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Nigerian singer-songwriter Ayra Starr has shared the music video for “Beggie Beggie,” her 19 & Dangerous collaboration with Ckay. The Nollywood-inspired visual is directed by Director K and is set at a house party. Watch below. “Old Nollywood has had some of the biggest impact on Gen-Z fashion and style,” Starr said in a statement. “I thought it would be fun and beautiful to re-create that era and its influence on pop culture as a whole. ‘Beggie Beggie’ is not just a sad song, it’s about a young woman seeing things for what they are.” 19 & Dangerous, Ayra Starr’s debut album, arrived last year. Read about the record’s “Bloody Samaritan” in the Ones. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.

William Basinski has announced a string of North American tour dates, kicking off next month. Basinski will perform at Grey Area in San Francisco on February 27, before stopping in Denver, Dallas, Los Angeles, New York, Seattle, and more. He’ll wrap things up on October 9 at Memphis’ Crosstown Arts. Check out Basinski’s full schedule below. In 2020, Basinski issued two albums: his solo LP Lamentations, as well as a record with his project Sparkle Division titled To Feel Embraced. Check out “William Basinski on Bringing The Disintegration Loops Back to Life” on the Pitch and revisit Pitchfork’s 5-10-15-20 interview “William Basinski on the Music That Made Him.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our reta...

Earlier this week, Neil Young posted an open letter to his website urging his record label and management to scrub his music from Spotify, accusing the platform of “spreading fake information about vaccines” by hosting The Joe Rogan Experience. Now, Spotify has agreed to pull Young’s work from streaming, according to a statement from a Spotify spokesperson. As of this writing, some of Young’s albums remain on Spotify. Pitchfork has reached out to representatives for Neil Young for comment. “We want all the world’s music and audio content to be available to Spotify users,” the spokesperson stated. “With that comes great responsibility in balancing both safety for listeners and freedom for creators. We have detailed content policies in place and we’ve removed over 20,000 podcast episode...

Suicide, the influential proto-punk band comprised of the late Alan Vega and Martin Rev, are releasing a career-spanning collection of music. The new album is called Surrender: A Collection and it’s due out March 25 via Mute/BMG. Suicide have shared “Frankie Teardrop (First Version),” which features different lyrics than the original 1977 song, and an accompanying short film directed by the Jesus and Mary Chain’s Douglas Hart. Check it out below. Surrender: A Collection includes newly remastered songs from the band’s debut album, Suicide, on through its final studio LP, 2002’s American Supreme. It also features special sleeve notes by Henry Rollins. “This gathering of songs is not a ‘best of’ nor is it a ‘definitive’ all-you-need-to-know compilation,” he explained in a statement. “It is an...