{"id":2406410,"date":"2026-05-07T18:20:46","date_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:20:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2406410"},"modified":"2026-05-07T18:20:46","modified_gmt":"2026-05-07T18:20:46","slug":"chaka-khan-releases-new-single-chakzilla","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/chaka-khan-releases-new-single-chakzilla\/","title":{"rendered":"Chaka Khan releases new single \u2018Chakzilla\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/chaka-khan\/\"><strong>Chaka Khan<\/strong><\/a>\u00a0has released her first new music in more than seven years with the arrival of her single \u2018Chakzilla\u2019.<\/p>\n<p>The track, released today (7 May) through her own label Earthsong Records and distributed by\u00a0BMG, was co-written with\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.attitude.co.uk\/tag\/Sia\"><strong>Sia<\/strong><\/a> and producer\u00a0Greg Kurstin, with Sia also contributing backing vocals.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"at-related-articles\">\n<h4 class=\"at-related-articles__title\">Read next<\/h4>\n<\/aside>\n<p>It marks Khan\u2019s first major solo material since 2019 album\u00a0<em>Hello Happiness<\/em>, and serves as the lead single from her upcoming 13th studio album, also titled\u00a0<em>Chakzilla<\/em>, which is due for release in September.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">An accompanying music video is inspired by classic Japanese monster movies<\/h2>\n<p>Alongside the single, Khan unveiled an accompanying music video inspired by classic Japanese monster movies. The video shows the singer towering over a city in glamorous fashion, though Khan said the concept was intended to flip the traditional Godzilla narrative on its head.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\">\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Chaka Khan - Chakzilla (Official Video)\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/jFrZ28YkFZ4?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<\/figure>\n<p>\u201cWhen we came up with \u2018Chakzilla\u2019 as a title, lots of things just ran through my head,\u201d Khan told\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/people.com\/chaka-khan-chakzilla-single-music-video-album-sia-exclusive-11968751\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><strong>People<\/strong><\/a>. \u201cInstead of becoming a monster and just tearing up things, I became sort of a monster of a person who does good things.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>She added that the character reflects her desire to \u201cfix and help a lot of people who are having a really hard time in this world today\u201d.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Sia described the collaboration by calling Khan \u201cthe Godzilla of chanteuses alive\u201d and said it was \u201can honour\u201d to work with the music legend.\u00a0<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\">Chaka Khan\u2019s new era arrives after a major period of recognition<\/h2>\n<p>The collaboration continues a creative partnership between Khan and Sia that previously saw the pair work together on Sia\u2019s 2024 album\u00a0<em>Reasonable Woman<\/em>, including the track \u2018Immortal Queen\u2019.\u00a0<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"instagram-media\" data-instgrm-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DYBzzbyHVnX\/?utm_source=ig_embed&amp;utm_campaign=loading\" data-instgrm-version=\"14\" style=\" background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540px; min-width:326px; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px);\"\/>\n<p>Khan\u2019s new era arrives after a major period of recognition. Earlier this year, the singer received the Lifetime Achievement Award at the\u00a0Grammy Awards, honouring a career spanning more than five decades and 11 Grammy wins.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In 2023, she was inducted into the\u00a0Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, cementing her status as one of the defining voices in soul, funk and R&amp;B.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Best known for hits including \u2018I\u2019m Every Woman\u2019, \u2018Ain\u2019t Nobody\u2019 and \u2018I Feel For You\u2019, Khan said she hopes fans embrace hearing her return to pop music once again.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/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.attitude.co.uk \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Chaka Khan\u00a0has released her first new music in more than seven years with the arrival of her single \u2018Chakzilla\u2019. The track, released today (7 May) through her own label Earthsong Records and distributed by\u00a0BMG, was co-written with\u00a0Sia and producer\u00a0Greg Kurstin, with Sia also contributing backing vocals.\u00a0 Read next It marks Khan\u2019s first major solo material [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2406411,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[364670],"class_list":["post-2406410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-chaka-khan"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Chaka-Khan-releases-new-single-\u2018Chakzilla.webp","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406410","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2406410"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406410\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2406412,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2406410\/revisions\/2406412"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2406411"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2406410"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2406410"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2406410"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}