{"id":2467377,"date":"2026-06-19T18:34:22","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:34:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2467377"},"modified":"2026-06-19T18:34:22","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T18:34:22","slug":"pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-shares-inspirational-new-song-better-believe","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/pearl-jams-eddie-vedder-shares-inspirational-new-song-better-believe\/","title":{"rendered":"Pearl Jam&#8217;s Eddie Vedder shares inspirational new song &#8216;Better Believe&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div>\n<p><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/pearl-jam\">Pearl\u00a0Jam<\/a>\u2019s\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/artists\/eddie-vedder\">Eddie Vedder<\/a>\u00a0has shared an inspirational new single \u2018Better Believe\u2019 \u2013\u00a0check\u00a0it out below.<\/p>\n<p>The singer has made the song alongside the Chicago-based Guitars Over Guns, a non-profit organisation that uses music to support young people, pairing students with professional musicians and artists.<\/p>\n<p>Vedder wrote \u2018Better Believe\u2019 alongside\u00a0a number of\u00a0audio arts students from Columbia College Chicago, and recorded it at the college with the students, with all royalties earned to\u00a0benefit\u00a0Guitars Over Guns.<\/p>\n<p>The slow-burning song features an anthemic, rousing chorus comprising all of the musicians involved, with Vedder\u2019s distinctive vocals taking the lead.<\/p>\n<p>The song also received its live debut at\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-u2s-bono-and-the-edge-bruce-springsteen-eddie-vedder-stevie-wonder-and-more-perform-at-obama-presidential-center-opening-ceremony-3951801\">the opening ceremony of the Obama Presidential Center in Chicago yesterday<\/a>\u00a0(June 18), with Vedder appearing alongside the students from Guitars Over Guns.<\/p>\n<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Better Believe\" width=\"500\" height=\"375\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/w58oPuXXJdo?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<div class=\"jeg_video_container jeg_video_content\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Eddie Vedder performs at Obama center ceremony\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/EDLIP05JMas?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>A host of other big names were on hand at the opening of the Obama Presidential Center, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/bruce-springsteen-u2-stevie-wonder-and-more-to-perform-at-obama-presidential-centers-opening-3951354\">including Bruce Springsteen, Bono, Stevie Wonder, Christina\u00a0Aguilera\u00a0and Jennifer Hudson<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>As for Vedder, it\u00a0emerged\u00a0earlier this year that\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/it-looks-like-a-yungblud-and-eddie-vedder-collab-could-be-on-the-way-3922924\">he might be working on music with Yungblud<\/a>, after <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/news\/music\/watch-bruno-mars-cover-nirvanas-smells-like-teen-spirit-at-private-corporate-christmas-party-that-also-featured-yungblud-slash-eddie-vedder-and-more-3918629\">they met at a lavish corporate Christmas party last year<\/a>.\u00a0Afterwards, Yungblud was quoted as saying:\u00a0\u201cEddie\u2019s such an inspiration to me, especially vocally. I think we might write together in the future.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Pearl Jam\u2019s latest album \u2018Dark Matter\u2019 arrived in spring 2024, and was\u00a0<a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.nme.com\/reviews\/album\/pearl-jam-dark-matter-album-review-lyrics-tracklist-3618556\">given a glowing four-star review<\/a>, with\u00a0<i>NME<\/i>\u00a0praising it as \u201csome of their strongest work in recent memory\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cFor those longing for the charismatic songwriting that first put the band on the map over three decades ago, \u2018Dark Matter\u2019 will come as a pleasant surprise,\u201d it read.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNot only does it showcase Pearl Jam reclaiming the charm that first made them a force to be reckoned with back in 1991, it comes alongside some of their most impressive musicianship yet, as well as a determination to take risks after years of playing it safe.\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>Pearl\u00a0Jam\u2019s\u00a0Eddie Vedder\u00a0has shared an inspirational new single \u2018Better Believe\u2019 \u2013\u00a0check\u00a0it out below. The singer has made the song alongside the Chicago-based Guitars Over Guns, a non-profit organisation that uses music to support young people, pairing students with professional musicians and artists. Vedder wrote \u2018Better Believe\u2019 alongside\u00a0a number of\u00a0audio arts students from Columbia College Chicago, and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2467379,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25179],"tags":[417871],"class_list":["post-2467377","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-music","tag-grunge"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Pearl-Jams-Eddie-Vedder-shares-inspirational-new-song-Better-Believe.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467377","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=2467377"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467377\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2467380,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2467377\/revisions\/2467380"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2467379"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2467377"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2467377"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2467377"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}