''Infinite Icon'' is the second studio album by American media personality and singer

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, released on September 6, 2024, through her production company 11:11 Media in partnership with ADA. Sia is the album's

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. It was released 18 years after her debut album ''

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'' (2006). ''Grammy'''s Glenn Rowley described the album as 12 tracks of electro-infused

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Background and recording

Following the release of her debut album, Hilton had occasionally expressed an interest in recording a second album. She instead released a series of standalone singles through

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and her own Heiress Records, a sub-label of

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, and was featured in a number of other artists' songs. After performing a rendition of " Stars Are Blind" with Sia and

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's ''Miley’s New Year's Eve Party'' special in December 2022, Sia encouraged Hilton to record a pop album and suggested having sessions at her house. 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 onroevibes. And then with this album, I just felt like a woman." Part of the project was recorded at Sia and Hilton's home studios in

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Music and lyrics

''Infinite Icon'' incorporates different types of

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in each of its first three singles, with the lead single, " I'm Free" incorporating

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with

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and

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while "Chasin'" blends

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with

, " BBA" is an

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song that infuses big room with

, the final singles from the album, "ADHD" however is purely pop whereas "Without Love" is a

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and also incorporates

elements. Lyrically, ''Infinite Icon'' is primarily influenced by Hilton's longtime love of

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and career as a

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. 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." The album also contains songs that traverse more nuanced topics such as her

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diagnosis, negative relationship experiences, the emptiness of fame, and her marriage and family life.

Release and promotion

Hilton mentioned that she was recording an album produced by Sia on ''

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'' in October 2023, and officially announced its title and release date in May 2024. ''

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'' 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.

Singles

On June 13, 2024, Hilton announced " I'm Free" as the album's first single, featuring Japanese-English singer

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, via Instagram, showing a conversation between the singers. She performed the song live in a

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. It was followed by two more singles —"Chasin'" (featuring

) and " BBA" (featuring

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)— released on July 26 and September 6, respectively.

Reception

''Infinite Icon'' received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics.

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's Matt Collar was positive, comparing its sound to

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and writing that "''Infinite Icon'' builds nicely upon its predecessor, once again revealing Hilton to be a savvy spokesperson for her own stylishly campy brand and a pretty good singer to boot. ��At turns silly and heartfelt, ''Infinite Icon'' is both a return to form for Hilton and a sly deconstruction of her image. While Brooke Phillips of ''The Post'' felt the album's material is "quite cheesy or out of the norm", she likened it to works of

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and

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, opining that it "shows a mature, demure version of Paris Hilton; however, she is not afraid to let the listener know she is still the "

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" we have always known. Benjamin Jack of ''

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'' criticized ''Infinite Icon'', believing it to be unmemorable and "parrots every major mainstream trend it can with far too much confidence, and still manages to feel completely irrelevant." ''Washington Square News''' Ellie Miller called the album "not hot" and, while believing a musical comeback for Hilton was possible, believed it "toes the line between being a passable pop album and another tired celebrity trying to appeal to a younger generation with repetitive lyrics and dull messages." Released on September 6, 2024, ''Infinite Icon'' debuted at number 38 on the US ''Billboard'' 200 chart with 18,000 album equivalent-units sold,

Track listing

Notes * signifies an additional producer * "I'm Free" contains an interpolation of " Free" by Ultra Naté. * On some physical editions, Megan Thee Stallion is not featured on "BBA", which is listed as "Bad Bitch Academy" instead.

Personnel

Musicians

– lead vocals *

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– drum programming, keyboards (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) * Taura Stinson – background vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–12) *

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– background vocals (track 1) *

– background vocals (track 2) * Erick Serna – guitar (tracks 3, 7) * Keyon Harrold – trumpet (track 3) * Alex Frankel – keyboards (tracks 4, 9, 10); piano, drum programming (10) *

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– drums, percussion, bass, guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano,

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(track 5) * Samuel Dent – strings (track 6) * Alex Chapman – background vocals (track 11) * Alexandra Veltri – background vocals (track 11) * Caroline Pennell – background vocals (track 12)

Technical

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– mastering (tracks 1–4, 6–12) *

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– mastering (track 5) * Clint Gibbs – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–12) * Greg Kurstin – mixing,

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(track 5) * Jesse Shatkin – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12) * Samuel Dent – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12) * Ezekiel Chabon – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12) * Nathan Cimino – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12) * Julian Burg – engineering (track 5)

Visuals

* Brian Ziff – photography

Charts

References

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