“'Stranger 2025 Version' is a song that’s close to our hearts,” said as1one. “Creating this video was a labour of love and allows us to share a powerful message while showcasing the next evolution of who we are as a group. We've come a long way since we first recorded this track, and it feels even more meaningful after everything we’ve experienced over the past few months. We hope audiences enjoy ‘Stranger 2025 Version’ and continue to resonate with the hope and yearning it expresses.”
This release follows what was an exceptional debut year for the group. They burst onto the scene in September 2024 with their first single, ‘All Eyes on Us’, which featured the legendary Nile Rodgers and was recorded at the historic Abbey Road Studios in London. Their second single, ‘Stranger’ followed in November, and quickly thereafter Paramount+ released the four-part documentary series AS1ONE: THE ISRAELI-PALESTINIAN POP MUSIC JOURNEY. The series, now streaming, chronicles the group’s formation, creative process, and brotherhood over a five-year period of becoming as1one, the next global pop group.
It was also recently announced that the group has signed a new global publishing deal with the world’s largest indie music publisher, Kobalt. Up next the group will be travelling to the UK in May for a special performance showcase in London as well as completing an educational school tour across the Midlands. The school tour will find as1one sharing their inspiring story and performing to hundreds of students between May 14th – 16th.
As reported in the group’sBillboard Digital cover feature last year, as1one arrived in Los Angeles on October 6th, 2023, one day before the start of the Israel-Hamas war. Despite being deeply affected by the news and ongoing conflict, the group, composed of Israeli-Jewish & Palestinian-Arab members, haven’t let anything obstruct the brotherhood they have built over the course of their time together. Through the collective power of music, the group is overcoming barriers and hopes to inspire new generations to do the same, a sentiment more important now than ever before.