All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. Polka dots are perfect for spring: Just ask Britney Spears. The superstar channeled Reese Witherspoon, Kelly Ripa and Lucille Ball in an Instagram video posted Tuesday (April 26). Spears modeled a burgundy polka dot, long-sleeve dress and a short-sleeve pastel dress in the video. Ripa even got in on the fun sporting a blue polka dot dress on Live With Kelly & Ryan. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Naturally, the wine-colored dress that Spears rocked online is almost sold out (her impact!). The pop prin...
Nearly two weeks before Kanye West was supposed to headline Coachella 2022, the rapper pulled out of his set on April 4 without a public statement or explanation. In a new interview with the LA Times, Coachella co-founder Paul Tollett shared his thoughts on Ye’s last-minute removal, noting that he’s still “good with Kanye.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I Zoomed with him a couple days prior, and I think it was a good decision for him,” Tollett said. Thankfully, The Weeknd and Swedish House Mafia’s manager Wassim “Sal” Slaiby called Tollett right after the lineup change, asking what he was looking for as a replacement. “Abel [Tesfaye] and Sal called and said, ‘What do you need?’” Tollett recalled. “I said, ‘I actually don’t know yet...
The experiences of panicked concertgoers who couldn’t breathe and had no clear path to escape a massive crowd surge at last year’s deadly Astroworld music festival in Houston are featured in a documentary set for release Friday. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news But lawyers for Live Nation, which is being sued for its role as the festival’s promoter, say they’re concerned that publicity from the documentary, Concert Crush: The Travis Scott Festival Tragedy, could “taint the jury pool.” A gag order has been issued in the case, but Live Nation’s lawyers say an attorney who filed lawsuits related to the tragedy also co-produced the documentary. Charlie Minn, the film’s director, said he believes he has made a balanced and fair...
Las Villa, who have dipped their toes in trap, perreo, and pop, are now experimenting with bachata in their new single “La Carta,” premiering exclusively on Billboard Thursday (April 28). The Colombian-born duo, comprised of twins Laura and Lucia, present their new single composed by themselves alongside Vibarco, La Pardo, and Casta (who also produced the track). Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “La Carta” fuses traditional bachata rhythms with edgy urbano beats, and tells the story of a letter where an ex-partner claims they have changed, but Las Villa believes not for the best. “Now I see you using Balenciaga when a year ago you didn’t care about that/ You’re not happy and soon you’ll realize that your movie will end,” the chorus goes....
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Treyarch / Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War This latest Call of Duty anti-cheat system will definitely have cheaters raging online. Activision has been on a mission to clamp down on cheating during online play in Call of Duty, specifically in the free-to-play model Warzone. In a recent blog post, the developers behind the Ricochet anti-cheat system announced a new “cloaking” measure that would make legit Call of Duty players invisible to cheaters rendering them useless during competitive matches. “Characters, bullets, even sound from legitimate players will be undetectable to cheaters,” Ricochet announced in the blog post. “Legitimate players, however, can see cheaters impacted by cloaking… and can dole out in-game punishment.” Ricochet already has anothe...
Infinity Ward and Activision on Thursday announced that Call of Duty will return to Modern Warfare this year, unveiling the official logo and title for the game, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. “The new era of Call of Duty is coming,” the official Call of Duty account wrote on Twitter, alongside a brief teaser video for the game. The visual does not reveal too much about the forthcoming title, though it does show the iconography for Task Force 141, which was the international spec ops unit that played a primary role in the 2009 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2. The new era of Call of Duty is coming. #ModernWarfare2 pic.twitter.com/HMtv2S6Nlz — Call of Duty (@CallofDuty) April 28, 2022 The upcoming Call of Duty game will arrive as a sequel to 2019’s Cal...
Redveil has shared a new video for “PG Baby.” The song is on the Maryland rapper’s latest album Learn 2 Swim, which dropped last week. Check out the Andrpw-directed video below. Learn 2 Swim was released on Redveil’s 18th birthday. Over the years, the teenager has made noise with a string of albums which lay his thoughtful lyrics over lush production. Weeks before his album was put out, he built anticipation for it with a trailer that featured words of motivation from his rap influences turned peers, like Mavi, Saba, and Denzel Curry. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Iceage have announced a fall co-headlining tour of the U.S. with Earth in support of their 2021 album Seek Shelter. The shows are set to begin in Brooklyn on September 21 and will wrap in Seattle on October 15. See the band’s full schedule—including a performance at Pitchfork Music Festival in Chicago in July—below. Iceage have also released a new song today titled “All the Junk on the Outskirts.” It was originally tracked during their Beyondless sessions, but the band didn’t finish recording it until this year. “I consider this one of the better cuts off the Beyondless sessions, but it ended up being a misfit that wouldn’t quite fit in with the other songs as we put together the tracklisting,” said singer Elias Bender Rønnenfelt. “Much like it wasn’t welcome with the others on Beyon...
Wilco have announced a new album. It’s titled Cruel Country and it’s due out May 27 via dBpm. They’re sharing the lead single “Falling Apart (Right Now)” today, which you can listen to below. Cruel Country is almost entirely composed of live takes recorded at the Loft in Chicago—a method not employed by Wilco since recording Sky Blue Sky—and follows a loose conceptual narrative of the history of the United States. As the title implies, the album finds Wilco embracing the genre of country music. “We’ve never been particularly comfortable with accepting that definition, the idea that I was making country music. But now, having been around the block a few times, we’re finding it exhilarating to free ourselves within the form, and embrace the simple limitation of calling the music we’re making...