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Infinite Icon

Infinite Icon is the second studio album by American media personality and singer Paris Hilton, released on September 6, 2024, through her production company 11:11 Media in partnership with ADA.[3][4][5][6] Sia is the album's executive producer.[7][8] It was released 18 years after her debut album Paris (2006). Grammy's Glenn Rowley described the album as 12 tracks of electro-infused dance-pop.[9][10]

Infinite Icon
Hilton in a stylized setting standing on a platform that reads "Infinite Icon", wearing a white bodysuit and her arms open at her sides against a bright sky with a moon in it.
Standard cover
Studio album by
Paris Hilton
ReleasedSeptember 6, 2024 (2024-09-06)
Studio
  • The Ribcage (Los Angeles)
  • Henson (Los Angeles)
Genre
Length34:59
Label11:11
Producer
Paris Hilton chronology
Paris
(2006) 		Infinite Icon
(2024)
Singles from Infinite Icon
  1. "I'm Free"
    Released: June 21, 2024
  2. "Chasin'"
    Released: July 26, 2024
  3. "BBA"
    Released: September 6, 2024
  4. "ADHD"
    Released: October 11, 2024
  5. "Without Love"
    Released: November 23, 2024
Professional ratings
Review scores
SourceRating
AllMusic[1]
Sputnikmusic2.3/5[2]

Background and development

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Following the release of her debut album, Hilton had occasionally expressed an interest in recording a second album.[11][12][13] She instead released a series of standalone singles through Cash Money Records and her own Heiress Records, a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records, and was featured in a number of other artists' songs.[14]

After performing a rendition of "Stars Are Blind" with Sia and Miley Cyrus on NBC's Miley’s New Year's Eve Party special in December 2022, Sia encouraged Hilton to record a pop album and suggested having sessions at her house.[10] Hilton remarked that the singer "literally brought out something in me that I didn't even know I had. Before I was more in the baby voice and being very breathy and kind of like, Marilyn [Monroe] vibes. And then with this album, I just felt like a woman."[10] Part of the project was recorded at Sia and Hilton's home studios in Los Angeles.[10]

In an interview by Pride.com, Hilton said the album is "just for [the gays]".[15] She worked with producer Benny Blanco and considered songs shared with her by Miley Cyrus and Meghan Trainor.[16][17]

Concept and content

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Infinite Icon is influenced by Hilton's longtime love of dance music and career as a disc jockey. She stated that performing "all around the world at music festivals, for thousands of people and being on stage and just really paying attention to what makes people move and how to create those unforgettable dancefloor moments —I wanted to bring that same energy into the album."[10] The album incorporates different types of house music with pop music in each of its first three singles, with the lead single, "I'm Free" incorporating french house with synth-pop and nu-disco while "Chasin" blends tropical house with pop music, "BBA" is an electroclash song that infuses big room with dance-pop, the final singles from the album, "ADHD" however is purely pop whereas "Without Love" is a dance track with electronic pop beats similar to hyperpop.[18][19][20][21][22][23][24][25]

The album contains songs that traverse more nuanced topics such as her ADHD diagnosis, negative relationship experiences, the emptiness of fame, and her marriage and family life.[10]

Promotion

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Hilton mentioned that she was recording an album produced by Sia on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2023,[26] and officially announced its title and release date in May 2024.[27]

On June 13, 2024, Hilton announced "I'm Free" as the album's first single, featuring Japanese-English singer Rina Sawayama, via Instagram,[28] showing a conversation between the singers.[29] She performed the song live in a pride party hosted by clothing company Alice + Olivia.[30] It was followed by two more singles —"Chasin'" (featuring Meghan Trainor) and "BBA" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)— released on July 26 and September 6, respectively.

Nylon magazine unveiled Hilton as the star of its September 2024 cover and hosted a release party for the album on September 5 that featured a live performance by her.[31]

Commercial performance

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Infinite Icon debuted at number 38 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 18,000 album equivalent-units sold.[32]

Track listing

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Infinite Icon track listing
No.TitleWriter(s)Producer(s)Length
1."Welcome Back"
Shatkin2:15
2."I'm Free" (with Rina Sawayama)
3:02
3."Chasin'" (featuring Meghan Trainor)
3:15
4."BBA" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)
  • Deza
  • Lily Hormel
  • Myles Avery
  • Hilton
  • Shatkin
  • Frankel
  • Megan Pete
2:55
5."Fame Won't Love You" (with Sia)
Kurstin3:19
6."ADHD"
  • Shatkin
  • Hilton
Shatkin3:23
7."Legacy"
  • Dallas Caton
  • Alex Chapman
  • Alexandra Veltri
  • Hilton
2:18
8."Stay Young"
3:30
9."Infinity"
  • M. Trainor
  • Justin Trainor
2:44
10."If the Earth Is Spinning" (featuring Sia)
  • Söderberg
  • Shatkin[a]
  • Frankel[a]
3:13
11."Without Love" (featuring Maria Becerra)
  • Veltri
  • Chapman
  • Shatkin
Shatkin2:46
12."Adored"
Shatkin2:19
Total length:34:59

Notes

  • ^[a] signifies an additional producer
  • "I'm Free" contains an interpolation of "Free" by Ultra Naté.
  • On initial physical editions, "BBA" does not feature Megan Thee Stallion and is titled "Bad Bitch Academy".

Personnel

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Musicians

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  • Paris Hilton – lead vocals
  • Jesse Shatkin – drum programming, keyboards (tracks 1–4, 6–12); drums, percussion (1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12); bass (1, 6, 10–12), organ (1), piano (6), guitar (12)
  • Taura Stinson – background vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
  • Chloe Angelides – background vocals (track 1)
  • Rina Sawayama – background vocals (track 2)
  • Erick Serna – guitar (tracks 3, 7)
  • Keyon Harrold – trumpet (track 3)
  • Alex Frankel – keyboards (tracks 4, 9, 10); piano, drum programming (10)
  • Greg Kurstin – drums, percussion, bass, guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano, marimba (track 5)
  • Samuel Dent – strings (track 6)
  • Alex Chapman – background vocals (track 11)
  • Alexandra Veltri – background vocals (track 11)
  • Caroline Pennell – background vocals (track 12)

Technical

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  • Emily Lazar – mastering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
  • Chris Gehringer – mastering (track 5)
  • Clint Gibbs – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
  • Greg Kurstin – mixing, engineering (track 5)
  • Jesse Shatkin – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
  • Samuel Dent – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
  • Ezekiel Chabon – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
  • Nathan Cimino – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12)
  • Julian Burg – engineering (track 5)

Visuals

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  • Brian Ziff – photography

Charts

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Chart performance for Infinite Icon
Chart (2024) Peak
position
UK Album Downloads (OCC)[33] 33
UK Independent Albums (OCC)[34] 34
US Billboard 200[35] 38
US Independent Albums (Billboard)[36] 7

References

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