{"id":485658,"date":"2019-05-09T12:00:46","date_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/?p=833379"},"modified":"2019-05-09T12:00:46","modified_gmt":"2019-05-09T18:00:46","slug":"aladdin-zayn-and-zhavia-ward-duet-in-enchanting-a-whole-new-world-video","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/music-news\/aladdin-zayn-and-zhavia-ward-duet-in-enchanting-a-whole-new-world-video\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Aladdin\u2019: Zayn and Zhavia Ward Duet in Enchanting \u2018A Whole New World\u2019 Video"},"content":{"rendered":"<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/aladin.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\"><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/zayn-malik\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zayn-malik\" data-tag=\"zayn-malik\">Zayn Malik<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/zhavia-ward\/\" id=\"auto-tag_zhavia-ward\" data-tag=\"zhavia-ward\">Zhavia Ward<\/a> have teamed up for a duet on \u201cA Whole New World,\u201d which will be featured in Disney\u2019s upcoming <em><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/t\/aladdin\/\" id=\"auto-tag_aladdin\" data-tag=\"aladdin\">Aladdin<\/a><\/em> remake. Sadly, the video features no magic carpet ride.<\/p>\n<p>Directed by Philip Andelman, the clip shows Malik and Ward sing the romantic ballad in various parts of Manhattan in the evening, including Central Park\u2019s Bethesda Terrace. The former One Direction singer personally selected Ward for the collaboration, who stands on a rooftop in a vibrant red silk blouse, looking up at the sky and singing \u201cUnbelievable sights, indescribable feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe selection of artists, producer and tonal direction was critical for the success of updating a classic song like this,\u201d president of Walt Disney Studio\u2019s Music &amp; Soundtracks Mitchell Leib said in a statement.&nbsp;\u201cZayn\u2019s vocals are like no other and his artistic imprint immediately brought a contemporary and diverse presence.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The duet will be featured in the film\u2019s soundtrack as well as the end credits, similar to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=PmvT7B3u7II\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">Peabo Bryson and Regina Belle\u2019s version<\/a> from the 1992 original. Also included in the soundtrack a new version of \u201cFriend Like Me,\u201d performed by Will Smith (who plays Genie) and DJ Khaled.<\/p>\n<p><em>Aladdin<\/em> hits theaters on May 24th. You can preorder the soundtrack <a href=\"http:\/\/disneymusic.co\/AladdinSTDL\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\" target=\"_blank\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.rollingstone.com\/music\/music-news\/zayn-and-zhavia-duet-in-a-whole-new-world-video-833379\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">via:: Rolling Stone<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Zayn Malik and Zhavia Ward have teamed up for a duet on \u201cA Whole New World,\u201d which will be featured in Disney\u2019s upcoming Aladdin remake. Sadly, the video features no magic carpet ride. Directed by Philip Andelman, the clip shows Malik and Ward sing the romantic ballad in various parts of Manhattan in the evening, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-485658","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-music-news"},"acf":[],"publishpress_future_action":{"enabled":false,"date":"2026-06-18 23:23:13","action":"change-status","newStatus":"draft","terms":[],"taxonomy":"category","extraData":[]},"publishpress_future_workflow_manual_trigger":{"enabledWorkflows":[]},"distributor_meta":false,"distributor_terms":false,"distributor_media":false,"distributor_original_site_name":"KQZR - The Reel","distributor_original_site_url":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr","push-errors":false,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485658","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=485658"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/485658\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=485658"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=485658"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/alwaysmountaintime.com\/kqzr\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=485658"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}