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Hot 100 First-Timers: Joony Scores First Chart Entry Thanks to Feature on Brent Faiyaz’s ‘FYTB’
Joony makes his first appearance on the Billboard Hot 100 chart (dated July 23), thanks to his featured credit on Brent Faiyaz’s “FYTB,” which debuts at No. 97. The track starts with 5.7 million U.S. streams in the July 8-14 tracking week, according to Luminate. It appears on Faiyaz’s sophomore LP Wasteland, which dropped July 8 (on the Lost Kids label) and debuts at No. 1 on Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums and No. 2 on the Billboard 200 with 88,000 equivalent album units. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It’s such a beautiful thing,” Joony tells Billboard. “It’s such a big thing for Black music and hip-hop and R&B to be the No. 2 album in the country independently — as an independent artist. It’s amazing.” “FYTB” earns the 21-year-old Silv...
Hear Japanese Breakfast and SE SO NEON’s So!YoON! on Korean Version of ‘Be Sweet’
Japanese Breakfast is paying tribute to its leader Michelle Zauner’s Korean heritage with the release today (July 20) of a Korean-language version of its track “Be Sweet.” The new recording features vocal contributions from So!YoON!, the frontperson of eclectic Korean band SE SO NEON. “Be Sweet” is a key track from Japanese Breakfast’s latest Dead Oceans album, Jubilee, which garnered two Grammy nominations. The song has been played on Saturday Night Live, found its way into The Sims 4 video game and even had a beer named after it by Goose Island Brewery. “We thought it would be fun to put out a special Korean version of ‘Be Sweet’ preceding our upcoming performance in Seoul,” which will take place Aug. 6 at the Incheon Pentaport Rock Festival. “I’m very grateful Yaeji helped me with the t...
1Spirit & Theophilus Sunday – Edoh Mi Deh
Highly spirit-filled music minister 1 Spirit and Theophilus Sunday has unleashed a special and soul-lifting melody he named “Edoh Mi Deh” mp3 download. Edoh Mi Deh is another song by Theophilus Sunday that has been making a tremendous wave off different platforms of social media after Minister Theophilus Sunday and his team ministered this beautiful tune at pastor Onyeke’s Peculiar Church of Glory Anyigba. Edoh Mi Deh is in his local dialect which happens to be the Igala language from Kogi State in Nigeria. Edoh Mi Deh is a lovely, native religious song that should be part of everyone’s playlist. Minister Theophilus Sunday is a lyricist, vocalist, praise, and worship leader that has traveled the globe as a result of his highly spirited songs. He is the writer of this amazing Igala song lab...
Theophilus Sunday – State of Your Heart
Gospel music minister, 1Spirit and Theophilus Sunday comes through with another beautiful worship song he tagged “State of your heart” mp3 download. Minister Theophilus Sunday is a gospel prolific musician, vocalist, praise, and worship leader that has been a mighty blessing to this generation. Theophilus Sunday is a Nigerian minister, gospel Artist, and choir director who has a unique voice with an unusual anointing. Minister Theophilus Sunday has taught upcoming musicians that they can influence their generation irrespective of their location. Who would have thought that such spirit-filled songs by Theophilus will ever come forth from a small town like Anyigba in Kogi State? The assertion “can any good thing come out from Nazareth?” has been answered by the enormous impact Theophilus Sun...
A Day In The Life of… SOFI TUKKER
“We met in college at an art gallery. We were both booked to play the same event. I was there with a jazz trio playing mostly bossa-nova inspired music and Tuck was the DJ after me that night,” recalls Sophie Hawley-Weld of first meeting Tucker Halpern, the other half of SOFI TUKKER. “He came early and saw me play and ended up remixing one of my songs on the spot. I remember thinking he was very tall. The dude’s 6’7”. You don’t see it often.” Since that fateful meeting at Brown University in 2014, they two have been making some sweet (sassy/fun/upbeat) music together. “It’ll make you dance,” Tucker says. “And hopefully feel good. It’s got global influences. And it mixes raw and real instruments with electronic sounds.” Sophie attributes their special magic to the fact that they’r...
The 50 Worst Songs By Otherwise Great Artists
Most music is crap. But then again, as science fiction writer Theodore Sturgeon once said, when asked why so much science fiction was garbage, 90% of everything is crap. So it’s only really news when a great musician or band puts out a turgid stinker. And they do. You don’t know if they know, or know and don’t care, or if they are just U2 and know, don’t care and deep down don’t believe it anyway. And maybe, twisted alternate universe thinking, it’s a sign of greatness that a performer/band appears on a list like this, because it means they’ve been around so long at the top that the law of averages trips them up and even the gods make a mistake. At least, if they weren’t great, we probably wouldn’t have noticed… This list is not meant to be mean spirited! Really! Admittedly, it is ...
Chance The Rapper Bringing Music Festival to Ghana in Early 2023
Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa are the leading the charge on the Black Star Line festival, a major music gathering to be held in Black Star Square in Accra, Ghana, on Jan. 6, 2023. The Chicago-based artists made the announcement over the weekend in front of Ghanian fashion collective Free the Youth’s flagship store. “When Vic and I started our careers and started touring, we did shows all over the U.S.,” Chance said. “Eventually we started touring in Europe [and] we did shows in Asia, South America, Central America, but we never had a chance to play our music for the people who support us the most. When we came here and touched down and felt the love that we received and the fans that we got to connect with, the understanding for the need for the connection became apparent to us. We need ...
A New Monthly Rave Series Is Coming to Rwanda
Rwanda’s EDM scene is pretty quiet, but Nep DJs are hoping to crank up the volume with their new monthly EDM event series, “The Rave Party.” Nep DJs are a rising dance music duo who have performed at the Kigali Jazz Junction, Rwanda’s premier music event, which takes place annually in the country’s capital. Iyarwema Kaysan Bertrand (Berto) and Kamugisha Habib (Habs) of Nep DJs are reportedly launching “The Rave Party,” which will feature amapiano, house music and more across a one- to two-hour DJ set, Berto told The New Times. Nep DJs hope the new series will spark a bigger movement to adopt electronic dance music culture across Rwanda. Habs said that EDM is gaining traction in the East African country, but fans and listeners don’t have a loc...
Titus Andronicus Announce New Album The Will to Live, Share New Song
01 My Mother Is Going to Kill Me02 (I’m) Screwed03 I Can Not Be Satisfied04 Bridge and Tunnel05 Grey Goo06 Dead Meat07 An Anomaly08 Give Me Grief09 Baby Crazy10 All Through the Night11 We’re Coming Back12 69 Stones Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Titus Andronicus: 09-24 Atlantic City, NJ – Frantic City Festival09-30 Carrboro, NC – Cat’s Cradle10-01 Columbia, SC – Jam Room Festival 10-03 Atlanta, GA – The Earl10-04 Nashville, TN – Drkmttr10-05 Oxford, MS – Proud Larry”s10-06 New Orleans, LA – One Eyed Jack’s10-07 San Antonio, TX – Paper Tiger10-08 Austin, TX – Far Out10-09 Dallas, TX – Deep Ellum Art Co10-10 Tulsa, OK – The Vanguard10-12 Fayetteville, AR – George’s Maje...
Maya Hawke’s NSFW Video for “Thérèse” Depicts a Woodland Orgy: Watch
Maya Hawke has unleashed the music video for “Thérèse,” the first single from her upcoming sophomore album, Moss. The cinematic, NSFW visual stars the Stranger Things actor, her brother Levon Hawke, and many more in a wild late-night bust in the woods. The video, helmed by Vox Lux director Brady Corbet, depicts Hawke engaged in a naked moonlight tryst that develops into an all-out woodland orgy. But just as the song’s fragile acoustic melody opens up to its riveting guitar solo crescendo, the group is discovered and subsequently restrained by police. Hawke leads the nude procession single-file, facing down the camera for the final verse with an unbreakable boldness. Watch the visual for “Thérèse” below. In an interview with Dazed, Hawke said, “Brady saw the video very clearly in his h...
Kerry King Prepares to Launch Post-Slayer Project, Confirms Paul Bostaph as Drummer
Kerry King is getting ready to debut his long-gestating post-Slayer project. In a new interview, the guitarist said he was waiting out the pandemic before launching the band, and that it won’t be that much longer before he unveils the project. He also confirmed that Slayer drummer Paul Bostaph was on board. This comes after the guitarist revealed he was sitting on two albums’ worth of new material in 2020. “You know me, so you know what it’s going to sound like,” he told Metal Hammer. “I played this new song for a buddy, and I said to him, ‘If there’s anything I’ve written in the last few years that sounds like Slayer, it’s this.’ And he said, ‘That sounds like you could have pulled it off of any Slayer record.’” Related Video Regarding the band’s lineup, King refrained from naming a...
Elton John Says Women Are “Making the Best Music”
Despite his legendary status, Elton John keeps his pulse on current artists, and in his opinion, women are “making the best music” right now. The Rocket Man made the proclamation in a new interview with Music Week while name-dropping a variety of acts, including Consequence Artist of the Month alums Nova Twins and Wet Leg. However, he did take a moment to praise fellow UK musician Sam Fender. “It’s so great to see Nova Twins, Wet Leg, Let’s Eat Grandma, The Linda Lindas, Haim, and all these girls rocking out and making the best music,” John said. “Apart from Sam Fender, none of the boys are doing it, the girls are. It’s a breath of fresh air, because it comes from innocence and pure joy and that, for me, is what music is about.” Advertisement Related Video Elsewhere in the interview, ...
