{"id":201721,"date":"2026-04-18T13:29:35","date_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:29:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201721\/"},"modified":"2026-04-18T13:29:35","modified_gmt":"2026-04-18T13:29:35","slug":"queens-of-the-stone-age-bassist-michael-shuman-gives-jennifer-paiges-crush-a-dark-cinematic-glu-makeover","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/201721\/","title":{"rendered":"Queens of the Stone Age Bassist Michael Shuman Gives Jennifer Paige’s “Crush” a Dark, Cinematic GLU Makeover"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Michael Shuman has been quietly building something that demands full attention. GLU, his genre-blending solo project, is out now with a bold reimagining of Jennifer Paige\u2019s 1998 pop hit \u201cCrush,\u201d and it\u2019s a genuine statement. Darker, more cinematic, and planted firmly in GLU\u2019s modern sonic landscape, the cover preserves the original\u2019s vulnerability while pulling it somewhere entirely new.<\/p>\n

Shuman is direct about why \u201cCrush\u201d made sense. \u201cThe music side is the fun part, where you augment it to a completely different landscape, giving a totally different perspective to the original,\u201d he explains. \u201cCrush is an amazing pop song, but was produced at a time where I don\u2019t think it got its due.\u201d The reimagining gives the song room it never had, and the video delivers on every promise the audio makes.<\/p>\n

The release also comes with significant news. GLU has signed a brand new recording deal with FLG (Skunk Anansie, Corella, As It Is), adding serious infrastructure to a project that\u2019s already proven it can move without it. This is a year of momentum for Shuman, and the pieces are falling into place fast.<\/p>\n

GLU first surfaced in early 2023 with debut EP \u2018My Demons\u2019, a raw excavation of struggle, addiction, loss, and childhood trauma. The project found Shuman writing outside his comfort zone from the start, building from beats, synths, and lyrics rather than guitar riffs. \u201cI wanted to do something that scared me,\u201d he\u2019s said. \u201cSomething that felt fresh, and fully on my own terms.\u201d That instinct paid off immediately.<\/p>\n

The 2025 single \u201cBoogie Man\u201d pushed things further. An infectious, dance-forward track drawing comparisons to Jamiroquai, Gorillaz, and Mac Miller, it landed a major sync placement in MLB The Show \u201925 alongside Kendrick Lamar and De La Soul, and pushed GLU past three million global streams. BBC Radio 1 and 6 Music both came on board, with press from NME and Rolling Stone cementing the project as something operating well beyond side-project territory.<\/p>\n

GLU has toured with The Kills, Blood Red Shoes, and Miles Kane, and has headlined its own UK dates. With a new record deal, a striking new single, and a full year of activity ahead, GLU is running at full speed. \u201cCrush\u201d is out now, and it\u2019s only the beginning.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Michael Shuman has been quietly building something that demands full attention. GLU, his genre-blending solo project, is out…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":201722,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[79986,79987,79988,38162,79989,79990,79991,79992,79993,37335,79994,79995,25145,79996,79997,9,24,63,79998,79999,122,124,123,2856,80000,80001,80002],"class_list":{"0":"post-201721","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-queens","8":"tag-as-it-is","9":"tag-blood-red-shoes","10":"tag-corella","11":"tag-de-la-soul","12":"tag-flg","13":"tag-glu","14":"tag-gorillaz","15":"tag-jamiroquai","16":"tag-jennifer-paige","17":"tag-kendrick-lamar","18":"tag-mac-miller","19":"tag-manchester-academy-2","20":"tag-michael-shuman","21":"tag-miles-kane","22":"tag-mini-mansions","23":"tag-new-york","24":"tag-new-york-city","25":"tag-nyc","26":"tag-o2-kentish-town-forum","27":"tag-oran-mor","28":"tag-queens","29":"tag-queens-headlines","30":"tag-queens-news","31":"tag-queens-of-the-stone-age","32":"tag-skunk-anansie","33":"tag-the-blue-stones","34":"tag-the-kills"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201721","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=201721"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/201721\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/201722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=201721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=201721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=201721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}