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In case you forgot, Zendaya can sing. She recently praised the positive response to her contributions to the Euphoria soundtrack. “I moved away from music a long time ago for a number of reasons, but I still love it very much,” she said. tweeted, “so the kindness and support I’ve received over the past few days just for dipping my toes into music means absolute peace to me.” Zendaya used her vocals for a shortened version of “Elliot’s Song”, which she co-wrote with Labrinth. The track hit streaming services on March 4. In addition to this second season ending song, she previously sang for the HBO shows “I’m Tired” and “All for Us”.
Zendaya has been singing since the beginning of her entertainment career; her vocal credits include Kidz Bop, duets with Bella Thorne for Disney’s Shake It Up! and even her own 2013 self-titled debut album. So, what are the “many reasons” preventing her from bringing us more hits like “Swag It Out” and “Something New”? While Zendaya’s tweet doesn’t reveal the details, she’s already spoken out several times about her doubts about resurrecting her music career. In 2019, she told Paper magazine that the music industry is “sucking you up a bit” and advised all up-and-coming singers to keep a close eye on their contracts. “You are worth more than what they say about you,” she said. In 2021, Zendaya told Issa Rae in an interview with A Sip that she “deliberately quit music because of bad contracts.” She added that the game allows people to fall in love with the character while offering a bit more anonymity. “I think when you’re a music artist, you just have to be – that’s your face all the time,” she said. “It’s you. And another thing that scared me about music was how not to be able to live that much.”
All this to say, if you enjoyed listening to Zendaya on the Euphoria soundtrack, you probably shouldn’t get too hopeful that she’ll be back singing full-time anytime soon. If this is any consolation? You can always put her existing songs on repeat.
I moved away from music quite a while ago, for a number of reasons, but I still love it so much, so the kindness and support I’ve received over the past few days, just for getting back into music a bit, means absolute peace to me. .thanks<3
— Zendaya (@Zendaya) March 4, 2022