Atlantic Records is proud to share the latest single from Daisy Jones & The Six – “Look At Us Now (Honeycomb)” – out everywhere today (buy/stream here). Co-written by Marcus Mumford with vocals from Riley Keough and Sam Claflin, the stunning duet is lifted off the forthcoming LP Aurora, the storied debut from the titular band of Taylor Jenkins Reid’s beloved, New York Times bestselling novel Daisy Jones & The Six.
Fans of the book will instantly recall the single as pivotal in both the band’s early recording sessions for the album, and in the charged personal dynamic between lead singer Daisy Jones and frontman Billy Dunne.
Aurora arrives in full Friday, March 3rd on vinyl and across all DSPs via Atlantic Records (pre-order on vinyl here + pre-save here).
That same day, the groundbreaking limited series adaption ‘Daisy Jones & The Six’ will premiere on Prime Video, with new episodes released every Friday through March 24th, starring Riley Keough, Sam Claflin, Suki Waterhouse, and more (watch the official trailerhere).
The highly-anticipated series arrives via Amazon Studios and Reese Witherspoon’s media company Hello Sunshine, who optioned Reid’s work in 2018 – before Daisy Jones & The Sixever even hit bookshelves. Upon the novel’s release in early 2019, it received coveted recognition as a ‘Reese’s Book Club Pick.’
Today’s release follows lead single “Regret Me,” another emotionally-charged duet – with an instantly-recognizable title to readers – sung by lead characters Daisy Jones (Keough) and Billy Dunne (Claflin). “Regret Me” debuted to massive critical acclaim and excitement from fans last month, with Variety praising the track as “a dreamy duet… Keough and Claflin’s voices blend together breezily over an instrumental that evokes the prime of ‘70s rock ‘n roll,” and Rolling Stone proclaiming, “‘Regret Me’ takes new form as a fiery duet between the band’s two lead vocalists. Producer Blake Mills reimagined the song through the lens of its fictional 1970s origins with the lyrics flipped into an emotional battlefield.”
Now, in 2023, Aurora has been brought to life by the cast, with Keough in her role as Jonesand Claflin, Waterhouse, Will Harrison, Josh Whitehouse and Sebastian Chacon rounding out The Six. The group became a band both on-screen and off – with some of the multi-hyphenates learning their character’s instrument for the very first time during production, and Keough and Claflin lending their vocals to each track on the record.
Helmed by acclaimed GRAMMY®-winning songwriter, producer, and multi-instrumentalist Blake Mills (Bob Dylan, Fiona Apple, Alabama Shakes, John Legend, Perfume Genius), Aurora and other music from throughout the show boasts co-writing credits that include some of today’s biggest names in music, such as: Marcus Mumford and Jackson Browne, with additional production from renowned record producer Tony Berg (Phoebe Bridgers, Andrew Bird), alongside instrumentalists from Rilo Kiley, The Who, Nine Inch Nails, Pearl Jam, David Bowie, Elton John, Jeff Beck, The Wallflowers, and more.
Mills – who also executive produced the music from the series – recorded the entirety of Aurora with Keough, Claflin, and the above collaborators at Sound City Studios. The iconic Van Nuys, CA space – now jointly run by Mills, Berg, and filmmaker-producer Jordan Tappis – also serves as the backdrop in both the book and limited series for the creation of the album.
On the process of bringing this soundtrack to life, Blake Mills shares:
Creating the library of music for Daisy Jones and The Six was an experience I’ll never forget. I am grateful that, among other things, it afforded me an opportunity to collaborate with so many of my peers, and also some of my heroes.
While Taylor Jenkins Reid, author of Daisy Jones & The Six elaborates:
We finally have Aurora. A stunning, nostalgic, timeless album that captures the drama, pathos, and yearning of the band’s zenith and nadir all in one. A snapshot of time, intoxicating and dangerous. That delicious moment that you know can’t last… Daisy Jones and The Six are real. And they are better than my wildest dreams.
Speaking on the impact of Aurora, Oscar-nominated series co-creator and executive producer Scott Neustadter adds:
In the early 1970s, a group of kids with stars in their eyes and talent to spare formed a band called Daisy Jones and The Six. They would go on to become one of music’s biggest success stories despite – or perhaps because of – their own interpersonal demons. Theirs was a love story: the love of a particular sound, the love of family, the love of your life, and the love you can’t have but also maybe can’t live without… Aurora represents the pinnacle of a short-lived recording career. It also serves as proof – for both the fictional band and the real one who dreamed this up together – that pouring your heart and soul into something you believe in can have a profound effect on the rest of your life.
