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YouTube Shorts Throws Down Challenge to TikTok, Hits 1.5B Monthly Viewers
As YouTube’s short-form video platform gains momentum against competitors like TikTok and Reels, more than 1.5 billion users view Shorts content every month, the company said on Wednesday. Alphabet CEO Sundar Pichai last shared in April that YouTube had 2 billion logged-in users each month, while YouTube Shorts averaged more than 30 billion daily views. The Shorts monthly viewership figures come in contrast to TikTok, which said it surpassed 1 billion monthly active users last September. The YouTube figures account for logged-in users who have viewed at least one Shorts video on the platform in the span of a month, which doesn’t necessarily differentiate between users who are intentionally seeking out Shorts videos or those who accidentally happen upon them when using YouTube. According to...
Gunna Shares New “Banking on Me” Video: Watch
Gunna has shared a music video for his Valentine’s Day single “Banking on Me.” The rapper directed the romantic clip, which you can watch below. Yesterday (June 14), on his 29th birthday, Gunna issued his first statement about his current incarceration on racketeering charges. Gunna was arrested in May and listed among 28 defendants (one of whom is Young Thug) in a RICO indictment of the label YSL (aka Young Slime Life, Young Stoner Life, and Young Slatt Life). The 56-count indictment defines YSL as a “criminal street gang” with ties to the Bloods. Gunna pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to violate the RICO act. He was denied bond and is set to go to trial in 2023. “I am being falsely accused and will never stop fighting to clear my name!” Gunna wrote in his statement yesterday. “As a Black...
Gunna Shares New “Banking on Me” Video: Watch
Gunna has shared a music video for his Valentine’s Day single “Banking on Me.” The rapper directed the romantic clip, which you can watch below. Yesterday (June 14), on his 29th birthday, Gunna issued his first statement about his current incarceration on racketeering charges. Gunna was arrested in May and listed among 28 defendants (one of whom is Young Thug) in a RICO indictment of the label YSL (aka Young Slime Life, Young Stoner Life, and Young Slatt Life). The 56-count indictment defines YSL as a “criminal street gang” with ties to the Bloods. Gunna pleaded not guilty to conspiracy to violate the RICO act. He was denied bond and is set to go to trial in 2023. “I am being falsely accused and will never stop fighting to clear my name!” Gunna wrote in his statement yesterday. “As a Black...
Diamanda Galás Announces New Album Broken Gargoyles
Diamanda Galás has announced her first new album in two years. It’s called Broken Gargoyles and it’s due out August 26 via Intravenal Sound Operations. The LP consists of two lengthy songs, “Mutilatus” and “Abiectio,” which she composed in 2020 during the beginning of the pandemic. Technically, Diamanda Galás recorded “Mutilatus” back in 2012 and 2013 in collaboration with recording engineer Kris Townes. The song contains segments from Georg Heym’s poems “Das Fieberspital” and “Die Dämonen der Stadt.” The second part of Broken Gargoyles, “Abiectio,” draws inspiration from the Heym poems “Der Blinde,” “Der Hunger,” and the last verses of “Das Fieberspital.” The Broken Gargoyles’ CD will come with a 24 page booklet featuring four Heym poems in both German and English, four paintings by Galás...
Diamanda Galás Announces New Album Broken Gargoyles
Diamanda Galás has announced her first new album in two years. It’s called Broken Gargoyles and it’s due out August 26 via Intravenal Sound Operations. The LP consists of two lengthy songs, “Mutilatus” and “Abiectio,” which she composed in 2020 during the beginning of the pandemic. Technically, Diamanda Galás recorded “Mutilatus” back in 2012 and 2013 in collaboration with recording engineer Kris Townes. The song contains segments from Georg Heym’s poems “Das Fieberspital” and “Die Dämonen der Stadt.” The second part of Broken Gargoyles, “Abiectio,” draws inspiration from the Heym poems “Der Blinde,” “Der Hunger,” and the last verses of “Das Fieberspital.” The Broken Gargoyles’ CD will come with a 24 page booklet featuring four Heym poems in both German and English, four paintings by Galás...
Father John Misty Releases Lana Del Rey’s “Buddy’s Rendezvous” Cover: Listen
“Buddy’s Rendezvous” is a world unto itself. It is a place out of time. My dream for the video is that it would surrender itself to the power of the song. An unnamed man (played by Craig Stark), fresh out of jail and down on his luck makes his way across the fractured landscape of Los Angeles to meet his daughter (played by Arrow DeWilde). All the while he is beset by memories of a more innocent time. Despite her hesitance, his daughter and her boyfriend (played by Gilbert Trejo) agree to meet her father and find moments of sadness and sparks of tenderness in the connection made. Although the video and the song can be considered love letters to Los Angeles, the themes are universal. Disappointments, regrets, forgiveness, tenderness, perseverance, and love. The incredible performances by Ar...
Father John Misty Releases Lana Del Rey’s “Buddy’s Rendezvous” Cover: Listen
“Buddy’s Rendezvous” is a world unto itself. It is a place out of time. My dream for the video is that it would surrender itself to the power of the song. An unnamed man (played by Craig Stark), fresh out of jail and down on his luck makes his way across the fractured landscape of Los Angeles to meet his daughter (played by Arrow DeWilde). All the while he is beset by memories of a more innocent time. Despite her hesitance, his daughter and her boyfriend (played by Gilbert Trejo) agree to meet her father and find moments of sadness and sparks of tenderness in the connection made. Although the video and the song can be considered love letters to Los Angeles, the themes are universal. Disappointments, regrets, forgiveness, tenderness, perseverance, and love. The incredible performances by Ar...
Phoebe Bridgers Performs “Sidelines” on Fallon: Watch
Phoebe Bridgers stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night (June 15), performing her song “Sidelines” in a skeleton-laden football jersey. She originally released the track back in April for Hulu’s series Conversations With Friends. Watch the performance below. Bridgers is currently on an extensive 2022 tour of North America and will embark on a European string of shows starting next week. She’s also slated to perform at a number of music festivals this summer, including Glastonbury, Roskilde, NOS Alive, and This Ain’t No Picnic. After releasing her sophomore album Punisher in June 2020, Bridgers followed it up that fall with her Copycat Killer EP. Since then, she has covered Tom Waits’ “Day After Tomorrow” as well as Elliott Smith’s “St. Ides Heaven” with Bright ...
Phoebe Bridgers Performs “Sidelines” on Fallon: Watch
Phoebe Bridgers stopped by The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon on Wednesday night (June 15), performing her song “Sidelines” in a skeleton-laden football jersey. She originally released the track back in April for Hulu’s series Conversations With Friends. Watch the performance below. Bridgers is currently on an extensive 2022 tour of North America and will embark on a European string of shows starting next week. She’s also slated to perform at a number of music festivals this summer, including Glastonbury, Roskilde, NOS Alive, and This Ain’t No Picnic. After releasing her sophomore album Punisher in June 2020, Bridgers followed it up that fall with her Copycat Killer EP. Since then, she has covered Tom Waits’ “Day After Tomorrow” as well as Elliott Smith’s “St. Ides Heaven” with Bright ...
Here’s Why Tim Allen Did Not Voice Buzz in ‘Lightyear’
With Lightyear making a premiere on the 17th, many fans that grew up with the franchise and animated characters are wondering why Tim Allen was not called upon for his work as Buzz. Landing the role as the voice of the Space Ranger back in 1995 with the original Toy Story, and spanning into numerous works with the IP up until the more recent Toy Story 4 in 2019 — that’s almost 25 years — many were left scratching their heads when it was announced that Chris Evans would be voicing the younger Buzz in Lightyear. The slight unrest comes from Allen’s deep association with the character, tied with the fact that, unlike a traditional film (outside of reboots and Easter eggs) where actors can no longer uphold the character’s image due to physical factors like aging, no one really had the need to ...
Warner Bros. Shares First Look at Ryan Gosling as Ken in ‘Barbie’ Film
Warner Bros. has unveiled a first look at Ryan Gosling as Ken in Greta Gerwig’s Barbie film. The image sees the Canadian actor sporting Ken’s distinct blonde hair, spray tan and six-pack abs, wearing a denim vest with cut-off sleeves, denim bottoms and underwear that features a personalized band that reads his name. Gosling can be seen leaning against a pink pillar that matches a big structure in the back, assuming to be Barbie’s beach house. In late April, the studio also shared a first look at Margot Robbie as the titular character, where she can be seen in her convertible with a summer outfit and a big smile on her face. Despite sharing the images, plot details still remain under wraps as of writing. Joining Gosling and Robbie in the supporting cast, however, are America Ferrera, Simu L...
Perfume Genius: Ugly Season
The collision between acoustic instrumentation and crackerjack production makes for a lush and widescreen experience. Mills’ harmonium on “Herem” bubbles with dread from the song’s swirling brew before programmed drums carry the arrangement to a cathartic finish; clarinet swells offer an immense moment of bliss on “Teeth”; Hadreas’ sighing vocals on “Pop Song” turn to playful coos when chimes and percussion bang into the mix. Compared to previous albums, such rousing peaks are less immediate, on tracks that stretch past the seven-minute mark and leave choruses in the dust. Spend time with this music, though, and its glimmers of hooky beauty leave a profound impression, like watching a peacock preen and flash its magnificent plumage for a moment at a time. At points, Ugly Season reminds me ...
