Infinite Icon

Infinite Icon
Studio album by Paris Hilton
Released	September 6, 2024
Length	34:59
Label	11:11 Media
Producer	Alex Frankel Banx & Ranx Ryland Brockington Dallas Caton House of Wolf Greg Kurstin Kid Harpoon Naliya Jesse Shatkin Sia Ludvig Söderberg Justin Trainor
Paris Hilton chronology
Paris (2006) Infinite Icon (2024)
Singles from Infinite Icon
"I'm Free" Released: June 21, 2024 "Chasin'" Released: July 26, 2024 "BBA" Released: September 6, 2024

Infinite Icon is the second studio album by American media personality and singer Paris Hilton, released on September 6, 2024, through her production company 11:11 Media in partnership with ADA.^[1][2][3][4] Sia is the album's executive producer.^[5][6] It was released 18 years after her debut album Paris (2006).

Following the release of her debut album, Hilton had occasionally expressed an interest in recording a second album.^[7][8][9] She instead released a series of standalone singles through Cash Money Records and her own Heiress Records, a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records, and was featured in a number of other artists' songs.^[10]

After performing a rendition of "Stars Are Blind" with Sia and Miley Cyrus on NBC's 2022 Miley’s New Year's Eve Party special, Sia encouraged Hilton to record a pop album and suggested having sessions at her house.^[11] Hilton remarked that the singer "literally brought out something in me that I didn't even know I had. Before I was more in the baby voice and being very breathy and kind of like, Marilyn [Monroe] vibes. And then with this album, I just felt like a woman."^[11] The project was recorded at Sia and Hilton's home studios and Sunset Studios, in Los Angeles.^[11]

In an interview by Pride.com, Hilton has said the album is "just for [the gays]".^[12] She worked with producer Benny Blanco and considered songs shared with her by Miley Cyrus and Meghan Trainor.^[13][14]

Infinite Icon is influenced by Hilton's longtime love of dance music and career as a disc jockey. She stated that performing "all around the world at music festivals, for thousands of people and being on stage and just really paying attention to what makes people move and how to create those unforgettable dancefloor moments —I wanted to bring that same energy into the album."^[11]

The album contains songs that traverse more nuanced topics such as her ADHD diagnosis, negative relationship experiences, the emptiness of fame, and her marriage and family life.^[11]

Hilton mentioned that she was recording an album produced by Sia on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2023,^[15] and officially announced its title and release date in May 2024.^[16]

On June 13, 2024, Hilton announced "I'm Free" as the album's first single, featuring English singer Rina Sawayama, via Instagram,^[17] showing a conversation between the singers.^[18] She performed the song live in a pride party hosted by clothing company Alice + Olivia.^[19] It was followed by two more singles —"Chasin'" (featuring Meghan Trainor) and "BBA" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)— released on July 26 and September 6, respectively.

Nylon magazine unveiled Hilton as the star of its September 2024 cover and hosted a release party for the album on September 5 that featured a live performance by her.^[20]

Notes

• "I'm Free" contains samples of "Free" by Ultra Naté^[21] and "Music Sounds Better with You" by Stardust.^{[citation needed]}
• BBA does not feature Megan Thee Stallion on the CD version.

Musicians

• Paris Hilton – lead vocals
• Taura Stinson – vocals
• Jesse Shatkin – keyboards, programming (tracks 1–4, 6–12); drums, percussion (1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12); bass (1, 6, 10–12), organ (1), piano (6), guitar (12)
• Chloe Angelides – vocals (track 1)
• Rina Sawayama – vocals (track 2)
• Erick Serna – guitar (tracks 3, 7)
• Banx & Ranx – drums, keyboards, percussion, programming (track 3)
• Clément Langlois-Légaré – guitar (track 3)
• Keyon Harrold – trumpet (track 3)
• Alex Frankel – keyboards (tracks 4, 9, 10); piano, programming (10)
• Greg Kurstin – bass, drums, guitar, keyboards, marimba, percussion, piano, synthesizer (track 5)
• Samuel Dent – strings (track 6)
• Alex Chapman – vocals (track 11)
• Alexandra Veltri – vocals (track 11)
• Caroline Pennell – vocals (track 12)

Technical

• Emily Lazar – mastering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Chris Gehringer – mastering (track 5)
• Clint Gibbs – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Greg Kurstin – mixing, engineering (track 5)
• Ezekiel Chabon – engineering
• Jesse Shatkin – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Samuel Dent – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Nathan Cimino – engineering (tracks 1–4, 7–9, 12)
• Julian Burg – engineering (track 5)
• Sam Scotch – engineering (track 5)
• Naliya – arrangement (track 2)
• Rina Sawayama – arrangement (track 2)
• Ultra Naté – arrangement (track 2)