Over a year ago, Drake went full grime. The part-time rapper, full-time method actor broke out a British accent, co-opted London slang, and mimicked the hand movements of his UK idols during a freestyle on Link Up TV. It was a month removed from Pusha T’s “The Story of Adidon,” …
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Megan Thee Stallion has teamed up with rapper Maxo Kream for a music video for his track “She Live,” off his album Brandon Banks. The video, directed by Omar Jones, takes its inspiration from memorable VH1 reality shows “I Love New York” and “Flavor of Love.” In the clip, Maxo …
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Banks performed her recent track “Contaminated” on The Late Show alongside an orchestra, giving the heartbroken song an evocative and bittersweet vibe. The emotional track comes off the musician’s recent third album III. As the string section soars, Banks passionately croons, “And I wish I could change it/ And we’re …
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Post Malone has revealed the lineup for his second annual Posty Fest, for November 2nd at the AT&T Stadium in Arlington, Texas. Pharrell Williams, Meek Mill and Rae Sremmurd top the bill alongside Malone himself. Other performers include Jaden Smith, Doja Cat, Dominic Fike, Beach Fossils and Yella Breezy. Tickets …
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If you’ve kept half an eye on music industry shenanigans this year, you’ll know that Spotify isn’t exactly popular with songwriters. The Swedish streaming service has joined forces with Amazon, Google, and Sirius XM/Pandora to appeal a statutory pay rise for composers and their publishers from on-demand streaming services in …
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LaShawn Daniels, a Grammy Award-winning songwriter, died Tuesday as a result of injuries from a car accident at the age of 41, according to CNN. His writing credits spanned decades and genres, and included hits like Whitney Houston’s “It’s Not Right but It’s OK,” Michael Jackson’s “You Rock My World,” …
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FKA Twigs will embark on a North American tour of herMagdaleneshow after debuting with several preview performances earlier this year. The tour will be in support of her forthcoming album of the same name, scheduled for release this fall. TheMagdalene Tour marks FKA Twigs’ first headlining tour in three years, …
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Jesse Malin mixes performance video with performance art in the music video for his song “When You’re Young.” “Wake up, don’t waste your life on things that don’t get better,” he sings, advocating for self-care and knowing when to cut your losses and move on, while his band goofs around …
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Sam Smith and Rufus Wainwright will each duet with Renée Zellweger on the Judy soundtrack. The biopic of the same name, in which Zellweger plays a latter-day Judy Garland, will hit theaters on September 27th. Smith will join Zellweger for “Get Happy,” one of Garland’s most beloved and best known …
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Tegan and Sara revisit the Nineties and that teenage desire to escape in the new video for “I’ll Be Back Someday.” The song will appear on the duo’s forthcoming album, Hey, I’m Just Like You, out September 27th via Sire. The LP is based on material Tegan and Sara wrote …
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