The rumors are true:
Johnny Depp and
Jeff Beck have recorded a new album,
18, that will arrive this summer.
After
jetting off to Europe to play some shows with the famed guitarist amid the closing of his
contentious defamation suit against ex-wife Amber Heard, Beck
teased that the duo had an LP ready to go. That album — recorded over the past three years — is out July 15.
The pair first met in 2016 and formed a close friendship; Beck previously appeared on a track by Depp’s classic rock supergroup, the Hollywood Vampires. “When Johnny and I started playing together, it really ignited our youthful spirit and creativity,” Beck said in a statement. “We would joke about how we felt 18 again, so that just became the album title too.”
The 13-track LP is largely a covers album, with Depp and Beck tackling a diverse range of artists spanning from the Beach Boys and Marvin Gaye to Killing Joke and the Velvet Underground. However,
18 features a pair of Depp originals: The first single, “This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr,” which they debuted on stage, and “Sad Motherfuckin’ Parade.” (The album also includes their first released collaboration, a cover of John Lennon’s “
Isolation” that they shared in 2020.)
“I was blown away by it,” Beck said of “This Is a Song for Miss Hedy Lamarr” in a statement. “That song is one of the reasons I asked him to make an album with me.”
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The rumors are true: Johnny Depp and Jeff Beck have recorded a new album together that will arrive this summer.
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