“I really wanted to let the song speak for itself by keeping the focus on the raw emotion and performance,” Gibson shares. “I feel like Director Nick Spanos has ventured into Herb Ritts and Matthew Rolston territory with his cinematic approach and it beautifully brings to life the story I want to tell as a songwriter.” Watch now: The Body Remembers is filled with a mix of modern pop hooks and upbeat club bangers along with melodic-yet-nostalgic tracks that pay homage to her earlier music. The Body Remembers represents all things Gibson: empowerment, living your best life and staying eternally electric. Each song off the album represents a visceral account of Gibson’s life in the past decade and shows off the quintessential aspect of Gibson’s legendary legacy, her songwriting. Born in Brooklyn and raised in Long Island, N.Y., Gibson’s 1987 debut album, Out of the Blue, went triple-platinum and launched her unparalleled career at the age of 16. The album’s single “Foolish Beat” made Gibson the youngest artist to write, produce and perform a No. 1 track on the Billboard Hot 100—she is still the youngest female to do so, to date. As the sole composer on each of her Top 20 singles, Gibson was recognized by ASCAP as Songwriter of the Year in 1989 tying with Bruce Springsteen. She has sold more than 16 million albums worldwide and released 10 studio albums and five compilations. She continues to score chart-topping tracks, including 2020’s #VegasVibe Remix from “Girls Night Out (Tracy Young Remixes),” which hit No. 4 on the Billboard Dance Club chart and UK Music Week singles charts. A successful actor, Gibson debuted in Les Miserables on Broadway in 1992 and played Sandy in Grease on London’s West End in 1993. She performed in 17 musicals in 17 years, including the roles of Belle in Disney’s Beauty and the Beast and Sally Bowles in the Broadway revival of Cabaret with Neil Patrick Harris. On television, she has competed on Dancing with the Stars, produced/starred in Summer of Dreams and its sequel Wedding of Dreams for the Hallmark Channel, and appears in season 5B of the popular Netflix series Lucifer, in a special musical episode entitled “Bloody Celestial Karaoke Jam. Gibson has recently finished filming The Class with Anthony Michael Hall, Charlie Gillespie (Julie and the Phantoms), and Lyric Ross. Gibson is hitting the road on her much-anticipated solo U.S. tour to celebrate her 35-year career with her nostalgic hits and songs fromThe Body Remembers. Get tickets here. Next, do people who are tone-deaf hear music differently?
