THE SOUNDTRACK ALBUM WILL BE RELEASED DIGITALLY DECEMBER 27 WITH A PHYSICAL RELEASE TO FOLLOW
‘BETTER MAN’, ROBBIE WILLIAMS’ MUSICAL BIOPIC, IS RELEASED IN UK CINEMAS ON DECEMBER 26
THE ‘ROBBIE WILLIAMS LIVE 2025’ TOUR OPENS IN MAY 2025 WITH DATES ACROSS THE SUMMER IN THE UK, IRELAND AND EUROPE
Robbie Williams has today released his brand new single, ‘Forbidden Road’, which features in his forthcoming musical biopic, ‘Better Man’. Listen to the single here.
To accompany the song, a brand new lyric video features previously unseen footage from the highly-anticipated film, which hits UK cinemas on December 26 with tickets available to book now here.
Co-written by Robbie with Freddy Wexler and Sacha Skarbek, and produced by Dan Romer and Freddy Wexler, ‘Forbidden Road’ features an acoustic guitar and reflective lyrics before building to a moving crescendo with soaring strings. The song is featured at the end of the film.
The ‘Better Man (Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)’ album is released digitally via Columbia Records on December 27 with a physical release to follow which can be pre-ordered now. The album will be available in three formats – CD, cassette and alt cassette.
The artwork for the soundtrack album mirrors the recently revealed film poster – an homage to Williams’ unforgettable album cover, ‘Life Thru a Lens’. The original album cover image was taken by renowned music and portrait photographer, Andy Earl, responsible for over 120 creative memorable covers and album sleeves, working with artists including Robbie, Pink Floyd, Johnny Cash, Madonna and Prince. The film poster and soundtrack artwork sees Williams portrayed as he is seen throughout the entire film – as a CGI monkey. Discussing the film, director Michael Gracey honed in on Robbie referring to himself as a monkey over and again. He said: “Robbie would say things like, ‘I’m up the back dancing like a monkey.’ After a while, I thought, ‘Wouldn’t it be amazing to represent Robbie as a monkey in the film?’ Because Robbie is telling this story – and that’s how he sees himself.” Watch the trailer for the film here.
The track listing for the soundtrack album in full is –
1. Feel
2. I Found Heaven
3. Rock DJ
4. Relight My Fire
5. Come Undone
6. She’s the One
7. Something Beautiful
8. Land of 1000 Dances
9. Angels
10. Let Me Entertain You
11. Better Man
12. My Way
13. Forbidden Road
Last week Robbie announced his highly anticipated tour for 2025, which will see the global icon perform in cities across the UK, Ireland and Europe next summer. The ‘Robbie Williams Live 2025’ tour will open in Edinburgh on May 31. The tour will then take in London, Manchester and Bath, before heading across Europe with dates in countries including Ireland, France, Germany, Spain, Italy and Sweden. More information and tickets for the tour are available now from tickets.robbiewilliams.com.
Robbie is one of the most decorated music artists in the world with six of the Top 100 best-selling albums in British history, a huge 85 million album sales worldwide, 14 UK Number 1 albums and a record 18 BRIT Awards – more than any other artist. In July he returned to BST Hyde Park in London for a critically-acclaimed and sold-out headline show. In November 2023 Netflix released Robbie’s highly-anticipated four-part documentary series, titled ‘Robbie Williams’ which hit the Netflix Number 1 spot in 22 different countries. Robbie has raised £106 million to date for charity worldwide since co-founding Soccer Aid for UNICEF in 2006.
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