{"id":2187301,"date":"2025-12-04T21:29:16","date_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:29:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2187301"},"modified":"2025-12-04T21:29:16","modified_gmt":"2025-12-04T21:29:16","slug":"aurora-and-the-chemical-brothers-tom-rowlands-form-new-band-tomora-and-share-epic-single-ring-the-alarm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/aurora-and-the-chemical-brothers-tom-rowlands-form-new-band-tomora-and-share-epic-single-ring-the-alarm\/","title":{"rendered":"AURORA and The Chemical Brothers&#8217; Tom Rowlands form new band TOMORA and share epic single &#8216;Ring The Alarm\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/aurora\">AURORA<\/a> and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/the-chemical-brothers\">The Chemical Brothers<\/a>\u2019 Tom Rowlands have formed a new band, TOMORA, and their first single is out now \u2013 check it out here.<\/p>\n<p>TOMORA have been listed on a few festival line-ups for next year, including <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/festivals\/coachella\">Coachella<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/Coachella\/comments\/1nuy7fr\/who_is_tomora\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">leading fans to speculate<\/a> on who it might be. And, with the release of their debut single \u2018Ring The Alarm\u2019, their identity has been revealed.<\/p>\n<p>Discussing the new song, the duo \u2013\u00a0who merged their first names together to create the band name \u2013 said: \u201cWe wanted TOMORA to be a band, not two individuals. It\u2019s our musical feeling come to life.<\/p>\n<p>The track begins with a digital alarm that keeps ringing until the arrival of a bass drum and then AURORA\u2019s vocals. Longtime Chemical Brothers collaborator Adam Smith, who has also worked with AURORA previously, directed the track\u2019s trippy video. It\u2019s almost exclusively in black and hot pink and sees AURORA take centre stage as she repeats the titular refrain.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"TOMORA - RING THE ALARM (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/JL-b1cfFwLU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>The Norwegian singer-songwriter has collaborated with The Chemical Brothers on a number of occasions in recent years.<\/p>\n<p>The electronic duo first worked with AURORA when she provided guest vocals to their 2019 album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/chemical-brothers-no-geography-album-review-2474740\">\u2018No Geography\u2019<\/a>, and she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aurora-inspiring-billie-eilish-chemical-brothers-explosive-new-album-different-kind-human-2472751\">named them as one of her favourite artists ahead of its release<\/a>, adding of the record: \u201cI got to listen to the album \u2026 It was really wonderful. I listened to the tracks and knew right away so wrote the melody and lyrics at the airport where I was stuck for three hours. Then Tom just took care of his favourite parts and that\u2019s how it happened.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Later that year, she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aurora-chemical-brothers-no-geography-collab-forest-story-2537293\">told <i>NME<\/i> how the initial collaboration came about<\/a>. \u201cI\u2019ve always loved Chemical Brothers, ever since I was a sperm,\u201d she explained. \u201cI love dancing to it. It has a gumption in it. I just got an email one beautiful day in 2017 and it said, \u2018Hello this is Tom and I like your music, your words and I would love for you to write something with us for our next album.\u2019<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI don\u2019t really care much about who people are, but it was the only time I\u2019ve had a *gasp* moment in my life, because I don\u2019t really get starstruck either. I was really excited, and I had to wait like a week because I had to pick the right words for my answer to explain how happy I was so they\u2019d know how much I wanted to be part of their music.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>She added, \u201cHe\u2019s so lovely and they\u2019re very passionate. We were improvising and it was a very nice experience. I\u2019m going to ask them to do something with me as well, if they want one day.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Rowland did go on to produce some of her 2024 album <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/aurora-what-happened-to-the-heart-review-album-review-3764234\">\u2018What Happened To The Heart\u2019<\/a>, and she <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aurora-asked-chemical-brothers-tom-rowlands-to-puke-vomit-all-over-song-on-new-album-3749515\">told <i>NME<\/i> that she asked him to \u201cpuke vomit\u201d all over it<\/a> via text. \u201cWe have a lot of fun,\u201d she explained. \u201cWe feel like two little aliens walking around, and we have the same hunger for something exceptional. I\u2019m really grateful. I texted him one evening just saying, \u2018Tom \u2013 puke vomit all over my song please\u2019. And he did, for like four hours.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Among the festivals TOMORA have been announced to play are <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/coachella-2026-sabrina-carpenter-justin-bieber-and-karol-g-to-headline-3892767\">Coachella<\/a>, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/downtherabbithole.nl\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Down The Rabbit Hole<\/a>, and <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.oyafestivalen.no\/\">\u00d8ya<\/a> in AURORA\u2019s native Norway. More news is set to follow from the band in due course.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"AURORA on &#039;What Happened To The Heart?&#039;: \u201cApathy is the biggest enemy to progress&quot;\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/A6x1DdMqxdk?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>In other news, AURORA has recently joined the likes of Fontaines D.C., Paloma Faith and Brian Eno in <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/fontaines-d-c-paloma-faith-lenny-henry-and-more-lead-together-against-the-far-right-campaign-ahead-of-major-demonstration-in-2026-3914841\">launching a new alliance, Together Against The Far Right<\/a>, with a major national demonstration in London on Saturday 28 March 2026.<\/p>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/aurora-interview-adolescence-eyes-child-art-politics-music-new-album-3860698\">Speaking to <em>NME<\/em> earlier this year<\/a>, she said: \u201cI believe politics have a place in music, movies and art. At some point, we must realise that politics is interfering people\u2019s lives and rights as human beings directly.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhether that\u2019s dealing with the rights of trans people, gay people, women, children, nations, cultures \u2013 something so emotional as human rights is on the border of not even being political anymore. It\u2019s strictly emotional. It\u2019s blasphemy to even have a conversation about whether or not we should respect human rights, and we\u2019re doing that in the biggest countries in the world.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script>\n  !function(f,b,e,v,n,t,s)\n  {if(f.fbq)return;n=f.fbq=function(){n.callMethod?\n  n.callMethod.apply(n,arguments):n.queue.push(arguments)};\n  if(!f._fbq)f._fbq=n;n.push=n;n.loaded=!0;n.version='2.0';\n  n.queue=[];t=b.createElement(e);t.async=!0;\n  t.src=v;s=b.getElementsByTagName(e)[0];\n  s.parentNode.insertBefore(t,s)}(window, document,'script',\n  'https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/fbevents.js');\n  fbq('consent', 'revoke');\n  fbq('init', '370979561341328');\n  fbq('track', 'PageView');\n<\/script><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source www.nme.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AURORA and The Chemical Brothers\u2019 Tom Rowlands have formed a new band, TOMORA, and their first single is out now \u2013 check it out here. 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