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Rumored New Lana Del Rey Song Teased in Latest ‘Euphoria’ Preview
A possible new song from Lana Del Rey was supposedly teased in the latest preview of Euphoria. Rumors of the songstress’ Euphoria contribution began circulating earlier this month, but neither HBO, the showrunners nor Del Rey confirmed the news. However, the upcoming episode’s teaser does hear what sounds like Del Rey’s distinctly full yet angelic voice over a somber piano background. Fans will have to wait for the release of the season two soundtrack in order to find out. Euphoria season two premiered this January and broke HBO Max’s all-time viewership record, garnering a total of 2.4 million viewers. Prior to it premiere, Zendaya issued a warning to fans, writing, “This season, maybe even more so than the last, is deeply emotional and deals with subject matter that can be triggeri...
Watch The Weeknd’s Amazon Music Presents: 103.5 ‘DAWN FM’ Experience
Put together to introduce DAWN FM earlier this month, The Weekend partnered with Amazon Music for a livestream event hosted on Twitch. For those that missed out on Amazon Music Presents: 103.5 DAWN FM, the entire show is now available on YouTube. Taking place in Los Angeles, the experience saw a group of lucky individuals become the first to publicly hear the Canadian artist’s fifth studio album from start to finish. According to The Weeknd, “The power of the 103.5 Dawn FM experience is that maximum fulfillment comes when all who hear it are tuned in at the same time.” The social experience saw a prosthetically aged The Weeknd standing from an illuminated booth serving as DJ for the group on the dance floor. Watch The Weeknd’s Amazon Music Presents: 103.5 DAWN FM experience above. In case ...
InnerSloth Unveils ‘Among Us’ Roadmap for 2022
With 2021 come and gone, Among Us developer InnerSloth has now unveiled its content roadmap for the popular game for 2022. Looking ahead, the company will first be focusing on two main changes to the game that fans have long been asking for: a friends list and quality-of-life updates. No specific dates were given for either of the features aside from “coming soon,” but beyond that, fans can expect even more things to come over the course of the year, including a brand new map, more roles, more cubes, a new Hide’n’Seek game mode, and more collaborations to come on top of its Scream Ghostface cosmetics that are releasing soon. In-game content aside, InnerSloth also dropped a few updates revolving around the game itself, including pre-orders for the Among Us Nendoroids, an upc...
Awesome Games Done Quick Raises a Record-Breaking $3.4 Million USD for Charity
2022 has already proven to be a big year for Awesome Games Done Quick, which has now managed to raise a record-breaking amount for charity. Taking place over the course of last week, the video game speedrunning stream managed to bring in $3,416,729 USD for the Prevent Cancer Foundation, setting a new high for money raised by the organization over the 12 years that it has been running. Viewers donated $25 USD on average with the highest single donation reaching a whopping $236,656 USD. The week-long event itself provided plenty of content for gaming fans to watch as numerous speedrunners created new world records including for Webbed, Pumpkin Jack and Kena: Bridge of Spirits. Another highlight was Mitchriz’ speedrun of Sekiro: Shadows Die Twice, completing the game in ju...
CEOs of Major Gaming Companies Collectively Made Close to $1 Billion USD in 2020, Despite the Pandemic
A recent report from Games One has revealed just how much the top gaming companies’ CEOs made during the beginning of the pandemic in 2020. The report indicates that while many industries were negatively affected by COVID-19, gaming CEOs brought in close to $1 billion USD collectively. GamesIndustry.Biz noted that it also details how much each of the 42 highest-paid CEOs of the gaming industry were compensated, factoring in their salary, stocks, bonuses and benefits. While Activision Blizzard‘s CEO Bobby Kotick has been at the helm of a series of investigations regarding a company culture that stems from abuse and harassment, he came in second and received an approximate $150 million USD payday. Ahead of him sitting at the top spot is Playtika’s CEO Robert Antokol, who ended 2020 with more...
Moon Knight Rises in First Trailer for Marvel’s Latest Disney+ Show: Watch
Thought you’d have to wait until Doctor Strange and the Multiverse of Madness’ May release for your next MCU fix? Never fear, Moon Knight is here, as Marvel has revealed the first trailer for the upcoming Disney+ series and announced a March 30th debut. After teasing the show during November’s Disney+ Day, Marvel unveiled the full preview during the NFL’s Super Wild Card matchup on Monday night — during the first full moon of the year, no less. Oscar Isaac leads the series as the title character, who in the comics is really ex-US Marine Marc Spector, a man who suffers from dissociative identity disorder. Here, though, he’s simply Steven, a gift shop employee at a London museum with a sleeping disorder. Or at least he thinks he is, until he gets a mysterious call from someone calling ...
Vic Mensa Arrested for Felony Drug Possession
Vic Mensa was arrested at Dulles International Airport in Fairfax, VA on Saturday night after allegedly being found in possession of mushrooms, LSD, and other psychedelic drugs. The Chicago rapper had just returned from a trip to Ghana when he was pulled aside by U.S. Customs Agents for a secondary search. They discovered 41 grams of LSD, 124 grams of psilocybin capsules, 178 grams of psilocybin gummies, and six grams of psilocybin mushrooms concealed inside of Mensa’s luggage. The Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority confirmed to Consequence that Mensa was arrested on four felony charges related to possession of a controlled substance and was transferred to the Loudoun County Adult Detention Center. Advertisement Related Video Mensa’s representatives did not respond to Consequence’s...
Hit-Boy and Kanye West Officially Squashed Their Beef With “Eazy”
Hit-Boy and the artist formerly known as Kanye West have officially squashed their beef as they worked on “Eazy,” which featured an assist from The Game. The famed producer confirmed in an Instagram comment that the two are collaborating again, writing, “Me and ye back working.” Hit-Boy also took to the social media platform to share images of him and Ye in the studio, as well as a screenshot of a fan tweet that reads, “if Ye & Hit-Boy moving like it’s 2012, we definitely in for some HEAT.” In 2020, Hit-Boy claimed that he and West stopped working together because the latter was not pleased with the fact that the producer was collaborating with Beyoncé. “I haven’t been a fan of Kanye on a personal/ human level since he told me face to face he stopped picking my beats because I wor...
SIDEPIECE Drop Highly Anticipated House Single, “Sextacy”
After teasing the track for almost a year, house music duo SIDEPIECE have finally dropped “Sextacy.” The tandem teased the highly anticipated single for months at festivals like EDC Las Vegas, EDC Orlando, and Countdown NYE, and on popular radio shows. The song has already received support from Don Diablo, EDX and CID, among other dance music stars. Complemented by intoxicating vocals, the infectious house beat is made of pumping bass, brisk cymbals and rhythmic synths. Booming horns give an additional flare to this groovy tune, which is out now by way of Parlophone’s FFRR Records. Take a listen below. Recommended Articles Consisting of DJs Nitti Gritti and Party Favor, SIDEPIECE formed in 2019 and has been making waves ever since with massive house music hits like “On My Mind”...
JETHRO TULL’s IAN ANDERSON Pokes Fun At Guitarists Who Rely On Roadies To Tune Their Instruments: ‘What Wimps’
In a new interview with Darren Paltrowitz, host of the “Paltrocast With Darren Paltrowitz”, JETHRO TULL‘s Ian Anderson was asked about his decades-long reputation as someone who doesn’t shake hands with people. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I’ve suffered from chest infections since I was quite young, and throat infections and upper respiratory tract infections. It’s been a pretty constant problem for me intermittently. So I’ve got used to trying not to unnecessarily attract the common cold viruses, be they rhinoviruses or coronaviruses or the flu virus. Because it really is, for me, not just a question of three or four days of feeling a little under the weather; I usually end up [spending] four or six weeks with serious bronc...
KIX Singer Says It’s A ‘Wait-And-See’ Game As To When Guitarist RONNIE YOUNKINS Will Return
KIX singer Steve Whiteman has offered an update on guitarist Ronnie Younkins, who is unable to tour with the band because he has been placed under house arrest after repeatedly getting in trouble with the police. Ronnie is being temporarily replaced by Bob Paré, an accomplished musician who studied at the Music Institute in Los Angeles and taught music theory and guitar at several institutions, including Western Maryland College and Maryland Institute of Music. In a new interview with Canada’s The Metal Voice, Steve said: “[Ronnie] was pretty much being supervised in a halfway house for about a year. And I believe he’s finally got his freedom. So we’re just kind of waiting to see how he continues to recover. Because it got ugly there for a while. And we wanna make t...
EVERY TIME I DIE Calls It Quits
EVERY TIME I DIE has called it quits, a little over a month after the band said it was working on its issues with singer Keith Buckley “privately.” On December 3, the Buffalo-based outfit announced that it would play the last three concerts of its recent tour without Buckley, explaining that the frontman was taking time off from the road to “rest and prepare” for the band’s holiday shows, the annual events dubbed “‘TID The Season”. Buckley later issued a statement on social media in which he accused his brother, EVERY TIME I DIE guitarist Jordan Buckley, and his other bandmates of platting “to replace me this entire time.” He added that he was being “ostracized” from the band he had “built for 20 years because I ...
