NEW YORK, April 5, 2018 /PRNewswire/ -- MGM Resorts
International today announced the release of UNIVERSAL
LOVE, a collection of reimagined wedding songs for
the LGBTQ community, celebrating the enduring and overwhelming
power of love and music to unite.
Experience the interactive Multichannel News Release here:
https://www.multivu.com/players/English/8295351-mgm-resorts-universal-love-lgbtq-wedding-songs
MGM Resorts is a global entertainment company with a deep-seated
belief that entertainment is fundamental to human fulfillment. The
company's passion for the UNIVERSAL LOVE project reflects its
profound commitment to embracing humanity and the impact music can
have on the human experience.
UNIVERSAL LOVE offers six newly recorded versions of
iconic love songs that give same-sex couples a soundtrack for their
own love stories and feature pronouns changed to reflect the world
of LGBTQ relationships.
The album includes boundary-changing songs from some of today's
most-beloved artists. Bob Dylan, one of the most influential
and successful recording artists in American history, is among the
visionary artists participating in this unprecedented project.
Dylan re-recorded "She's Funny That Way" as "He's Funny That Way."
The album features five additional stellar artists whose
involvement is a testament to the urgency of equality in
entertainment: Kesha ("I Need a Woman to Love Me"), St.
Vincent ("And Then She Kissed Me"), Benjamin
Gibbard of Death Cab for Cutie ("And I Love
Him"), Kele Okereke of Bloc
Party ("My Guy"),
and Valerie June ("Mad About The Girl").
Phyllis James, MGM Resorts' Chief
Diversity & Corporate Social Responsibility Officer, said, "We
believe projects like this will help all of us reach a point where
seeing the world through the lens of people who happen to be
different from us becomes natural and commonplace. It is an immense
honor for MGM Resorts to spearhead this inspirational project which
celebrates LGBTQ dimensions of the universal emotion of love."
UNIVERSAL LOVE is a natural extension of MGM's two
decades of advocacy work with the LGBTQ community and the company's
desire to advance initiatives that unite humanity. More than a
decade before same-sex marriage was legalized, same-sex commitment
ceremonies were performed at chapels at MGM Resorts' properties. In
2004, MGM Resorts became the first company in the gaming and
hospitality industry to offer same-sex health benefits to
employees, and MGM was a founding partner of the Las Vegas chapter of the Human Rights Campaign
(HRC) in 2004.
MGM Resorts is a leader in all aspects of the entertainment
industry (hospitality, gaming, live events, etc.) and believes in
the transformational power of entertainment for all. MGM's launch
of UNIVERSAL LOVE reinforces an inclusive vision of unions
that more closely mirrors the incredible diversity of today's
relationships.
The compilation album was produced by MGM Resorts in conjunction
with global advertising agency McCann and will be distributed by
Legacy Recordings, a division of Sony Music. UNIVERSAL
LOVE is available on all streaming platforms beginning
today.
UNIVERSAL LOVE TRACK LISTING
01
"HE'S FUNNY THAT WAY" • BOB DYLAN
02 "AND THEN SHE KISSED ME" • ST VINCENT
03 "MY GUY" • KELE OKEREKE
04 "MAD ABOUT THE GIRL" • VALERIE
JUNE
05 "AND I LOVE HIM" • BENJAMIN
GIBBARD
06 "I NEED A WOMAN TO LOVE ME" • KESHA
About MGM Resorts International
MGM Resorts International (NYSE: MGM) is
an S&P 500® global entertainment company with
national and international locations featuring best-in-class hotels
and casinos, state-of-the-art meetings and conference spaces,
incredible live and theatrical entertainment experiences, and an
extensive array of restaurant, nightlife and retail
offerings. MGM Resorts creates immersive, iconic
experiences through its suite of Las Vegas-inspired brands.
The MGM Resorts portfolio encompasses 28 unique hotel
offerings including some of the most recognizable resort brands in
the industry. Expanding throughout the U.S. and around the world,
the company in 2018 opened MGM COTAI in Macau and the
first Bellagio-branded hotel in Shanghai. It also is developing MGM
Springfield in Massachusetts. The 78,000 global employees
of MGM Resorts are proud of their company for being
recognized as one of FORTUNE® Magazine's World's Most Admired
Companies®. For more information visit us
at www.mgmresorts.com.
For press inquiries, please contact:
mgm@sunshinesachs.com or 212.691.2800
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