Tones and I Eases Back Into the Pop Star Cycle After Suffering a ‘Cloudy Day’
Leena Tailor The new year should have marked hopeful new beginnings for the artist Tones and I, following a period which saw her halt her first world tour amid the pandemic, endure strict lockdowns in Australia and retreat from social media to escape the “nasty” bullies who’ve plagued her since the explosive success of her 2019 smash, “Dance Monkey.”But after losing a close friend, Ben Tournier (aka “T”), in January, the Melbourne native found herself in mourning and unable to complete her debut album. Crying en route to the studio each day, then shedding more tears once she arrived, the grief-stricken popnstar eventually fled to Sydney, where she was called into Sony Music Australia CEO Denis Handlin’s office.