway]]
| single4date = February 25, 2023
| single5 = [[Mirage (OneRepublic song)|Mirage]]
| single5date = September 22, 2023
| single6 = [[I Don't Wanna Wait (David Guetta and OneRepublic song)|I Don't Wanna Wait]]
| single6date = April 5, 2024
| single7 = [[Nobody (OneRepublic song)|Nobody]]
| single7date = February 25, 2024
}}
}}
| writer = {{flatlist|
* [[X Ambassadors|Sam Harris]]
* [[X Ambassadors|Casey Harris]]
* [[X Ambassadors|Adam Levin]]
* [[K.Flay|Kristine Flaherty]]
* [[Grandson (musician)|Jordan Benjamin]]
}}
| producer = X Ambassadors
| chronology = [[X Ambassadors]]
| prev_title = Great Unknown
| prev_year = 2020
| next_title = Ultraviolet Tragedies
| next_year = 2021
| misc = {{Extra chronology
| artist = [[K.Flay]]
| type = single
| prev_title = Not In California
| prev_year = 2019
| title = Zen
| year = 2020
| next_title = So Slow
| next_year = 2020
}}{{Extra chronology
| artist = [[Grandson (musician)|Grandson]]
| type = single
| prev_title = How Bout Now (Text Voter XX to 40649)
| prev_year = 2020
| title = Zen
| year = 2020
| next_title = Again (Text Voter XX to 40649)
| next_year = 2020
}}{{External music video|{{YouTube|rZgeF5SrCAg&ab|"Zen"}}}}
}}
}}
'''''Artificial Paradise''''' is the upcoming sixth studio album by American [[pop rock]] band [[OneRepublic]], set to be released through [[Mosley Music Group]] and [[Interscope Records]] on July 12, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |last=TJRadio |date=2024-06-06 |title=Just like ‘Paradise’: New OneRepublic album coming in July |url=https://www.ks95.com/just-like-paradise-new-onerepublic-album-coming-in-july/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=KS95 94.5 |language=en-US}}</ref> It follows their fifth studio album [[Human (OneRepublic album)|''Human'']] (2021). A deluxe edition will also be released the same day with three additional tracks.<ref>{{Citation |title=Artificial Paradise (Deluxe) by OneRepublic on Apple Music |date=2024-07-12 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/artificial-paradise-deluxe/1750546010 |access-date=2024-06-17 |language=en-US}}</ref>


"'''Zen'''" is a song by American [[pop rock]] band [[X Ambassadors]], American singer and rapper [[K.Flay]], and American-Canadian fellow singer and rapper [[Grandson (musician)|Grandson]]. It was released on May 15, 2020 through [[Kidinakorner]] and [[Interscope Records]].
== Background and concept ==


== Background and composition ==
In the announcement of the album on social media, lead singer [[Ryan Tedder]] described the background and name of the album:<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/C74VPgNqqAR/ |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
"Dear Santa" was written by band members [[Ryan Tedder]] and [[Brent Kutzle]] as well as Anna Graceman, John Nathaniel, Jeff Owen, and Josh Varnadore. It was also produced by Kutzle, Owen, Nathaniel, and . The lyrics of the song describe wishing [[Santa Claus]] would bring a lover home for Christmas.


== Promotion ==
{{blockquote|Artificial Paradise technically started with our single "[[West Coast (OneRepublic song)|West Coast]]", written in a hotel room in New Orleans in 2016. That song followed up on other singles over the last eight years that didn't make sense together, but we continued to collect anyway songs and writing in various hotel rooms and studios around the world. A new album was then starting to take shape and many of the lyrics and these songs were completed over the last two years, as we navigated a world full of artificial stories, of constructions, of “heavens” – in people's digitally transmitted lives, in the lives we create for ourselves and in the stories we tell ourselves and others. And as we continue to talk about this new paradigm, the expression “artificial paradise” came up again and again. And it seems all too in tune with the world we currently live in and the aspirations of many people, for better or worse. In the midst of all this artificiality, we are trying to find a real connection, a real feeling and a real story|author=Ryan Tedder}}
In promotion of "Dear Santa", the band a released a translucent 12" vinyl of the song as well as digital greeting cards with [[American Greetings]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Peacock |first=Tim |date=2023-12-14 |title=OneRepublic Premieres Animated Video For New Christmas Song 'Dear Santa' |url=https://www.udiscovermusic.com/news/onerepublic-animated-video-christmas-dear-santa/ |access-date=2024-05-30 |website=uDiscover Music |language=en-US}}</ref>


==Music video==
== Singles and promotion ==
A music video for "Dear Santa" premiered on December 14, 2023 and was directed by Mr. Oz.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lQs9L6QyyMk |title=OneRepublic - Dear Santa (Official Music Video) |date=2023-12-14 |last=OneRepublicVEVO |access-date=2024-05-31 |via=YouTube}}</ref> The video is made from [[claymation]] and features a man sending a letter to Santa to wish for his lover back. The band members, as [[Santa's elves]], create their instruments and send letters to the man and his lover who eventually fall back in love at the band's performance of the end of the song.
After the end of the [[Never Ending Summer Tour]], the band soon embarked on the Artificial Paradise Tour on January 19, 2024 in [[Kaohsiung]], [[Taiwan]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/onerepublic/p/Cxqc29mgww5/?hl=en |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>


==Personnel==
The snippet of song "Hurt" was teased on Tedder's social media on May 30, 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Instagram |url=https://www.instagram.com/ryantedder/reel/C72bhBOS79w/?hl=en |access-date=2024-06-17 |website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>
Credits for "Zen" adapted from [[Apple Music]].<ref>{{Citation |title=Zen by X Ambassadors, K.Flay & grandson on Apple Music |date=2020-05-15 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/song/zen/1511779321 |access-date=2024-06-21 |language=en-US}}</ref>


{{col-start}}
The band announced ''Artificial Paradise'' on June 6, 2024 along with a teaser of the title track of the album. Eight previously released singles will be included on the album: "[[Sunshine (OneRepublic song)|Sunshine]]", "[[West Coast (OneRepublic song)|West Coast]]", "[[I Ain't Worried]]", "[[Runaway (OneRepublic song)|Runaway]]", "[[Mirage (OneRepublic song)|Mirage]]" (for [[Assassin's Creed Mirage|''Assassin's Creed Mirage'']]), featuring Mishaal Tamer, "[[I Don't Wanna Wait (David Guetta and OneRepublic song)|I Don't Wanna Wait]]", with [[David Guetta]], "[[Nobody (OneRepublic song)|Nobody]]", and "Fire" (Official [[UEFA Euro 2024]] song), with [[Meduza (producers)|Meduza]] and [[Leony]]{{efn|Fire is only included on the deluxe edition of ''Artificial Paradise''.|group=lower-alpha}}.
{{col-2}}'''Musicians'''

*Sam Harris – lead vocals
== Track listing ==
*K.Flay – lead vocals
{{Track listing
*Grandson –lead vocals
| headline = Standard edition
*Casey Harris – keyboards
| extra_column = Producer(s)
*Adam Levin – drums{{col-2}}'''Production'''
| title_width = 20%
*X Ambassadors – production
| writing_width = 45%
*Michael Freeman – mixing
| extra_width = 35%
*Daniel Stringer – engineering{{col-end}}
| title4 = [[Mirage (OneRepublic song)|Mirage]] (for ''[[Assassin's Creed Mirage]]'')
| length4 = 2:13
| note4 = featuring Mishaal Tamer
| writer4 = {{hlist|[[Ryan Tedder]]|Mishaal Tamer|[[Brendan Angelides]]|Grant Boutin|Will Jay|Coleton Rubin}}
| extra4 = {{hlist|Boutin|Tedder}}
| title5 = [[Sunshine (OneRepublic song)|Sunshine]]
| length5 = 2:43
| writer5 = {{hlist|Tedder|[[Brent Kutzle]]|Zach Skelton|Casey Smith|Tyler Spry}}
| extra5 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|Simon Oscroft|Spry}}
| title6 = [[I Don't Wanna Wait (David Guetta and OneRepublic song)|I Don't Wanna Wait]]
| note6 = with [[David Guetta]]
| length6 = 2:29
| writer6 = {{hlist|[[David Guetta]]|Tedder|Kutzle|Jakke Erixson|[[Aldae|Gregory Hein]]|[[Michael Pollack (songwriter)|Michael Pollack]]|[[Timofey Reznikov]]|Spry|Josh Varnadore}}
| extra6 = {{hlist|Guetta|Kutzle|Erixson|Reznikov|Spry}}
| title7 = [[I Ain't Worried]]
| length7 = 2:28
| writer7 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|[[John Eriksson (musician)|John Eriksson]]|[[Peter Morén]]|Spry|[[Björn Yttling]]}}
| extra7 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|Oscroft|John Nathaniel|Spry}}
| title9 = [[West Coast (OneRepublic song)|West Coast]]
| length9 = 3:12
| writer9 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|[[Robin Fredriksson]]|[[Mattias Larsson]]|[[Justin Tranter]]|[[Noel Zancanella]]}}
| extra9 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|[[Mattman & Robin]]|Nathaniel|Zancanella}}
| title10 = [[Nobody (OneRepublic song)|Nobody]]
| length10 = 2:33
| writer10 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|Joe Henderson|Spry|Varandore}}
| extra10 = {{hlist|Kutzle|Henderson|Nathaniel|Spry}}
| title13 = [[Runaway (OneRepublic song)|Runaway]]
| length13 = 2:23
| writer13 = {{hlist|Tedder|Kutzle|Ben Samama|Johnny Simpson|Nolan Sipe|Varnadore}}
| extra13 = {{hlist|Kutzle|Loren Ferard|Nathaniel|Samama}}
| total_length =
}}

{{Track listing
| headline = Deluxe edition
| extra_column = Producer(s)
| title_width = 20%
| writing_width = 45%
| extra_width = 35%
| title18 = Fire (Official [[UEFA Euro 2024]] song)
| note18 = with [[Meduza (producers)|Meduza]] and [[Leony]]
| writer18 = {{hlist|[[Meduza (producers)|Luca de Gregorio]]|[[Meduza (producers)|Mattia Vitale]]|[[Meduza (producers)|Simone Giani]]|Tedder|Kutzle|[[Leony|Leonie Burger]]|Spry|Varnadore|Vitali Zestovskih}}
| extra18 = [[Meduza (producers)|Meduza]]
| length18 = 2:48
| total_length =
}}


==Notes==
==Charts==
{|class="wikitable sortable plainrowheaders" style="text-align:center"
{{notelist-la}}
|+ Chart performance for "Zen"
! scope="col"| Chart (2023)
! scope="col"| Peak<br />position
|-
{{singlechart|Czech Republic|48|year=2020|week=23|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardcanadarock|72|artist=X Ambassadors|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|-
{{single chart|Billboardalternativesongs|24|artist=X Ambassadors|rowheader=true|access-date=June 20, 2024}}
|}


== References ==
==References==
{{reflist}}
{{reflist}}


{{OneRepublic}}
{{X Ambassadors}}
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{{Authority Control}}

Revision as of 03:06, 21 June 2024

"Zen"
Single by X Ambassadors, K.Flay, and Grandson
ReleasedMay 15, 2020
Length3:35
Label
Songwriter(s)
Producer(s)X Ambassadors
X Ambassadors singles chronology
"Great Unknown"
(2020) 		"Zen"
(2020) 		"Ultraviolet Tragedies"
(2021)
K.Flay singles chronology
"Not In California"
(2019) 		"Zen"
(2020) 		"So Slow"
(2020)
Grandson singles chronology
"How Bout Now (Text Voter XX to 40649)"
(2020) 		"Zen"
(2020) 		"Again (Text Voter XX to 40649)"
(2020)
Music video
"Zen" on YouTube

"Zen" is a song by American pop rock band X Ambassadors, American singer and rapper K.Flay, and American-Canadian fellow singer and rapper Grandson. It was released on May 15, 2020 through Kidinakorner and Interscope Records.

Background and composition

"Dear Santa" was written by band members Ryan Tedder and Brent Kutzle as well as Anna Graceman, John Nathaniel, Jeff Owen, and Josh Varnadore. It was also produced by Kutzle, Owen, Nathaniel, and . The lyrics of the song describe wishing Santa Claus would bring a lover home for Christmas.

Promotion

In promotion of "Dear Santa", the band a released a translucent 12" vinyl of the song as well as digital greeting cards with American Greetings.[1]

Music video

A music video for "Dear Santa" premiered on December 14, 2023 and was directed by Mr. Oz.[2] The video is made from claymation and features a man sending a letter to Santa to wish for his lover back. The band members, as Santa's elves, create their instruments and send letters to the man and his lover who eventually fall back in love at the band's performance of the end of the song.

Personnel

Credits for "Zen" adapted from Apple Music.[3]

Charts

Chart performance for "Zen"
Chart (2023) Peak
position
Czech Republic (Rádio – Top 100)[4] 48
Canada Rock (Billboard)[5] 72
US Alternative Airplay (Billboard)[6] 24

References

  1. ^ Peacock, Tim (2023-12-14). "OneRepublic Premieres Animated Video For New Christmas Song 'Dear Santa'". uDiscover Music. Retrieved 2024-05-30.
  2. ^ OneRepublicVEVO (2023-12-14). OneRepublic - Dear Santa (Official Music Video). Retrieved 2024-05-31 – via YouTube.
  3. ^ Zen by X Ambassadors, K.Flay & grandson on Apple Music, 2020-05-15, retrieved 2024-06-21
  4. ^ "ČNS IFPI" (in Czech). Hitparáda – Radio Top 100 Oficiální. IFPI Czech Republic. Note: Change the chart to CZ – RADIO – TOP 100 and insert 202023 into search. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  5. ^ "X Ambassadors Chart History (Canada Rock)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
  6. ^ "X Ambassadors Chart History (Alternative Airplay)". Billboard. Retrieved June 20, 2024.
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