June 29, 20251 yr Small snippet of SPIES here , sounds powerfulVideo thanks to @CaroFF22 Edited June 29, 20251 yr by Sydney11
July 17, 20251 yr ℗ 2025 Robert Williams / Farrell Music Ltd, under exclusive license to Sony Music Entertainment UK Limited Released on: 2025-07-18Associated Performer, Vocal: Robbie WilliamsBackground Vocal: Emily ParkerLyricist, Percussion, Drums, Composer, Producer: Karl BrazilRecording Engineer, Programmer, Bass, Background Vocal, Guitar, Composer, Lyricist, Producer: Owen ParkerViolin, Additional Studio Producer: David DavidsonViolin: David Angell Viola: Kristin WilkinsonCello: Carole RabinowitzStrings: The Love Sponge Strings Programmer,Producer: Sam Miller Composer,Lyricist: Robert Williams Lyricist,Composer, Mixing Engineer, Producer: Martin TerefeMixing Engineer: Oskar WinbergRecording Engineer: George MurphyRecording Engineer: Taylor PollardMastering Engineer: Matt Coltonhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Nho5FPo__hIFbg_UlaCgA
July 18, 20251 yr Robbie Williams Previews New Album With Anthemic Single ‘Spies'Story by Emily Zemler• 2h •Robbie Williams Previews New Album With Anthemic Single ‘Spies'Robbie Williams has returned with a rousing new single, "Spies." The track comes ahead of the British musician's forthcoming LP, Britpop, out Oct. 10. "Spies" was written by Williams with his long-time collaborators Karl Brazil and Owen Parker. The song sees Williams reflecting on times past as he sings, "We used to stay up all night/ Thinking we were all spies/ Praying that tomorrow won't come.""I set out to create the album that I wanted to write and release after I left Take That in 1995," Williams said in a statement. "It was the peak of Britpop and a golden age for British music. The new record is raw, there are more guitars and it's even more upbeat and anthemic than usual. I'm immensely proud of this as a body of work and I'm excited for fans to hear this album."Williams announced Britpop in May with single "Rocket," a collaboration with Black Sabbath's Tommy Iommi. Along with "Spies," the musician shared the track list for Britpop, which notably includes a song titled "Morrissey." The album is available for pre-order via Williams' website.Ahead of the release of the album, Williams is on tour in Europe and the U.K. The Britpop Tour continues July 21 in Berlin at Waldbühne. Williams will also perform at Come Together Festival in Newcastle, England, in August and Aftersun Fesitval in Floriana, Malta, in September.Britpop Track List:1. Rocket2. Spies3. Pretty Face4. Bite Your Tongue5. Cocky6. All My Life7. Human8. Morrissey9. You10. It's OK Until The Drugs Stop Working11. Pocket Rockethttps://www.bing.com/search?q=robbie+williams&gs_lcrp=EgRlZGdlKgcIARBFGMIDMgcIABBFGMIDMgcIARBFGMIDMgcIAhBF
July 18, 20251 yr Taken from the brand new album BRITPOP - Pre-Order Now - http://britpop.robbiewilliams.com Stream 'Spies' - http://robbiewilliams.lnk.to/spies BRITPOP - pre-order for first access to future 2025 UK dates - http://britpop.robbiewilliams.comhttps://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3Nho5FPo__hIFbg_UlaCgA
July 18, 20251 yr THIS IS… ‘SPIES’ - THE NEW SINGLE - OUT NOW.BRITPOP - THE BRAND NEW ALBUM - OCT 10TH.#BACKSTAGEBRITPOPInstagram
July 23, 20251 yr SPIES - live from Berlin last night . Video thanks to https://www.youtube.com/@martindybala2355
July 23, 20251 yr 2 hours ago, Better Man said:Thanks, Tess!That songs a grower, Nice reaction from the crowd, not easy to introduce a slow tempo song . it went down really well. That venue looks absolutely beautiful ❤️
July 29, 20251 yr Go inside Robbie Williams’ ‘BRITPOP’ tour in new ‘Spies’ videoExclusive: watch the singer’s brand new video, shot on his ongoing world tour, on Rolling Stone UKRobbie Williams performing live on the ‘BRITPOP’ tour (Picture: Leo Baron)Robbie Williams has shared a brand new video for his recent single ‘Spies’ – watch it first on Rolling Stone UK below.‘Spies’ was released earlier this month, written by Robbie and long-time collaborators Karl Brazil and Owen Parker. It is the second single from Williams’ upcoming new album, BRITPOP, and its Leo Baron-directed video takes fans inside the ongoing world tour behind the new record.Discussing BRITPOP, Robbie said: “I set out to create the album that I wanted to write and release after I left Take That in 1995. “It was the peak of Britpop and a golden age for British music. The new record is raw, there are more guitars and it’s even more upbeat and anthemic than usual. I’m immensely proud of this as a body of work and I’m excited for fans to hear this album.”Watch the energetic video for ‘Spies’ only on Rolling Stone UK below.Reviewing one of two London shows of the BRITPOP tour, Rolling Stone UK said: “At the core of the show, though, is the same showmanship that has propelled Robbie to national treasure status over the last 30 years. He serenades a fan who has travelled from China during ‘She’s the One’ and spends large portions endearingly talking about how his family have saved his life.“He ends the main portion of the set with ‘My Way’, which feels like the most appropriate of closers. Here is an artist offering a firm two fingers up to the idea of cool and resolutely dancing to the beat of their own entertainment-packed drum. The result, for the most part, is one of the most thrilling stadium shows of the year.”More shows in the UK are set to be added to the BRITPOP tour soon. Pre-order the album here for early access to future dates.Taken from the brand new album BRITPOP - Pre-Order Now - http://britpop.robbiewilliams.com Pre-order for first access to future 2025 UK dates - http://britpop.robbiewilliams.com Stream 'Spies' - http://robbiewilliams.lnk.to/spiesGo inside Robbie Williams’ ‘BRITPOP’ tour in new ‘Spies’ video Edited July 29, 20251 yr by Sydney11
July 29, 20251 yr Author It was fast work :)It's better than Be A Boy video but it's not Strong. I think would be better to make a live video but with a studio voice.
July 30, 20251 yr I am reading that Robbie will be on BBC Radio 2 on Thursday AUG 21st where it seems he will the soog Human from the Britpop album. Does anyone know if this song is a cover of the Killers song Human or a new song written for this album Video thanks to https://www.youtube.com/@elialcoyana
July 30, 20251 yr I cannot imagine that it is a cover, despite I loved Human from the killers and also in Rob's version
July 30, 2025Jul 30 6 hours ago, elisabeth1974 said:I cannot imagine that it is a cover, despite I loved Human from the killers and also in Rob's versionMe too -I love that song and Rob's version but am sure the one on the album will be original.He always has great song titles - I'm intrigued by some of them on this album.
September 21, 2025Sep 21 Robbie Williams – Spies ReviewByEwan GleadowSeptember 21, 20250Rating: 3 out of 5.We are in dangerous waters with the Robbie Williams-shaped shark. One of these songs featured on Britpop was slopped out with generative artificial intelligence. We must find the dud note. Not quite like R. J. MacReady and the rest of the Arctic explorers in The Thing, but we should at least tie Williams to a chair and see if he’s been replaced by a twisted beast from the centre of the earth. He has seemingly learned nothing from Better Man and the moments that inspired his monkey-led film. Spies is a song that is more of a call to arms. We must figure out which of these songs is the piece of filth, smuggled in by a double agent acting against the interests of independent artists. What a depressing time it is for art. When the popular acts of twenty years ago are giving in to cheap and lazy tech like this, we should simply boycott them. But nobody will do that. Williams’ reinvention as a heartthrob from the past who has learned from hard times is genuine, even if his songwriting, somewhere on Britpop, is not. Where the Tony Iommi featuring Rocket was as explosive as its title would suggest, Spies is a slower and inevitably reflective track. A song looking back at the days of acting like spies. Through guesswork and assumption, we can readily believe the popstars of the so-called Britpop era were behaving like James Bond. At least, Williams and his close friends were. It’s a relatively weak chorus packed full of sickly sweet string sections trying to get an emotional rise out of a listener. It’ll work for those who can no longer differentiate sincerity from stylised grief. A shame, too, since Williams sounds solid. Nasally like Liam Gallagher, but affectionate for those who have breathed life into him. If this is the generative slop song, then we should be bitterly disappointed. The whole project is tainted. There is no space for generative artificial intelligence in music. Just look at the slop pumped out of grifts like Anna Indiana. That is one extreme end of the new tech spectrum, but be that as it may, in politics and culture, the extremes become the centre. Artists should be fighting back against technology which reduces the weight of their efforts, and not give in to it so easily. Pathetic. Spies is plain enough and nice, too. That latter will do the heavy lifting as the song tries and fails to soar with lead wings. Those dense materials are more the instrumentals than anything else. Britpop could hardly feature more than one inspired instrumental overlap. It would have made the album a series of singles rather than a comeback album backed by a film which already outlines the story. We live in times where viewing film after film, listening to album after album, just to get a slightly bigger picture, is an expectation of the artist or corporation. Investment in the person making the music is now just as important as the music itself. But what a contrast Williams has made for himself. A likeable character who has offered a forgettable chorus and some loose verses of contrast. After the thrills of Rocket, it’s hard to land with a song like Spies, though the objective from Williams here appears to be putting to bed the party atmosphere he is associated with. He does that, and with it, he discards an instrumentally effective, purposeful song. Solid work overall, but not one to return to. There is a worry now that Britpop as a wider project may have the same troubles. Robbie Williams – Spies Review | Cult Following
