Ripped Jeans Explained
Ripped Jeans is the third extended play by Irish girl group B*Witched. It was released on 15 August, 2024, through Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited.
Th EP consists of three previously unreleased songs, plus the track "Birthday", which they released in 2023 year to mark their 25th anniversary as a band.[1] All songs were co-written by Ray Hedges, who also co-wrote all the songs on B*Witched and Awake and Breathe.[2] The EP was recorded in Jersey, with the title inspired by lyrics from the track "So Into You" and the band's long-standing association with denim clothing.[3] [4] It marked their first collection of songs released in a decade,[5] following Champagne or Guinness in 2014.
Entertainment-Focus gave a positive review, praising the "swooning vocal harmonies and funk bass" of the track "Multiply", and describing the track "My Greatest Little Mistake" as a "beautifully haunting ballad".[6]
Notes and References
- Web site: Lawes . Ruth . 2024-08-15 . 90s girlband surprise fans by dropping new music 26 years after huge hit . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240826185051/https://metro.co.uk/2024/08/15/90s-girlband-surprise-fans-dropping-new-music-26-years-last-hit-21432383/ . 26 August 2024 . live.
- Web site: B*Witched release new EP Ripped Jeans . Laurent . Flo . 15 August 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240815212209/https://www.hotpress.com/music/bwitched-release-new-ep-ripped-jeans-23044708 . 15 August 2024 . live.
- Web site: In Conversation With B*Witched . Williams-Chalmers . Jeremy . 17 August 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240916100540/https://yorkshiretimes.co.uk/article/In-Conversation-With-BWitched . 16 September 2024 . live.
- Web site: B*Witched's Edele Lynch: "We were on a treadmill and just kept running and running until everybody started to hit a wall" . Dwyer . Ricardo . 11 September 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240911160836/https://www.hotpress.com/music/bwitcheds-edele-lynch-we-were-on-a-treadmill-and-just-kept-running-and-running-until-everybody-started-to-hit-a-wall-23049996 . 11 September 2024 . live.
- Web site: Iconic 90’s girl group release brand new music . Byrne . Sophie . August 16, 2024 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20240816093725/https://goss.ie/music/iconic-90s-girl-group-release-brand-new-music-391537 . 16 August 2024 . live.
- Web site: Ellwood-Hughes . Pip . 21 August 2024 . B*Witched release new EP 'Ripped Jeans' . 16 September 2024 . Entertainment Focus . en-US.
