Entertainment

Sivasri Skandaprasad interview: On Carnatic music, tryst with dance and her first film song for AR Rahman  The Hindu

Kanye West and Ty Dolla $ign's Vultures Volume 1 is looking to open at No. 1 on next week's Billboard 200 chart.As per HITS Daily Double, Vultures is projected to debut with a total of 140,000 equivalent album units, including 15,000 in album sales. If forecasts are correct, this will mark Ye's 11th No. 1 effort and Ty's first on the Billboard 200.Next week's top 10 will also see the debut of Usher's Coming Home, which is projected to open at No. 3 with 78,000 equivalent album units and 47,000 in album sales. The album arrived just before his Super Bowl Halftime Show performance, which also propelled his 2004 album Confessions to No. 19 on the chart.Click here to view full gallery at Hypebeast

Roddy Ricch emerged victorious in the copyright infringement lawsuit involving his 2019 hit "The Box" and Greg Perry's 1975 cut "Come on Down."As per Rolling Stone, US District Judge Analisa Torres ruled that “no reasonable jury could find that the works are substantially similar," and that the musical composition of Perry's track "is a soul song that contains a melodic tune, while ‘The Box’ is a hip-hop song delivered in a monotone rap." Judge Torres added in her eight-page ruling that the beats per minute (BPMs) of "Come on Down" and "The Box" are vastly different at 96 BPM and 58 BPM, respectively, and that the former heavily features acoustic instruments while the latter utilizes a synthesizer.There's also the matter of the "feel" of the two songs; the judge described "Come on Down" as...

Bad Bunny Says He Would’ve Worked in Culinary Arts If Music Career Didn’t Work Out  Hollywood Reporter

Four Tet has been in the music industry for well over two decades but the in past few years, he’s been more active than ever. Last year, the British musician teamed up with Skrillex and Fred again.. in the studio, and then went on to perform alongside them at Coachella.In January, he returned with a new single called “Loved,” which could be the first taste of a forthcoming album. For his next move, Four Tet is organizing a music festival in New York.Dubbed Four Tet & Friends, the two-day event is scheduled to take place on Saturday, May 4 and Sunday, May 5. The location is particularly surprising, as it’s going down “under the K bridge” in Brooklyn’s Greenpoint neighborhood.“This is a party under a bridge curated by Four Tet,” the poster reads.Four Tet will perform two sets on Saturday...

Brent Faiyaz continues to establish himself as an audiovisual artist, unveiling a stream of clean, cinematic music videos for a handful of his Wasteland tracks. The multifaceted musician has previewed the second set of visuals coming from his most recent album Larger Than Life just in time for Valentine's Day, which sees the artist shooting his shot with award-winning actress Lupita Nyong'o. Faiyaz is not accompanying fan-favorite cut "WY@" with just another music video, but rather a fully-fledged short film written and directed alongside Nyong'o. View this post on InstagramA post shared by Lupita Nyong'o (@lupitanyongo)In the trailer for the "WY@" short film, the two are seated at a table on set together. "Do you really know how difficult it is to stay in character while I'm looking ...