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Sia Shares New Single Originally Intended for Upcoming Adele Album

"Alive," from the forthcoming \'This Is Acting,\' was written with Adele and Tobias Jesso Jr.

Update: Speaking to Beats 1’s Zane Lowe, Sia added that 

will also contain songs originally written for Beyoncé and Rihanna, is working with FKA twigs, and has a song on Adele’s new album as well. [h/t Pitchfork]

that her upcoming follow-up to her enormous, “Chandelier”-wielding breakthrough, 

, because all of its songs were intended for other artists, whose personae the reclusive songwriter made herself inhabit. “It’s fun,” she said, “It’s more like play-acting.” And now after previewing a snippet of its first single, “Alive,” she’s finally shared the song in full, which was co-written with Adele (for whom it was intended) and Tobias Jesso Jr. It’s as catchy and drama-swollen as anything else Sia has done, and you can listen below.

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