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Lizzo, Jack Harlow, Blackpink, Maneskin to Perform at VMAs
Lizzo, Jack Harlow, Blackpink, and Maneskin have been added to the performance lineup for the MTV Video Music Awards, which will be handed out on Aug. 28 at the Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. They join previously-announced performers Anitta, J Balvin, Marshmello and Khalid, Panic! At The Disco, Kane Brown, and Nicki Minaj, the latter of whom is receiving the Michael Jackson Video Vanguard Award. Lizzo will perform “2 Be Loved,” from her latest album, Special. She’s up for four VMAs this year, including artist of the year and song of the year for “About Damn Time.” Harlow, who is tied with Kendrick Lamar and Lil Nas X with a leading seven nominations, will perform an as-yet-unannounced song. Blackpink will make its U.S. award show debut with the first American TV performance of the new s...
Megan Thee Stallion Faces Off Against Herself in New “Her” Music Video
Hot on the heels of the release of her sophomore studio album Traumazine, Megan Thee Stallion has dropped off the official music video for one of the record’s leading tracks, “Her.” Directed by Colin Tilley, the black-and-white visual sees the chart-topper perform fast-paced choreography alongside an army of backup dancers and engage in a showdown with a clone of herself. “Her” is the third Traumazine track to receive a video, following “Sweetest Pie” with Dua Lipa and “Plan B.” Traumazine, which clocks at roughly 50 minutes, hosts 18 tracks and guest appearances from artists including Key Glock, Latto, Pooh Shiesty, Rico Nasty, Jhené Aiko, Lucky Daye, Sauce Walka, Big Pokey and Lil Keke. The record is expected to debut at No. 2, moving roughly 40,000 to 50,000 album-equivalent u...
Hit-Boy Says He Produced Beyoncé’s ‘Renaissance’ Cut “Thique” 8 Years Ago
Beyoncé’s long-awaited seventh studio album, Renaissance, dropped late last month. In August 2021, the singer revealed that she had been working on the LP for about a year, though it wouldn’t be for about another year after that when she finally put out the project. While most singles on Renaissance were presumably recorded in the past few years, Hit-Boy says that one hit track, “Thique,” dates back to 2014. Speaking on Rolling Stone‘s Music Now podcast, the producer shared they were working on an early iteration of “Thique” in tandem with a different Beyoncé collaboration. The singer ultimately decided to shelve the beat but would go on to revisit it years later, eventually giving it a spot on her latest album. “I had to sit on that beat for eight years!” Hit-Boy said on the podcast. “Tha...
THQ Nordic Reboots ‘Alone In the Dark’ For Current-Gen Platforms
Horror fans will be delighted to learn that THQ Nordic is now rebooting Alone In the Dark for current-gen consoles and PC. The original game was first released all the way back in 1992 and THQ Nordic hopes to retain the core of its experience by bringing players back into the New Orleans of the 1920s, with the infamous Derceto Manor serving as the main setting once again for the title. Both protagonists Emily Hartwood and Edward Carnby will also return as playable characters and offer their own take on the game’s plot, although there’ll also be plenty of new influences on the reboot, including the addition of Soma and Amnesia: The Dark Descent writer Mikael Hedberg as well as long-time Guillermo del Toro collaborator Guy Davis, who’s responsible for the esteemed director’s m...
Prodrive Introduces a $50,000 USD Racing Simulator
Prodrive has just unveiled a $50,000 USD racing simulator. Made from the highest quality materials, the simulator sees 16 layers of birch steamed into a dynamic fluid shape and finished in lacquered gloss black, and the floating monocoque is made entirely from carbon fiber. Designed by CALLUM, the Prodrive Racing Simulator sees a 49-inch AOC Dual-QHD 5k resolution curved monitor (165Hz refresh rate), a mechanical pedal box, an electrically adjustable Cobra Nogaro Street seat, Bowers & Wilkins PX7 headphones, a Precision Sim Engineering LM Pro steering wheel (5 rotary dials, 12 push buttons & carbon fibre paddles), and is powered by a bespoke simulator computer with a 12GB GeForce RTX graphics card and 16GB memory. The simulator utilizes 35 years of accumulated racing knowledge and ...
‘Yakuza’ Franchise, ‘Ghost Recon Wildlands’ and More Are Coming to PlayStation Plus
Sony PlayStation Plus members will be receiving a handful of new titles to play on the console beginning tomorrow, August 16. The paid service, which functions similar to the Xbox Game Pass, offers a varied lineup of different online and multiplayer games, introducing new additions to its catalog each month. This month, the new games arriving on PS Plus include Bugsnax, an adventure game where players are challenged to explore an island and capture the titular creatures, and three titles from Sega’s Yakuza franchise. Inspired by classic yakuza films, the series brings together strategy, role-playing and action in an open-world format. Other games in the mix are Monopoly Madness, Monopoly Plus and UNO, PlayStation’s takes on the iconic real-life board and card games. There’s also the tactic...
Adele Talks Canceled Vegas Residency: ‘There Was Just No Soul in It’
Adele has spoken in detail for the first time about the circumstances behind the January cancellation of her planned residency at the Colosseum at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas, which will finally resume on Nov. 18. In an interview with Elle, the British vocalist admits “there was just no soul in” the show. “The stage setup wasn’t right. It was very disconnected from me and my band, and it lacked intimacy. And maybe I tried too hard to give it those things in such a controlled environment.” Many of the issues apparently stemmed from the Colosseum’s enormous, 15,7000-square foot stage. In the interview, Adele discusses sitting down and singing off-mic during the final dress rehearsal before the cancellation, an impromptu move that made her realize what was missing from the production. “They c...
A Woodstock Reminiscence
This week marks the 53rd anniversary of Woodstock — the music and art fair of 1969, originally announced as “An Aquarian Exposition,” which took place at Max Yasgur’s 600-acre dairy farm in Bethel, New York, after promoters couldn’t find a festival location in the town of Woodstock itself, a well-known haven for musicians at the time. I always think about Woodstock in August, because I was there. In 1969, I was 15 years old and my progressive parents (read: smart, but drug addled) bought me and my twin brother tickets for what would miraculously turn out to be an experience that unfolded in exactly the same way it was promised: 3 Days of Peace & Music. Could there have been other parents like my parents (is it even possible to imagine anybody can be like anybody else’s parents?) who ac...
Phatiah Dazzles At The Grand Finale Of The TeensThink 2022
Born Fatiah Kanyinsola Ojediran, this amazing wonderkid, who shockingly, only turns 14 in August, commanded the stage with an effervescent presence like a seasoned performer with decades of showmanship under her belt. As a Teen star, her musical prowess and showmanship synced with the goal of TeensThink (TT), a leadership, educative, and interactive platform geared toward building outstanding individuals and leaders. Also at the core of The TeensThink ecosystem is the development of digitally oriented minds with great marketable and communication skills with a wide interest in reading educational and informative materials to succeed. Phatiah’s music prowess has earned her the acknowledgment of the Governor of Lagos, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, who recognized her positive contributions to the state...
Julia Michaels: Authentic, Honest & True
“I love New York,” Julia Michaels tells me, only a few minutes into our interview, from her Los Angeles home. Straight off, the singer and songwriter, who will turn 29 this year, is a lesson in dichotomies. She loves New York because it “feels communal,” in stark contrast to the place that Dorothy Parker once deemed “72 suburbs in search of a city,” a sentiment Michaels seems to echo. “LA is so spread out and nobody really walks here and it doesn’t…it doesn’t have the same liveliness, I think,” she says. In pursuit of an acting career, her father moved the family to California from Iowa when Michaels was a child, changing his last name professionally from Cavazos to Michaels in the process, a tradition she carried on. “I don’t think it’s the environment that makes humans, humans,” she wise...
LF System’s ‘Afraid to Feel’ Enters Week 6 Atop U.K. Singles Chart
LF System feels like a champion for another week, as the Scottish electronic production duo extends its chart reign with “Afraid to Feel” (via Warner Records). The disco-chaneling tune has now led the Official U.K. Singles Chart for six unbroken weeks, and it’s again the most-streamed single in the country, racking up more than 5.5 million plays, the OCC reports. “Afraid to Feel” holds off Beyonce’s “Break My Soul” (Columbia) which stays at No. 2 in its eighth week, for its equal best position. With its runner-up finish, Beyonce again misses out on a chart double as her LP Renaissance enters a second week atop the national albums survey. The highest new entry on the latest U.K. singles chart, published Aug. 12, belongs to KSI and Tom Grennan with “Not Over Yet” (Atlantic) new No. 4. ...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Welcome Family, Dish the Hits at ‘Emotional’ Detroit Concert
It was a special family and friends night — with a guest appearance onstage by drummer Chad Smith’s mother — when the Red Hot Chili Peppers‘ played Detroit’s Comerica Park on Sunday night (Aug. 14). Smith hails from the Detroit suburb of Bloomfield Hills, while frontman Anthony Kiedis was born and raised in Grand Rapids, Mich. Both of their mothers, Joan and Peggy, respectively, attended the show, along with other members of their families. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news After finishing the show with “By the Way,” Smith — who sported an olde English D, the Detroit Tigers’ logo, on his bass drum head — addressed the crowd of about 33,000, telling fans that “it means the world to us that you’ve supported us all these years, and it means ...
