Duran Duran and Nile Rodgers joined forces to perform their new single, “Free To Love,” on Jimmy Kimmel Live. The musicians created a party atmosphere on the late-night stage, complete with back-up singers, disco-inspired visuals, and rainbow and unicorn imagery.
“Free To Love,” released earlier this month, is Duran Duran’s first new music of 2026. The upbeat track marks the latest in the band’s long line of collaborations with Rodgers that first began with a remix of the band’s 1984 track “The Reflex,” the group’s first song to top the Billboard Hot 100.
“Every 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,” keyboardist Nick Rhodes said in a statement. He described the single as a “call to all the people out there who want peace, hope, and understanding to prevail” and an “anthem for freedom.”
Rodgers added, “My love for Duran Duran and what our music together has always been about is the love we share for our song’s deepest meanings. Whatever chaos is going on outside, inside the studio we’re free to love our peace.”
Duran Duran are set to headline California’s Beachlife Festival, followed by a multi-night Las Vegas residency at the Fontainebleau. The band will then head to Europe for a month-long run.
Rodgers was recently named on the New York Times’ list of the 30 greatest living American songwriters. “I can have a terrific idea, in my mind, to start with, by the time I finish with it, I’ve rewritten it three, four, five, six, seven, eight, nine, 10 times,” he explained. “So that’s how I think of myself, that I’m an arranger, and because of my arrangements they become the foundation of the song.”
