Paris Jackson has shared the haunting new single ‘Zombies In Love’, with co-writing and production from Linda Perry – watch the video below.
The singer is the only daughter of pop icon Michael Jackson, and she has been at work on the follow-up to her 2020 debut album ‘Wilted’ for several years now. She also released the EP ‘The Lost’ in 2022, and the singles ‘Bandaid’ and ‘Hit Your Knees’ in 2023.
‘Zombies In Love’ has been confirmed as the first taste of an upcoming musical project, assumed to be her second album, which will be released later in 2026 and features close collaboration with 4 Non Blondes frontwoman Perry.
The track was first teased in a social media clip that Jackson shared on Valentine’s Day, and now the full single has been made available, complete with Jackson’s deeply felt, vulnerable vocals and a gently arranged backing.
Check out the video, as well as the clip of her playing the song last month, here:
Back in 2024, Jackson spoke about her ongoing work on her new album, revealing that she was exploring personal topics on the tracks, with lyrics that may be “hard for some people to hear”.
“What I’m talking about is a lot of touchy things,” she said at the time. “Some people might have a hard time.”
“All of my close friends know my story. I’m an open book with all of my friends,” she said, adding that she often draws on her experiences of “pain or heartbreak or loneliness” in her music.
In a three-star review of ‘Wilted’ in 2020, NME wrote: “‘Wilted’ feels caught between the twee folksy pop of Paris Jackson’s previous releases with The Soundflowers and the bewildering alt-rock icon she may become.
“As a musical introduction, it’s enthralling, inconsistent and, at times, excellent. Ultimately, this is a glimpse of the artist that Jackson could be.”
Elsewhere, Paris has said she has had “zero per cent involvement” with the upcoming biopic of her father, titled Michael. Despite this, Colman Domingo, who plays Jacko’s father Joe in the film, claimed that Paris and her brother Prince were “very much in support” of the project, prompting Paris to clap back, saying things had got “twisted”.
Paris also celebrated six years of sobriety in January, and told others struggling with mental health battles that they are “not alone”.
