The Time Out digital cover and exclusive interview dropped at 8pm on 17th October at a launch party at Time Out Market New York, celebrating WARRIORS before its release on all music streaming platforms at midnight. Lin-Manuel Miranda, Eisa Davis and the star-studded ‘cast’ of WARRIORS celebrated both the cover and record launch at Time Out Market New York in Dumbo overlooking the iconic skyline that inspired the album.
NEW YORK, October 17th, 2024 — Time Out has unveiled its October digital cover, which features the award-winning duo of multihyphenate Lin-Manuel Miranda and actor, writer and singer-songwriter Eisa Davis. The digital cover – a digital resurrection of iconic magazine covers – celebrates an exclusive Time Out interview ahead of the release of their highly-anticipated concept album WARRIORS, based on the 1979 cult film “The Warriors.” The cover shoot took place in the exact same subway car that was used in the film, located in the New York Transit Museum in Brooklyn.
In anticipation of the global release of WARRIORS on October 18th, Time Out Theater & Dance USA Editor Adam Feldman sat down with Miranda and Davis to learn more about the project and their interest in adapting the film. In an in-depth interview, the pair discussed everything from the album’s genesis as an emailed idea from Miranda’s college classmate to its culmination in an adaptation featuring top Broadway and music talent, including such illustrious names as Lauryn Hill, Colman Domingo, Nas, Busta Rhymes, Marc Anthony and more.
Quotes from the Time Out interview:
Lin-Manuel Miranda told Time Out: “I always say that The Warriors is like a visual guide to everything you are afraid of in New York City... It's like a starter guide for New York fears.”
Summing up the project’s themes, Eisa Davis said as part of the Time Out interview: "We can't shrink in our identity. We have to expand our identity tenfold and shine. You know? That's how we survive.”
“This album was the best way to write it,” Miranda told Time Out. “We got to chase the voices we wanted.”
“I came in with all the fear, and Eisa came in with all the hope, and we met in the middle.” – Lin-Manuel Miranda
Linking back to the full interview (here), the cover can be used with credit: Photograph: Miguel McSongwe for Time Out New York | Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis are Time Out’s October cover stars
Executive produced by GRAMMY Award winning rapper & New York City native, Nas & produced by GRAMMY Award winning musician Mike Elizondo, WARRIORS is an immersive listening experience that follows a fictitious New York City gang from Coney Island to the Bronx and back when they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader, Cyrus.
WARRIORS launches everywhere October 18th on Atlantic Records.
*** COVER IMAGE CAN BE DOWNLOADED HERE: HERE
*** PHOTOGRAPHY CREDIT: Miguel McSongwe @mcsongwe.m
Full feature credits:
Time Out New York @timeoutnewyork
Photographer: Miguel McSongwe @mcsongwe.m
Writer: Adam Feldman @adfeldman
Design Director: Bryan Mayes @bryanmayesdotcom
Senior Designer: Onik Hossain @onik3
Editor: Shaye Weaver @shayeweaver
Video: Gloria Kim @gloriakim, Mykal Bayne @mykalpowa
Video Director: Delia Barth @dbarthvader
Grooming: Laila Hayani @lailalhayani
Hair and Makeup: Gregg Hubbard @greggmakeupnyc
Stylist: Emma Pritchard @meemmap
Location: New York Transit Museum @nytransitmuseum
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Notes to Editors
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About Time Out Market New York
Time Out Market New York is a food and cultural market located in Dumbo, Brooklyn at 55 Water Street. Occupying two floors of the historic Empire Stores right off the East River, the Market offers some of the city’s best food, drinks and cultural experiences, along with impressive rooftop views of the Brooklyn Bridge and lower Manhattan skyline. Across 21,000 sq ft, there are 21 eateries, three bars and a stage for entertainment and performances.
About Time Out
Time Out is a global brand that inspires and enables people to experience the best of the city through Time Out Media and Time Out Market. Time Out launched in London in 1968 to help people discover the exciting new urban cultures that had started up all over the city – today it is the only global brand dedicated to city life. Expert journalists curate and create content about the best things to do, see and eat across 333 cities in 59 countries, and across a unique multi-platform model spanning both digital and physical channels. Rooted in the Time Out brand, Time Out Market is the world's first editorially curated food and cultural market, bringing a city's best chefs, restaurateurs and cultural experiences together under one roof. The portfolio includes nine Markets in cities such as Lisbon, New York and Dubai, and several new locations with expected opening dates in 2024 and beyond, in addition to a pipeline of further locations in advanced discussions. Time Out Group PLC, listed on AIM (AIM: TMO), is headquartered in the United Kingdom. Learn more at www.timeout.com and LinkedI
About WARRIORS
WARRIORS, the new project from Lin-Manuel Miranda and Eisa Davis, is a concept album inspired by the 1979 Paramount Pictures cult film, “The Warriors,” based on the Sol Yurick novel of the same name. WARRIORS is executive produced by GRAMMY Award winning rapper & New York City native, Nas & produced by GRAMMY Award winning musician Mike Elizondo. WARRIORS is an immersive listening experience that follows a fictitious New York City gang from Coney Island to the Bronx and back when they are framed for the murder of a respected gang leader, Cyrus.
Visit the website: www.warriorsalbum.com
Link to assets: warnermusicgroup.app.
Listen to the album: warriors.lnk.to/albumPR