{"id":116446,"date":"2026-01-29T17:08:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116446\/"},"modified":"2026-01-29T17:08:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-29T17:08:22","slug":"christine-and-the-queens-joins-forces-with-thee-diane-for-ah-ya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/116446\/","title":{"rendered":"Christine and the Queens Joins Forces with Thee Diane for \u201cAh Ya\u201d"},"content":{"rendered":"<p fallback-content=\"\" name=\"core\/paragraph\" __typename=\"CoreParagraphBlock\" wpclasses=\"\" id=\"\" componentname=\"gutenberg-paragraph\" class=\"gutenberg-paragraph align-default margin-text gutenberg-block \" style=\"color:;background-color:;font-size:;\" data-v-707c0b84=\"\" data-v-5f1c1f40=\"\"><a href=\"https:\/\/floodmagazine.com\/t\/christine-and-the-queens\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Christine and the Queens<\/a> is back with a new single called \u201cAh Ya,\u201d featuring a guest performance from <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/theediane.db\/?hl=en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\">Thee Diane<\/a>. The song was written, recorded, and produced by both artists and made its live debut at the Centre Pompidou in Paris during the Because Beaubourg event.<\/p>\n<p fallback-content=\"\" name=\"core\/paragraph\" __typename=\"CoreParagraphBlock\" wpclasses=\"\" id=\"\" componentname=\"gutenberg-paragraph\" class=\"gutenberg-paragraph align-default margin-text gutenberg-block \" style=\"color:;background-color:;font-size:;\" data-v-707c0b84=\"\" data-v-5f1c1f40=\"\">\u201cThis song is an invitation to tune into a higher frequency,\u201d shared Diane. \u201cIt\u2019s a freer, almost instinctive format. A way to reconnect with oneself, to follow our heart and let the body speak as much as the voice. To listen to your heart and create from a truer place. We wanted to break free, following the example of other artists such as Michael Jackson, Prince, Kool &amp; The Gang, Kate Bush\u2026 who created long, cinematic musical landscapes where emotion takes precedence over structure. This is the first track of a beautiful artistic collaboration and a deep friendship between us.\u201d<\/p>\n<p fallback-content=\"\" name=\"core\/paragraph\" __typename=\"CoreParagraphBlock\" wpclasses=\"\" id=\"\" componentname=\"gutenberg-paragraph\" class=\"gutenberg-paragraph align-default margin-text gutenberg-block \" style=\"color:;background-color:;font-size:;\" data-v-707c0b84=\"\" data-v-5f1c1f40=\"\">Meanwhile, Christine and the Queens\u2019 Rahim shared a poem about the song:<\/p>\n<p fallback-content=\"\" name=\"core\/paragraph\" __typename=\"CoreParagraphBlock\" wpclasses=\"\" id=\"\" componentname=\"gutenberg-paragraph\" class=\"gutenberg-paragraph align-default margin-text gutenberg-block \" style=\"color:;background-color:;font-size:;\" data-v-707c0b84=\"\" data-v-5f1c1f40=\"\">\u201cFrom our friendship, the legacy is music<br \/>We\u2019ve been singing together for several years &#8211; now, our voices answer each other, melt into one<br \/>In the writing, too, things come to us harmoniously, in one breath\u2014<br \/>Where the music goes, we go without thinking<br \/>The melody then unfolds to bring us its sweet, sweet relief<br \/>Find a sister,<br \/>Find a brother<br \/>In the night of the world<br \/>Conversations, late at night; the pact is sealed:<br \/>We built our sound,<br \/>We protect our sound.<br \/>Ah ya is the collaboration of two rebels, and I say this without flaunting,<br \/>Since we still dare to love in the night of a world so fragile<br \/>Since we dream ourselves free,<br \/>Total emancipation of our fortresses\u201d<\/p>\n<p fallback-content=\"\" name=\"core\/paragraph\" __typename=\"CoreParagraphBlock\" wpclasses=\"\" id=\"\" componentname=\"gutenberg-paragraph\" class=\"gutenberg-paragraph align-default margin-text gutenberg-block \" style=\"color:;background-color:;font-size:;\" data-v-707c0b84=\"\" data-v-5f1c1f40=\"\">Check out \u201cAh Ya\u201d below.<\/p>\n<p> <script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Christine and the Queens is back with a new single called \u201cAh Ya,\u201d featuring a guest performance from&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":116447,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[9,24,63,122,124,123],"class_list":{"0":"post-116446","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-new-york","9":"tag-new-york-city","10":"tag-nyc","11":"tag-queens","12":"tag-queens-headlines","13":"tag-queens-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116446","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=116446"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/116446\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/116447"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=116446"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=116446"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=116446"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}