Keyboardist Nick Rhodes called the band’s latest collaboration a “call to all the people out there who want peace, hope and understanding to prevail”<\/p>\n
\n\tDuran Duran<\/a> revealed their first new music of 2026 on Thursday, \u201cFree to Love,\u201d their disco-fueled single featuring longtime collaborator Nile Rodgers.<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cEvery time we plug in and play with Nile, the electricity he generates could light up a whole city. We share a common belief that music is a force for good and something that brings positive energy into the world,\u201d keyboardist Nick Rhodes said in a statement. The musician called the new track the band\u2019s \u201ccall to all the people out there who want peace, hope and understanding to prevail\u201d and an \u201canthem for freedom.\u201d<\/p>\n \n\t\u201cFree to Love\u201d is the latest in the band\u2019s long line of collaborations with Rodgers that first \n\tRodgers echoed Rhodes\u2019 words and said, \u201cMy love for Duran Duran and what our music together has always been about is the love we share for our song\u2019s deepest meanings.\u201d Rodgers added, \u201cWhatever chaos is going on outside, inside the studio we\u2019re free to love our peace.\u201d<\/p>\n \t\tTrending Stories<\/p>\n \n\tThe song arrived alongside a music video<\/a> directed by Jonas \u00c5kerlund and stars British broadcaster and personality Clara Amfo. In the video, the band delivers the nostalgic-driven track amid a glittering disco party. Last month, Duran Duran announced that they will top the bill at London\u2019s BST Hyde Park for the second time on July 5 with special guests Scissor Sisters. Duran Duran previously headlined the event in 2022 and last summer, joined Sabrina Carpenter during the pop singer\u2019s second night at BST as surprise guests <\/a>to perform \u201cHungry Like the Wolf.\u201d<\/p>\n
began with a remix of the band\u2019s 1984 track \u201cThe Reflex,\u201d the group\u2019s first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.<\/p>\n