Infinite Icon

Following the release of her debut album, Hilton had occasionally expressed an interest in recording a second album.{{cite magazine|url=https://www.ew.com/music/2019/02/18/paris-hilton-teases-new-music/amp/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190219075748/https://ew.com/music/2019/02/18/paris-hilton-teases-new-music/amp/|url-status=dead|archive-date=February 19, 2019|title=Paris Hilton teases new music to come|author=Schwartz, Dana|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|date=February 18, 2019|access-date=June 15, 2019}}{{Cite magazine |last=Rowley |first=Glenn |date=2022-12-30 |title=Paris Hilton Drops Sparkling Updated Version of 'Stars Are Blind' & Teases New Music |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/paris-hilton-updates-stars-are-blind-teases-new-music-1235192572/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401071609/https://www.billboard.com/music/pop/paris-hilton-updates-stars-are-blind-teases-new-music-1235192572/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Zhan |first=Jennifer |date=2022-12-30 |title=Looks Like Paris Hilton's Big Surprise Is a New Version of 'Stars Are Blind' |url=https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/paris-hilton-drops-new-stars-are-blind-teases-more-music.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=Vulture |language=en |archive-date=April 1, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230401071609/https://www.vulture.com/2022/12/paris-hilton-drops-new-stars-are-blind-teases-more-music.html |url-status=live }} She instead released a series of standalone singles through Cash Money Records and her own Heiress Records, a sub-label of Warner Bros. Records, and was featured in a number of other artists' songs.{{Cite web |date=2024-05-30 |title=Paris Hilton returns to music with new album nearly 20 years after debut |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/paris-hilton-music-album-release-b2554057.html |access-date=2024-09-13 |website=The Independent |language=en |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917140125/https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/paris-hilton-music-album-release-b2554057.html |url-status=live }}

After performing a rendition of "Stars Are Blind" with Sia and Miley Cyrus on NBC's Miley’s New Year's Eve Party special in December 2022, Sia encouraged Hilton to record a pop album and suggested having sessions at her house.{{Cite magazine |last=Bain |first=Katie |date=2024-09-06 |title=18 Years After Her Debut Album, Paris Hilton Releases Its Followup: 'I'm the Original Brat' |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paris-hilton-album-infinite-icon-charli-xcx-1235767941/ |access-date=2024-09-13 |magazine=Billboard |language=en-US |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917140119/https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/paris-hilton-album-infinite-icon-charli-xcx-1235767941/ |url-status=live }} Hilton remarked that the singer "literally brought out something in me that I didn't even know I had. Before I was more in the baby voice and being very breathy and kind of like, Marilyn [Monroe] vibes. And then with this album, I just felt like a woman." Part of the project was recorded at Sia and Hilton's home studios in Los Angeles.

In an interview by Pride.com, Hilton said the album is "just for [the gays]".{{Cite web |title=Paris Hilton says her upcoming sophomore album is for the gays |url=https://www.pride.com/interviews/paris-hilton-album |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=www.pride.com |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206092348/https://www.pride.com/interviews/paris-hilton-album |url-status=live }} She worked with producer Benny Blanco and considered songs shared with her by Miley Cyrus and Meghan Trainor.{{Cite web |title=Paris Hilton Feels 'Beyond Honored' to Perform 'Stars Are Blind' and More at Pride Festival in NYC (Exclusive) |url=https://people.com/music/paris-hilton-performing-stars-are-blind-dj-set-dreamland-nyc-pride-exclusive/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=People |language=en |archive-date=2023-06-29 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230629052332/https://people.com/music/paris-hilton-performing-stars-are-blind-dj-set-dreamland-nyc-pride-exclusive/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite magazine |last=Mier |first=Tomás |date=2023-06-30 |title=Paris Hilton Declares Herself the 'Hot One' on Surprise Dance Banger |url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paris-hilton-hot-one-surprise-release-1234781091/ |access-date=2024-02-07 |magazine=Rolling Stone |language=en-US |archive-date=2023-07-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230705034352/https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paris-hilton-hot-one-surprise-release-1234781091/ |url-status=live }}

Infinite Icon incorporates different types of house music with pop music in each of its first three singles, with the lead single, "I'm Free" incorporating French house with synth-pop and nu-disco while "Chasin'" blends tropical house with pop music, "BBA" is an electroclash song that infuses big room with dance-pop, the final singles from the album, "ADHD" however is purely pop whereas "Without Love" is a dance track with electronic pop beats similar to hyperpop and also incorporates house music elements. {{Cite web |title=Review: Paris Hilton - Infinite Icon {{!}} Sputnikmusic |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89005/Paris-Hilton-Infinite-Icon/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241113151600/https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89005/Paris-Hilton-Infinite-Icon/ |archive-date=13 November 2024 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.sputnikmusic.com}}{{Cite web |last=Gotto |first=Connor |date=2024-09-03 |title=Paris Hilton – Infinite Icon |url=https://retropopmagazine.com/album-review-paris-hilton-infinite-icon/#google_vignette |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=RETROPOP |language=en-GB}}{{Cite web |title=Album Review: Paris Hilton's 'Infinite Icon' Arrives and It's Worth the 18 Year Wait! – Culture Fix |url=https://www.culturefix.co.uk/?p=30609 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240917092345/https://www.culturefix.co.uk/?p=30609 |archive-date=September 17, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=www.culturefix.co.uk}}{{Cite web |last=Manasco |first=Cole |title=Culture Pick {{!}} Paris Hilton's vibrant album "Infinite Icon" embraces self-gratitude and newly discovered joy |url=https://thecrimsonwhite.com/115708/culture/culture-pick-paris-hiltons-vibrant-album-infinite-icon-embraces-self-gratitude-and-newly-discovered-joy/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240920163954/https://thecrimsonwhite.com/115708/culture/culture-pick-paris-hiltons-vibrant-album-infinite-icon-embraces-self-gratitude-and-newly-discovered-joy/ |archive-date=September 20, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-13 |website=The Crimson White}}{{Citation |title=Infinite Icon by Paris Hilton on Apple Music |date=2024-09-06 |url=https://music.apple.com/us/album/infinite-icon/1759223140 |access-date=2024-11-14 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241117071008/https://music.apple.com/us/album/infinite-icon/1759223140 |archive-date=November 17, 2024 |url-status=live |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |date=2024-07-29 |title=Paris Hilton Is #Sliving in 'Iconic' Single Featuring Meghan Trainor |url=https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paris-hilton-meghan-trainor-iconic-single-64989/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240729173324/https://au.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/paris-hilton-meghan-trainor-iconic-single-64989/ |archive-date=July 29, 2024 |access-date=2024-11-14 |website=Rolling Stone Australia |language=en-AU}}{{Cite web |date=2024-11-23 |title='Without Love': Paris Hilton and María Becerra Deliver the Collaboration the Industry Needed |url=https://en.xmag.live/without-love-paris-hilton-and-maria-becerra-deliver-the-collaboration-the-industry-needed/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |language=es}}{{Cite web |last=LOS40 |date=2024-11-23 |title=Paris Hilton se atreve a probar el mate gracias a María Becerra y su colaboración 'Without Love' {{!}} Música |url=https://los40.com/2024/11/23/paris-hilton-se-atreve-a-probar-el-mate-gracias-a-maria-becerra-y-su-colaboracion-without-love/ |access-date=2024-11-24 |website=LOS40 |language=es-ES}}

Lyrically, Infinite Icon is primarily influenced by Hilton's longtime love of dance music and career as a disc jockey. She stated that performing "all around the world at music festivals, for thousands of people and being on stage and just really paying attention to what makes people move and how to create those unforgettable dancefloor moments —I wanted to bring that same energy into the album." The album also contains songs that traverse more nuanced topics such as her ADHD diagnosis, negative relationship experiences, the emptiness of fame, and her marriage and family life.

Hilton mentioned that she was recording an album produced by Sia on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon in October 2023,{{Cite web |date=2023-10-18 |title=Paris Hilton Just Announced a Sia-Produced Album on The Tonight Show |url=https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/paris-hilton-new-album-news-tonight-show |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=NBC.com |language=en-US |archive-date=2024-02-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240203233212/https://www.nbc.com/nbc-insider/paris-hilton-new-album-news-tonight-show |url-status=live }} and officially announced its title and release date in May 2024.{{Cite web |title=Paris Hilton Says She's 'Definitely' Bringing Her 'Babies' with Her on Tour This Summer at 2024 Grammys |url=https://people.com/grammys-2024-paris-hilton-bringing-kids-on-summer-tour-8558600 |access-date=2024-02-07 |website=People |language=en |archive-date=2024-02-06 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240206091254/https://people.com/grammys-2024-paris-hilton-bringing-kids-on-summer-tour-8558600 |url-status=live }}

Nylon magazine unveiled Hilton as the star of its September 2024 cover and hosted a release party for the album on September 5 that featured a live performance by her.{{Cite web |url=https://www.nylon.com/nylon-nights/nylon-nights-nyfw-september-2024-paris-hilton-recap |title=NYLON & Paris Hilton Stay Sliving with an Unforgettable Start to NYFW |date=September 6, 2024 |access-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-date=September 8, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240908035643/https://www.nylon.com/nylon-nights/nylon-nights-nyfw-september-2024-paris-hilton-recap |url-status=live }}

On June 13, 2024, Hilton announced "I'm Free" as the album's first single, featuring Japanese-English singer Rina Sawayama, via Instagram,{{Cite web |last=Pilley |first=Max |date=14 June 2024 |title=Rina Sawayama announces new single 'I'm Free' with Paris Hilton |url=https://www.nme.com/news/music/rina-sawayama-announces-new-single-im-free-with-paris-hilton-3765877 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240614194034/https://www.nme.com/news/music/rina-sawayama-announces-new-single-im-free-with-paris-hilton-3765877 |archive-date=14 June 2024 |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=NME}} showing a conversation between the singers.{{Cite web |last=Gotto |first=Connor |date=17 June 2024 |title=Paris Hilton teams up with Rina Sawayama on new single I'm Free |url=https://retropopmagazine.com/paris-hilton-teams-up-with-rina-sawayama-on-new-single-im-free/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240617124712/https://retropopmagazine.com/paris-hilton-teams-up-with-rina-sawayama-on-new-single-im-free/ |archive-date=17 June 2024 |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=Retro Pop Magazine}} She performed the song live in a pride party hosted by clothing company Alice + Olivia.{{Cite web |title=Paris Hilton fans gush 'our pop princess is back' as star performs new song I'm Free at event |url=https://flipthemedia.com/paris-hilton-fans-gush-our-pop-princess-is-back-as-star-performs-new-song-im-free-at-event-10715/ |access-date=19 June 2024 |website=Flip The Media |date=June 17, 2024 |archive-date=August 26, 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240826012304/https://flipthemedia.com/paris-hilton-fans-gush-our-pop-princess-is-back-as-star-performs-new-song-im-free-at-event-10715/ |url-status=live }} It was followed by two more singles —"Chasin'" (featuring Meghan Trainor) and "BBA" (featuring Megan Thee Stallion)— released on July 26 and September 6, respectively.

{{Music ratings

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| rev1score = {{rating|4|5}}{{AllMusic |class=album |id=infinite-icon-mw0004344627 |title=Review of Infinite Icon |last=Collar |first=Matt |access-date=November 25, 2024}}

| rev2 = Sputnikmusic

| rev2score = 2.3/5{{cite web |last=Jack |first=Benjamin |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Paris Hilton – Infinite Icon (review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89005/Paris-Hilton-Infinite-Icon |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=November 25, 2024}}

| rev3 = The Post

| rev3score = 3/5{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Brooke |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Paris Hilton preaches self-love, self-acceptance in “Infinite Icon” |url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2024/09/infinite-icon-paris-hiltion-album-review |access-date=March 27, 2025 |website=The Post}}

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Infinite Icon received mixed-to-positive reviews from critics. AllMusic's Matt Collar was positive, comparing its sound to Britney Spears and writing that "Infinite Icon builds nicely upon its predecessor, once again revealing Hilton to be a savvy spokesperson for her own stylishly campy brand and a pretty good singer to boot. […] At turns silly and heartfelt, Infinite Icon is both a return to form for Hilton and a sly deconstruction of her image.{{AllMusic |class=album |id=infinite-icon-mw0004344627 |title=Review of Infinite Icon |last=Collar |first=Matt |access-date=November 25, 2024}} While Brooke Phillips of The Post felt the album's material is "quite cheesy or out of the norm", she likened it to works of Carly Rae Jepsen and Dua Lipa, opining that it "shows a mature, demure version of Paris Hilton; however, she is not afraid to let the listener know she is still the "It Girl{{Sic}}" we have always known.{{Cite web |last=Phillips |first=Brooke |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Paris Hilton preaches self-love, self-acceptance in “Infinite Icon” |url=https://www.thepostathens.com/article/2024/09/infinite-icon-paris-hiltion-album-review |access-date=March 27, 2025 |website=The Post}}

Benjamin Jack of Sputnikmusic criticized Infinite Icon, believing it to be unmemorable and "parrots every major mainstream trend it can with far too much confidence, and still manages to feel completely irrelevant."{{cite web |last=Jack |first=Benjamin |date=September 11, 2024 |title=Paris Hilton – Infinite Icon (review) |url=https://www.sputnikmusic.com/review/89005/Paris-Hilton-Infinite-Icon |website=Sputnikmusic |access-date=November 25, 2024}} Washington Square News' Ellie Miller called the album "not hot" and, while believing a musical comeback for Hilton was possible, believed it "toes the line between being a passable pop album and another tired celebrity trying to appeal to a younger generation with repetitive lyrics and dull messages."{{Cite web |last=Miller |first=Ellie |date=September 17, 2024 |title=Review: Paris Hilton's 'Infinite Icon' is not hot! |url=https://nyunews.com/arts/music/2024/09/17/infinite-icon-review/ |access-date=March 27, 2025 |website=Washington Square News}}

Released on September 6, 2024, Infinite Icon debuted at number 38 on the US Billboard 200 chart with 18,000 album equivalent-units sold,{{cite magazine |last=Zellner |first=Xander |date=September 19, 2024 |title=Paris Hilton Returns to Album Charts for First Time in 18 Years |url=https://www.billboard.com/music/chart-beat/paris-hilton-infinite-icon-album-charts-return-1235779446/ |access-date=November 30, 2024 |magazine=Billboard}}

{{Track listing

| headline = Infinite Icon track listing

| extra_column = Producer(s)

| title1 = Welcome Back

| writer1 = {{hlist|Chloe Angelides|Fran Hall|Jesse Shatkin}}

| extra1 = Shatkin

| length1 = 2:15

| title2 = I'm Free

| note2 = with Rina Sawayama

| length2 = 3:02

| writer2 = {{hlist|Ultra Naté|Lem Springsteen|John Ciafone|Naliya|Rina Sawayama|Pierre Blondo|John-Adam Howard}}

| extra2 = {{hlist|House of Wolf|Naliya|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}|Ryland Brockington{{ref|a|[a]}}|Alex Frankel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| title3 = Chasin'

| note3 = featuring Meghan Trainor

| writer3 = {{hlist|Meghan Trainor|Ryan Trainor|Yannick Rastogi|Zacharie Raymond|Paris Hilton}}

| extra3 = {{hlist|Banx & Ranx|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length3 = 3:15

| title4 = BBA

| note4 = featuring Megan Thee Stallion

| writer4 = {{hlist|Deza|Lily Hormel|Myles Avery|Hilton|Shatkin|Frankel|Megan Pete}}

| extra4 = {{hlist|Avery|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}|Frankel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length4 = 2:55

| title5 = Fame Won't Love You

| note5 = with Sia

| writer5 = {{hlist|Sia|Greg Kurstin|Hilton}}

| extra5 = Kurstin

| length5 = 3:19

| title6 = ADHD

| writer6 = {{hlist|Shatkin|Hilton}}

| extra6 = Shatkin

| length6 = 3:23

| title7 = Legacy

| writer7 = {{hlist|Dallas Caton|Alex Chapman|Alexandra Veltri|Hilton}}

| extra7 = {{hlist|Caton|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}|Frankel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length7 = 2:18

| title8 = Stay Young

| writer8 = {{hlist|M. Trainor|Tyler Johnson|Kid Harpoon}}

| extra8 = {{hlist|Kid Harpoon|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}|Frankel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length8 = 3:30

| title9 = Infinity

| writer9 = {{hlist|M. Trainor|Justin Trainor}}

| extra9 = {{hlist|J. Trainor|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}|Brockington{{ref|a|[a]}}|Frankel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length9 = 2:44

| title10 = If the Earth Is Spinning

| note10 = featuring Sia

| writer10 = {{hlist|Emily Warren|Deza|Ludvig Söderberg|Sia|Hilton|Frankel}}

| extra10 = {{hlist|Söderberg|Shatkin{{ref|a|[a]}}|Frankel{{ref|a|[a]}}}}

| length10 = 3:13

| title11 = Without Love

| note11 = featuring María Becerra

| writer11 = {{hlist|Veltri|Chapman|Shatkin}}

| extra11 = Shatkin

| length11 = 2:46

| title12 = Adored

| writer12 = {{hlist|Caroline Ailin|Caroline Pennell|Shatkin}}

| extra12 = Shatkin

| length12 = 2:19

| total_length = 34:59

}}

Notes

• {{sup|{{note|a|[a]}}}} signifies an additional producer

• "I'm Free" contains an interpolation of "Free" by Ultra Naté.
• On some physical editions, Megan Thee Stallion is not featured on "BBA", which is listed as "Bad Bitch Academy" instead.

• Paris Hilton – lead vocals
• Jesse Shatkin – drum programming, keyboards (tracks 1–4, 6–12); drums, percussion (1–4, 6, 8, 9, 11, 12); bass (1, 6, 10–12), organ (1), piano (6), guitar (12)
• Taura Stinson – background vocals (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Chloe Angelides – background vocals (track 1)
• Rina Sawayama – background vocals (track 2)
• Erick Serna – guitar (tracks 3, 7)
• Keyon Harrold – trumpet (track 3)
• Alex Frankel – keyboards (tracks 4, 9, 10); piano, drum programming (10)
• Greg Kurstin – drums, percussion, bass, guitar, synthesizers, keyboards, piano, marimba (track 5)
• Samuel Dent – strings (track 6)
• Alex Chapman – background vocals (track 11)
• Alexandra Veltri – background vocals (track 11)
• Caroline Pennell – background vocals (track 12)

• Emily Lazar – mastering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Chris Gehringer – mastering (track 5)
• Clint Gibbs – mixing (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Greg Kurstin – mixing, engineering (track 5)
• Jesse Shatkin – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Samuel Dent – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Ezekiel Chabon – engineering (tracks 1–4, 6–12)
• Nathan Cimino – engineering (tracks 1, 2, 4, 7, 8, 12)
• Julian Burg – engineering (track 5)

• Brian Ziff – photography

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