Rock Candy (album)

Rock Candy is the fifth studio album by Australian guitarist, singer and songwriter Orianthi. It was released on 14 October 2022 through Frontiers Records. The album's lead single "Light It Up" was released on 27 July 2022. The album is Orianthi's second release in 2022, following Live from Hollywood, a live CD/DVD and Blu-ray.

Background

On January 8, Orianthi recorded Live from Hollywood, a live CD/DVD. It was released on 15 July 2022 and serves as an appetiser for the upcoming album.
During an interview Orianthi revealed that the record was done and it took twelve days to complete it while working with her good friend Jacob Bunton. The two of them wrote one song and recorded one song a day for the album. In the same interview she announced that she was planning to make a blues-pop record but her label wanted something heavy. "We went for the heavy aspect because that's what the label wanted. Also, I think some of the fans wanted that, too."

Promotion

In March 2022 Orianthi announced the title for Rock Candy for the first time on her social media pages. In June 2022 the singer announced that she would be shooting two music videos, back to back, for the first two singles from the album. On 27 July 2022 the first single, "Light It Up", was released along with its music video. The second single, "Fire Together" was released 7 September 2022.