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Bop Shop: Songs From Bartees Strange, Wonho, The Beths, And More
Princess Nokia is back, and she’s giving flowers to the divas who have inspired her. “I feel like Beyoncé / I feel like Shakira / Lemonade, I’m juicy / Hips don’t lie, Selena / Britney, Christina, rest in peace Aaliyah,” she sings on the track’s ethereal refrain, channeling the female music trailblazers who came before her both sonically and spiritually. The influence doesn’t stop there, and she uses the single’s verses to spit some rhymes and celebrate her lineage as well: “I just learn from these women, do whatever it takes / I’m the daughter of the witches that they burned at the stake.” It’s a meditative, summer-flavored take on a self empowerment anthem, ensuring that by the end, you’ve found your own inner diva. —Carson Mlnarik You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for ...
Bop Shop: Songs From Bartees Strange, Wonho, The Beths, And More
Princess Nokia is back, and she’s giving flowers to the divas who have inspired her. “I feel like Beyoncé / I feel like Shakira / Lemonade, I’m juicy / Hips don’t lie, Selena / Britney, Christina, rest in peace Aaliyah,” she sings on the track’s ethereal refrain, channeling the female music trailblazers who came before her both sonically and spiritually. The influence doesn’t stop there, and she uses the single’s verses to spit some rhymes and celebrate her lineage as well: “I just learn from these women, do whatever it takes / I’m the daughter of the witches that they burned at the stake.” It’s a meditative, summer-flavored take on a self empowerment anthem, ensuring that by the end, you’ve found your own inner diva. —Carson Mlnarik You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for ...
Watch: Daft Punk Unveil Rare Behind-the-Scenes Footage From 1998’s “Revolution 909” Music Video
Although Daft Punk are officially no more, they seemingly still has plenty of content for hungry fans. The legendary electronic music tandem have released behind-the-scenes footage from the making of the music video for “Revolution 909,” the fifth and final single from their seminal debut album Homework. The clip was uploaded to Daft Punk’s official YouTube channel. Operating almost like found footage, the nostalgic video, which depicts a rave in an alley, perfectly captures the essence of the 90s with its 4:3 aspect ratio. In just five short minutes, it highlights the various locations where the music video was shot and offers insights into the duo’s artistic direction, which famously incorporated tomatoes. Check out the rare “Revolution 909” ...
ADE’s Arts and Culture Expands to Include Artist Residencies and New Experiences In 2022
The organizers of Amsterdam Dance Event are taking its arts and culture initiative to the next level. Following last year’s successful debut, ADE’s Arts and Culture program is set to return with a series of experiential crossover activations. The sheer amount of new residencies and projects only serves to reinforce the summit as the world’s most influential hub for electronic music enthusiasts. Just a year after introducing an expansion, the leading dance music conference is introducing its very first artist residencies. Among the first to be announced is Tamara Shogaolu, an award-winning director who will showcase her transformation of the Westerkerk church into a Panama rainforest. Another is contemporary artist Nick Verstand, whose “Within Without II” ...
Madlib, Japanese Breakfast, Jungle Take Home 2022 Libera Awards: See the Full List of Winners
The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) has revealed the recipients of this year’s Libera Awards, which honors the successes of the independent music community. Held on June 16th, 2022, the ceremony celebrated the 10th anniversary of the Liberas with an in-person, ticketed gala at New York City’s iconic Webster Hall. EDM.com proudly presented this year’s Libera Award for Best Dance Record, nabbed by British electronic band jungle, whose Loving In Stereo album is a sultry rush of funk and soul. American Association of Independent Music Focusing on industry and advocacy awards, the night’s pièce de résistance was the Independent Icon Award, won by renowned DJ and record producer Madlib. Revered for his seminal collaborations with the late MF DOOM, among o...
Sunset Music Festival Celebrates 10 Years of Uniting People Through Dance Music
A decade since the company embarked on the journey to bring a massive electronic music festival to Tampa, Disco Donnie Presents recently celebrated the 10-year anniversary of Sunset Music Festival. Taking place at Raymond James Stadium, the fest has now grown to become one of the East Coast’s most beloved music festivals in the sphere of EDM. There’s energy felt all throughout the festival that is very unique to SMF—like being home. It emanates from a high level of care put into each and every detail of this event, and with each year the Sunset community not only grows larger, but also more dedicated. Known for its monumental stage designs, SMF built two equally massive stages. With its gargantuan double arch structure, the Eclipse stage stands tall above the cr...
How Post Malone Kept His Momentum Going With ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’
Last week, Post Malone returned with his first album in three years, Twelve Carat Toothache, which also marked his first album with newly relaunched Republic Records imprint Mercury Records. And this week, that album debuted at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 — his fourth straight top five album on the chart — and at No. 1 on the Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart, maintaining a streak of No. 1s that dates back to his debut album, 2016’s Stoney. It’s a success for both Post and his label Mercury, which is run by his longtime A&R Tyler Arnold as president, as well as parent label Republic. And it’s another win for Republic’s executive vp of global commerce and digital strategy Kevin Lipson, who oversaw the rollout and the marketing moments that touched almost every aspect of physical and digit...
John Legend & Muni Long’s New Single Is Sweeter Than ‘Honey’: Listen
John Legend and Muni Long officially have a contender for song of the summer. The R&B power duo just dropped a sultry, jazz-inspired new duet titled “Honey,” marking the second single to be released from Legend’s upcoming eighth studio album. Produced by Ryan Tedder, Steven Franks, Lindgren and Tommy Brown, “Honey” finds the “All of Me” singer and Long taking one verse apiece to riff about how addictively sweet their respective lovers are over groovy, slow jam guitar strums. “So many ways to explore,” sings Legend on the track. “Every day wanting more. All for a chase, for a taste I can’t ignore.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “You’re sweeter than honey,” the vocalists continue. “Worth more than money, easy like Sunday.” In celebration of...
Drake Triples Down, Promises Poetry Book and Another ‘Scary Hours’ Pack in 2022
Drake‘s new Honestly, Nevermind album isn’t the only surprise the OVO boss has in store this year. During the debut episode of his new SiriusXM show Table For One on Thursday night (June 16), Drizzy also teased a few more projects he’s got planned, including a book of poetry and the next installment of his Scary Hours EP collection. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On the first episode of the new show on his Sound42 Sirius channel — which premiered just before the 14-track Nevermind album dropped — Drake said, “Thank you to everybody who helped me with this. Shout-out to Kenza. Kenza, I love you. I want to send you some love. Me and Kenza have a book coming out this year — we have a book coming out this year, a poetry book.” The latter i...
Black Eyed Peas Drop Intergalactic ‘Don’t You Worry’ Single & Video With Shakira, David Guetta: Watch
Were you starting to miss the Black Eyed Peas and Shakira? Don’t you worry, they’ve got a brand new song and music video out now with David Guetta called “Don’t You Worry,” a feel good, space-themed summer anthem. The new music video finds the three rap stars behind BEP — will.i.am, apl.de.ap, and Taboo — playing aliens who come in peace to Shakira’s home planet, where the “Hips Don’t Lie” singer leads the charge in greeting and communicating with the extraterrestrial newcomers. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Don’t you worry, don’t you worry about a thing,” the quartet sings, with Shakira later transforming into a silver alien being and beaming herself and the Black Eyed Peas into a pyramid-shaped space ship. “Everything’s gonna be alright.” ...
Tirzah Releases New Colourgrade Remix Album: Listen
Tirzah has shared a remix album of her most recent LP Colourgrade. The new one, Highgrade, includes reworks from Arca, Actress, Lafawndah, Loraine James, Wu-Lu, and more. Tirzah has issued the digital edition of Highgrade today, and will follow it up with a 2xLP release on September 23 via Domino. You can stream Highgrade in full below. “The pieces can live another life and come together as a collection of hybrids,” Tirzah said of Highgrade in a press release. “So very grateful to all the artists. Thanking them all for the music.” Tirzah dropped Colourgrade last year, after releasing her debut album Devotion in 2018. More recently, the British singer-songwriter shared the single “Ribs,” which she co-wrote with her frequent collaborators Mica Levi and Coby Sey. Find out where Colourgrade la...
Kendrick Lamar Visits Ghana, Talks New Album in Spotify Mini-Doc: Watch
Concurrent with the release of his new album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar made his first-ever visit to Accra, Ghana. The trip was captured for a short Spotify documentary. In the video, Lamar visits the Freedom Skatepark, which the late Virgil Abloh helped fund, and he also calls Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers his “most present” album. In addition, Lamar discusses some of the album’s themes, including therapy. Watch Spotify’s “A Day in Ghana With Kendrick Lamar” below. Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers had the biggest No. 1 debut of 2022. Following the album’s release, Lamar shared a video for “N95.” And, ahead of the LP, Lamar issued “The Heart Part 5,” which arrived with an uncanny deepfake video. Read Pitchfork’s “5 Takeaways From Kendrick Lamar’s New Album Mr. M...
