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Listen to Prince’s Funked Up Version of ‘1999’ From His 1985 Syracuse Concert
So, tonight we gonna party like it’s 1999, again. Prince‘s Estate released the recording of “1999” from Prince and The Revolution’s Syracuse, New York show during the 1985 Purple Rain tour. The show is considered one of the best in the artist’s live history. [embedded content][embedded content] The show took place on March 30, 1985 at the Carrier Dome, where Syracuse University’s football and basketball teams play. Though the collection has made the rounds as a bootleg over the years, it is finally getting a proper release on vinyl, CD, and Blu-ray as a concert film. A few years ago, the Estate streamed the concert on YouTube, and last month, they released a version of “Let’s Go Crazy” from that show. The newly remastered version of “1999” comes ahead of quite a few projects from the late ...
April 2022’s Best Punk: This Is the End of Difficult Fun, Long Live Difficult Fun
Welcome to the latest (and, well, last) edition of Difficult Fun! Each month, SPIN has worked to spotlight the best punk on the planet and discuss it here, with the ambition of challenging preconceived notions of what the four-letter word actually means and, ideally, entertaining readers in the process. Purists, piss off! Everyone else, enjoy it – one last time. Ever get the feeling you’ve been cheated? This is the end. The curtain call. That van’s loaded and we’re all going home. After a year of benefit comps for Greek squats, blackened hardcore from the basement, dosed in gasoline power pop-rock, BDSM post-punk, freaks and geeks and too much d-beat — that’s all, folks. Like all great New York hardcore bands, Difficult Fun is calling it quits on our first birthday. It’s been a great ride....
Lizzo Takes ‘Time’ to Top Five on Hot R&B Songs Chart
The first taste of Lizzo’s new album era hits the Billboard charts this week as lead single “About Damn Time” debuts at No. 4 on the Hot R&B Songs chart. The track previews the singer/rapper’s forthcoming album, Special, which will arrive on July 15. “About Damn Time,” released through Nice Life/Atlantic Records, starts with 6.8 million official U.S. streams in the week ending April 21, according to Luminate, formerly MRC Data, to secure a No. 4 entrance on the R&B Streaming Songs chart. “Time” also registered 8,000 downloads in the same period, prompting a No. 1 launch on the R&B Digital Song Sales chart. There, it becomes her second champ, after “Good as Hell,” which dominated for 21 weeks in 2019-20. In the radio realm, Lizzo’s newest single stakes a claim to four airplay ch...
Here’s How Sarah Michelle Gellar Reacted to Billie Eilish Revealing the Actress Was Her Childhood Celebrity Crush
Sarah Michelle Gellar is happier than ever now that Billie Eilish has named the star as her childhood celebrity crush. In a Wednesday (April 27) Instagram post, the actress shared her gushing reaction to the 20-year-old singer’s prior declaration of love by saying she was “dead” — much like the supernatural creatures she used to hunt on Buffy the Vampire Slayer. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Eilish first confessed her admiration for Gellar on Instagram Story, where she was answering questions sent in from fans. When one of them asked who her celebrity crush had been when she was a kid, she simply posted a photo of Gellar holding her trademark wooden stake back when the actress was starring as Buffy Summers on the Warner Brothers...
ENHYPEN Sings Hits by Harry Styles, Justin Bieber, BTS, SEVENTEEN & More: Watch
ENHYPEN is putting its members music skills to the test. The K-pop stars appeared on the latest episode of Elle‘s Song Association, published on Thursday (April 28), and per the game rules, was given a series of words and was then tasked with singing a song with the given word in 10 seconds or less. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The first word, “Polaroid,” was an easy one for members Jungwon, Heeseung, Jay, Jake, Sunghoon, Sunoo and Ni-ki get straight out of the gate, and they launched into their viral TikTok hit “Polaroid Love” with just one second to spare on the clock. “It’s like a polaroid love/ Love, that old-fashioned feeling/ But my heart is racing/ Why am I like this?” the guys sing in Korean. ENHYPEN also had an easy time for the sec...
Lizzo Talks Getting Matchy-Matchy in Gucci With Harry Styles at Coachella: ‘That Was a Joy’
Lizzo stopped by Los Angeles’ 104.3 MYfm on Wednesday (April 27)– her 34th birthday — to talk about her upcoming tour plans, getting a rare standing ovation at Saturday Night Live, and, most crucially, the magical musical mind-meld that occurred at Coachella last weekend when she shared the stage with Harry Styles. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The singer said that she was on such a high after her SNL double-duty that the only thing she could do for an encore was hop up with Harry. “I was like, ‘I need this, give it to me Harry!’” she cackled about the only cure for her post-SNL adrenaline rush. “I appreciate him inviting me to the stage, like that was a joy,” she said of her first trip to the festival’s main stage. Toward the end of hi...
French Montana ft. Kodak Black “Mopstick,” Logic “Tetris” & More | Daily Visuals 4.27.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Montana returns! After dropping off new work on a consistent basis to remind everyone he’s that dude, French Montana took a lil break from the video game for a hot second, but today he returns with some help from a man who was famously pardoned from prison by an orange overlord. In his visuals to “Mopstick,” French Montana heads down to Florida to link up with Kodak Black who takes French on a cruise through the marshland swamps before holding down the parking lot outside of a Chinese restaurant who were probably hoping everyone would just hurry up and buy. We kinda feel like Blueface should’ve been featured on this cut given the title as he used to always use a mopstick in his videos. Just sayin.’ Elsewhere, Logic continues to prove that retirement shouldn’t be ...
Christian Lee Hutson Just Wants You to Laugh
You can’t get far in a Christian Lee Hutson song before a pretty scene or gentle start turns sour, jarred by reality. Sometimes, the turn is crude; other times, sardonic. On his second album, Quitters, opener “Strawberry Lemonade” starts, “In a dream drinking strawberry lemonade/Feeding quarters to a pinball game,” then adds evenly, “Getting paid to look the other way.” Quitters, his hushed, pseudo-reverential singing over finger-picked folk starkly contradicts lyrics about betrayal, impropriety, and illness. The album relies upon mutated memory, half-truths, and sly one-liners to carry a cast of characters through an ever-changing California landscape. The songs’ vignettes are blurred and roving, with characters inspired by everything from Hutson’s own life to books and TV. In one, the na...
HHW Gaming Exclusive: Top NFL Draft Prospect Garrett Wilson Talks ‘Call of Duty,’ Madden Ratings & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Garrett Wilson / Garrett Wilson When athletes are not on the field getting busy, they are in their gaming chairs getting racking up kills in Call of Duty and getting Ws in other games. So it should come as no surprise future NFL draft pick Garrett Wilson is a huge gamer in his spare time. Ahead of Thursday’s (Apr.28) NFL Draft in Las Vegas, Hip-Hop Wired sat down virtually with the former Ohio State wide receiver before Roger Goodell calls his name and shakes his hand, welcoming him into the league. Related Stories We spoke about Wilson’s love for Call of Duty during our Zoom conversation. We learned just like New Orleans Pelicans hooper and fellow COD athlete Larry Nance Jr., Wilson has plenty of love for Call of Duty: Ghost. But, Wilson also revealed th...
Cops Find Guns At A$AP Rocky Home During Search, Looking For Evidence
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Prince Williams / Getty The authorities are saying they found multiple guns in A$AP Rocky’s home during a search. The Harlem rapper is under investigation for his alleged involvement in a Hollywood shooting last year. The “Goldie” rapper was arrested last week upon his return stateside from a Barbados vacation with his very pregnant girlfriend Rihanna. Reports TMZ: Related Stories Law enforcement sources tell TMZ … detectives will run ballistic tests on the weapons … to determine if Rocky was the triggerman. We’re also told cops will run background on the firearms to determine where they came from, who bought them, or if they’d been reported stolen. As we reported, Rocky was arrested at a private LAX terminal last week when he and Rihanna returned from Ba...
Battered Rob Kardashian Testifies That Blac Chyna Beat Him & Pulled A Gun On Him
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gabe Ginsberg / Getty Looks like Rob Kardashian might have more in common with Johnny Depp than we realized. Kim’s brother is claiming that his ex-girlfriend, Blac Chyna, used to beat on him like her name was Amber Heard, allegedly. Page Six is reporting that the lone Kardashian brother testified in the Kardashian’s ongoing legal case with Blac Chyna on Wednesday (April 27) and revealed that his relationship with Chyna was “violent from the start.” He added that she didn’t just beat him, but even threatened to kill him. Though the couple would post rosey and loving videos of themselves on social media for the sake of publicity, the reality of the matter was that it was quite the dark and brutal affair, per Mr. Kardashian. Inside the courtroom, video was s...
Take a First Look at Margot Robbie as Barbie
Warner Bros. has unveiled the release date and a first look at Margot Robbie as the titular character in Greta Gerwig’s upcoming Barbie film. The Australian actress brings life to the Mattel doll in the first look image, which shows her in the driver’s seat of Barbie’s iconic pink convertible and dressed in a summer-ready outfit with a big smile on her face. Warner Bros. also confirmed that Barbie is set release “only in theaters” on July 21, 2023. Joining Robbie in the cast are Ryan Gosling, Simu Liu, America Ferrera, Kate McKinnon, Will Ferrell, Issa Rae, Alexandra Shipp, Michael Cera and Ariana Greenblatt. Gerwig serves as director and script co-writer with Noah Baumbach. Josey McNamara and Ynon Kreiz will executive produce while Robbie and Tom Ackerley of her LuckyChap E...
