Track appears on My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3
Celebrated singer/songwriter Rita Wilson has shared her infectious, dance-infused new single, “Oli Mazi (We Are All Together),” featuring guest vocalist Christos Mastoras, available now via Sing It Loud LLC. Co-written by Wilson and hitmaker and award-winning/ honorary Oscar recipient Diane Warren, the track was co-produced by Rita, Emanuel “Eman” Kiriakou & Zhone, rounding out the fittingly Greek team who worked on the track. The feel-good anthem serves as the ultimate souvenir from the anticipated film, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, opening in theaters on September 8th.
“Oli Mazi (We Are All Together),” conveys themes of family reflected in the wildly popular My Big Fat Greek Wedding film franchise – the song was penned for the third installment of the film. Rita relished the opportunity to join forces with Diane Warren for the first collaboration between these two forces of nature in both music and film. Fellow Greek vocalist Christos Mastoras, who Rita has previously worked with on the track, “Le Me Be,” effortlessly blends his inviting vocals with Rita’s warm, distinctive voice on the exuberant song that will leave audiences dancing in the aisles.
“Greek people are known for their love of family. Oli mazi means “all together.” The song is about bringing people together whether it’s your birth family or chosen family, being there for each other and celebrating that love and connection,” Wilson explains. “No man is a (Greek) island. (Thank you, John Donne.) We need each other. I’m excited about collaborating again with Greek artist Christos Mastoras, and to have co-written ‘Oli Mazi (We Are All Together)’ with my dear friend, the great Diane Warren.”
“At a time when we seem so far apart, I hope ‘Oli Mazi’ which means all together, can maybe bring us a little closer,” Warren states.
“After our first collaboration on ‘Let Me Be’ it’s such a great pleasure to work with Rita Wilson again on this new song for My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3, a movie that I’m a huge fan of,” adds Mastoras. “‘Oli Mazi (We Are All Together)’ is a song that I loved from the moment Rita shared it with me. I hope people love it as much as we do.”
Christos Mastoras is a multi-talented frontman of the popular Greek band Melisses and one of the best-selling male artists ever in his native Greece. With his band, he has over 100 million streams on Spotify and 600 million YouTube views, sold out 1500 shows and received 23 music awards (10 of them for Best Group) in Greece. He has also released several solo hit singles.
Written and directed by Nia Vardalos, My Big Fat Greek Wedding 3 stars Vardalos, John Corbett, Louis Mandylor, Elena Kampouris, Gia Carides, Joey Fatone with Lainie Kazan and Andrea Martin. The worldwide phenomenon returns with this new adventure as the Portokalos family travels to a family reunion in Greece for a heartwarming and hilarious trip full of love, twists and turns. The film was produced by Rita Wilson, p.g.a., Tom Hanks and Gary Goetzman, and executive produced by Paul Brooks, Scott Niemeyer, Steven Shareshian and Nia Vardalos.
We chatted with Rita during CMA Fest. Rita will be performing at Nashville’s famous Ryman on October 10th at The Prine Family Presents: You Got Gold, celebrating the songs of John Prine and benefitting The Hello in There Foundation.
