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Jack Harlow Explains How He Got Dua Lipa’s ‘Blessing’ for His New Song… ‘Dua Lipa’
Jack Harlow’s debut studio album Come Home the Kids Miss You is out now, and the Kentucky native finally gave fans some inside details behind the making of his viral song “Dua Lipa.” Chatting with The Breakfast Club in an episode that premiered Friday (May 6), the Grammy nominee explained that while Lipa has not publicly addressed the new song, he did reach out to her to receive her approval privately. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I wanted to get her blessing, so I FaceTimed her and played it for her,” he told the co-hosts. “‘Cause I didn’t want her to be blindsided by that or feel like creeped out or anything. “If she had said, ‘Yo, I hate it. I don’t want it to come out,’ it wouldn’t have come out,” Harlow went on. ...
Childish Gambino Lands First No. 1 on Top Album Sales Chart With ‘Kauai’ Vinyl Debut
Record Store Day 2022’s fingerprints are all over Billboard’s Top Album Sales chart (dated May 7), as six of the top 10 have sales owed to a special release for the annual indie retailer holiday. Leading the pack at No. 1 is Childish Gambino’s Kauai EP, which debuts atop the list with 17,000 sold in the U.S. in the week ending April 28, according to Luminate. It’s his first No. 1 on the chart, and third top 10. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Kauai was originally released in 2014 as digital download at retail, and charted for five weeks that year. It was issued on vinyl for the first time for Record Store Day (April 23) and nearly all of the album’s sales in the week ending April 28 were from its vinyl LP. Kauai was pressed on three surprise co...
Jon Batiste Tests Positive for COVID-19, Postpones ‘American Symphony’ Premiere at Carnegie Hall
Jon Batiste has tested positive for COVID-19 and will be missing his musical appearances on The Late Show as well as postponing the premiere of American Symphony at Carnegie Hall. The Grammy winner, 35, posted news of his diagnosis via Instagram on Friday. “Hey family, I woke up yesterday and tested positive for COVID-19,” Batiste’s message began. “To keep my family, my friends and our loyal fans safe, I will be absent from @colbertlateshow and will also unfortunately have to postpone the premiere of AMERICAN SYMPHONY at Carnegie Hall which – as many of you know – I have been working on for years.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Batiste’s diagnosis comes days after he attended the Met Gala a...
Ace Hood & Killer Mike “Greatness,” Wiz Khalifa & Juicy J ft. Elle Varner “Why Do I Stay High” & More | Daily Visuals 5.5.22
HipHopWired Featured Video We’re already a few months removed from Black History Month but Ace Hood and Killer Mike are taking the time to pay homage to some of the greats from our past and present to keep their memories alive while having viewers reminisce about their legacy. In their visuals to “Greatness,” Ace Hood and Killer Mike find themselves in a spot that houses paintings of some of our greatest trailblazers including Maya Angelou, Arthur Ashe, and Nipsey Hussle while playing black-and-white clips of them while they were alive. Rest in Power to those Kings and Queens. Back on the block Wiz Khalifa and Juicy J link up with Elle Varner to run a “flower” shop that may or may not sell exotics that’ll put you on your ass in their clip to “Why Do I Stay High.” Check out the rest of toda...
Song of the Week: Taylor Swift Has Us Falling Into “This Love (Taylor’s Version)”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, Taylor Swift seems to be signaling that a return to the 1989 era is imminent with her re-release of “This Love.” Sure, there’s no word yet on if we are officially re-entering the 1989 era — but in the meantime, Taylor Swift has shared the re-recorded version of one of the hidden treasures of her pop metamorphosis record. “This Love (Taylor’s Version)” joins “Wildest Dreams (Taylor’s Version)” as the latest 1989 (Taylor’s Version) preview. Featured in the trailer for the upcoming Prime Video series The Summ...
The Rome and Duddy Show Talks Red Rocks and Jealousy of Jam Bands
Listen via: Spotify | Apple Podcasts | Google Podcasts | Amazon Music | iHeartRadio | Pocket Casts | RadioPublic | Stitcher | RSS Sublime with Rome recently played the iconic Red Rocks in Colorado alongside GZA and Katastro, while Dirty Heads were part of the Sweet Water 420 jam band festival in Atlanta. On this episode of The Rome and Duddy Show, Rome and Duddy revisit the gigs, with Duddy B revealing why he’s now jealous of jam bands. Related Video Plus, the guys answer more fan questions, revealing their kids’ creative names for beer, takes on weird food, and the time one of them almost ate horse. Take a listen above, or watch the full chat below via YouTube. Then, make sure you like, review, ...
Fred Savage Fired from The Wonder Years Reboot Following Allegations of Misconduct
Fred Savage has been fired from his roles as an executive producer and director of ABC’s The Wonder Years revival following allegations of misconduct. According to The Hollywood Reporter, three separate allegations were made against Savage, and an investigation was conducted. “Upon [the investigation’s] completion, the decision was made to terminate his employment as an executive producer and director of The Wonder Years,” ABC said in a statement. Advertisement Related Video Details of the allegations were not made public, but Deadline reports that they included verbal outbursts and inappropriate behavior. Savage cooperated fully with the investigation. This is not the first time Savage has faced allegations of misconduct. In 2020, Savage was sued by Youngjoo Hwang, a costumer on...
Pianists Will Open for Rammstein on Their Upcoming Stadium Tours
Rammstein 2022 Tour Dates:05/15 – Prague, CZ @ Airport Letnany (Tix)05/16 – Prague, CZ @ Airport Letnany (Tix)05/20 – Leipzig, DE @ Red Bull Arena05/21 – Leipzig, DE @ Red Bull Arena05/25 – Klagenfurt, AT @ Wörthersee Stadion05/26 – Klagenfurt, AT @ Wörthersee Stadion05/30 – Zurich, CH @ Stadion Letzigrund05/31 – Zurich, CH @ Stadion Letzigrund06/04 – Berlin, DE @ Olympiastadion06/05 – Berlin, DE @ Olympiastadion06/10 – Stuttgart, DE @ Cannstatter Wasen06/11 – Stuttgart, DE @ Cannstatter Wasen06/14 – Hamburg, DE @ Volksparkstadion06/15 – Hamburg, DE @ Volksparkstadion06/18 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Merkur Spiel-Arena06/19 – Dusseldorf, DE @ Merkur Spiel-Arena06/22 – Aarhus, DK @ Ceres Park06/26 – Coventry, UK @ Building Society Arena06/30 – Cardiff, UK @ Principality Stadium07/04 – Nijmegen, NL @...
Arcade Fire Release New Album WE: Listen and Read the Full Credits
Arcade Fire have released their new album WE. Nigel Godrich produced the LP alongside bandleaders Win Butler and Régine Chassagne. The record also features a noteworthy roster of collaborators: Josh Tillman (aka Father John Misty), Portishead and Beak>’s Geoff Barrow, composer Owen Pallett, and more contributed to the band’s sixth full-length. Listen to WE and check out the full album credits below. WE follows Arcade Fire’s 2017 LP Everything Now. The band recorded the new album in New Orleans, El Paso, and Mount Desert Island. Their studio lineup included Régine Chassagne, Win Butler, Richard Reed Parry, Tim Kingsbury, Jeremy Gara, and Will Butler, although, following the announcement of the new album, Will Butler revealed that he had left the band after recording was complete. The 40-...
Here’s How to Support Abortion Funds on Bandcamp Friday
Today is Bandcamp Friday, which means the platform will once again waive its share of revenue for 24 hours. In response to the Supreme Court’s plans to overturn Roe v. Wade—which would allow individual states to outlaw abortion—a number of artists and labels will donate their portions of proceeds to abortion funds around the country. Below is a list of participants donating to various funds and institutions supporting the right to choose. Merge Records will donate 100% of digital sales to its artists, as well as match those digital sales and donate the amount to the Carolina Abortion Fund Cassandra Jenkins is releasing a new edition of Hard Drive Fund Drive hats with half the profits going to the National Network of Abortion Funds Partisan Records (Fontaines D.C., Idles, Chubby and the Gan...
Flying Lotus Shares New Song for Magic Johnson Docuseries: Listen
Flying Lotus has shared the new song that he made for a new documentary series on Los Angeles Lakers legend Earvin “Magic” Johnson. Listen to “They Call Me Magic (Main Title Theme)” below. Rick Famuyiwa directed the four-part They Call Me Magic, which is streaming now on Apple TV+. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from. Flying Lotus shared his latest studio album, Flamagra, in 2019. The following year, he shared Flamagra (Instrumentals). And, in 2021, the musician issued his soundtrack for the Netflix show Yasuke. Read Pitchfork’s Family Matters interview “Flying Lotus and His Grandmother Talk Being in a Family Bound by Music.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Sharon Van Etten Shares New Video for “Mistakes”: Watch
Sharon Van Etten has shared a music video for her song “Mistakes.” The track appears on her new album We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong, which arrived earlier today via Jagjaguwar. In the video, Van Etten can be seen revisiting some of her old Brooklyn haunts, like the Drift and Union Pool. Check out the Ashley Connor-directed visual below. We’ve Been Going About This All Wrong follows Van Etten’s 2019 full-length Remind Me Tomorrow. Van Etten chose to release the LP all at once, without any previously-issued singles. “I wanted to approach this release differently, to engage my fans in an intentional way, in an effort to present the album as a whole body of work,” Van Etten said in a press release when she announced the LP. “These 10 songs are designed to be listened to in order, at on...
