38 years after writing her first major hit (1983’s Laura Branigan’s “Solitaire”), legendary, GRAMMY Award-winning songwriter Diane Warren – who has penned massive hits for the likes of Celine Dion, Cher, Toni Braxton, Beyonce, Whitney Houston, and more – has finally released her debut album.
Titled ‘The Cave Sessions Vol.1,’ the August 27-released set sees Warren take center stage but still get by with some help from her celebrity friends including Dion, Maren Morris, John Legend, Santana, G-Eazy, Ty Dolla $ign, and many others.
The nearly 40-year journey is one Diane is most proud of.
“I am so excited to release this album which is like a microcosm of my career – writing songs in all kinds of genres of music for a wide range of amazing artists, many of whom I am thrilled to be working with for the first time and others with whom I’ve been delighted to work with before. I just love writing songs that reach across all genres…each song is like casting a role in a movie. But in the end, I always leave it up to the artist and how they want to do it,” she said.
Look inside to stream the album in full, including its latest single – the Rita Ora-assisted ‘Seaside.’
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Not as bad as I thought it would be. I still, however, think there were better artists who could’ve been selected for some of these songs. And it pains me to hear Rita and Celine hold back and not make the best use of their voices.