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The Weeknd Shares New Video for ‘Sacrifice’ From Dawn FM
As you may or may not have heard, The Weeknd dropped a new album today. To go along with it, Abel Tesfaye has just released a new video for “Sacrifice.” As has been his wont with his video releases for the past few years, the “Sacrifice” clip takes twists and turns, and gets pretty dark. By getting dark, we mean that it involves a human sacrifice. It’s a similar vibe to the “Take My Breath” video, which was released last year. [embedded content][embedded content] “Sacrifice” was produced by Swedish House Mafia and Max Martin in addition to The Weeknd. The video was directed by Cliqua (who also helmed the “Take My Breath”). If you think the song has a very distinct ’80s feel, it’s because it samples Alicia Myers’ 1981 single “I Want to Thank You.” He shared the news of the video in a t...
Electronic Music Pulls the Strings of The Weeknd’s “Dawn FM” Album—With Production From Calvin Harris, Swedish House Mafia
After the release of his hotly anticipated Dawn FM album, it’s clear The Weeknd‘s penchant for dance music is more voracious than ever. The Weeknd has long championed electronic dance music, collaborating with the likes of Gesaffelstein, Daft Punk, and Disclosure, among others. However, Dawn FM twists the knife into this curiosity by presenting the most dance-forward album of his career. And it’s also his most creative yet. The album plays out like a radio station during a late-night drive in the 80s, featuring sultry interludes from Jim Carrey and Quincy Jones. But despite its escapist narrative and lovelorn motifs, at its core, the phantasmagoric Dawn FM was designed for dance parties. The proof is in the pudding. The Weeknd joined forces with disco-pop extraordina...
Ray Volpe Announces Collabs With Marshmello, Adventure Club, NGHTMRE, More
Ray Volpe is primed for a monster year. Taking to social media on January 6th, the young bass music production virtuoso has announced a myriad of high-profile collabs in the works. Volpe’s hard drive is apparently mouthwatering, chock full of unreleased music with the likes of Marshmello, NGHTMRE, Adventure Club and more. One of the tracks, he added, is dropping later this month. Marshmello dropped the curtain on his unreleased collab with Volpe at the 2021 edition of Lollapalooza, where he kicked off his headlining performance with the dubstep banger. Needless to say, fans of Volpe are safe to look forward to a prolific year of genre-defying electronic music. And after signing with famed dubstep imprint Disciple in 2021, it seems his leap into the upper echelon of bass music wi...
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New Music Friday Roundup: Dada Life, REZZ, Moore Kismet & More [1/7/22]
Just like that, 2022’s first New Music Friday has come and gone. And if today was any indication, electronic music artists are hungrier than ever not only to release new music, but also to innovate. Dada Life, REZZ, Moore Kismet and more wasted no time kicking off the year with must-listen tracks and setting the tone for 2022. Take a listen below. Dada Life – So Good Dada Life turned back the clock to their electro house days in “So Good,” a track with all the bells and whistles of a classic party-starting Dada Life anthem. REZZ – MENACE REZZ fanned the flames of her scintillating Spiral album with a new bonus track, “MENACE,” a maniacal midtempo banger. Crankdat & Ruvlo – Lasers Crankdat and Ruvlo stomped onto Disciple with “L...
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EDM.com Playlist Picks: David Guetta, Armin Van Buuren, Jonas Blue and More [01/07/22]
The electronic music community is constantly evolving with new sounds every week, as artists become more innovative with their compositions. EDM.com’s weekly “Playlist Picks” series highlights the top releases in the genre, helping uncover the latest tracks that will soon dominate the dance music scene. EDM.com Top Hits David Guetta & Morten – Permanence Armin van Buuren & Avira – Hollow (feat. Be No Rain) – Colyn Remix Jonas Blue & Why Don’t We – Don’t Wake Me Up Festival Hits 2021 Steve Aoki & Shaquille O’Neal – Welcome to the Playhouse Recommended Articles Hugel, Jude & Frank and Twolate – La candela viva Dada Life – So Good Electronic Avenue Excision, Dion Timmer & Donna Tella – ...
The Weeknd Releases Music Video for “Sacrifice”
The Weeknd kicked off 2022 with a bang as his fifth studio album Dawn FM has now been finally released to the public. And after teasing multiple trailers leading up to the launch day, the Toronto-born crooner has also accompanied the drop with his first visual for “Sacrifice” — track number five off of the new record. The song itself features a sample from Alicia Myers’ “I Want to Thank You” track from 1981 along with production assistance from Swedish House Mafia and Max Martin. Cliqua lead the way for directing this new music video, and it clocks in at just over four minutes. It opens with a close-up shot of The Weeknd who looks perplexed and as if he just woken up from a slumber as a radio-esque voice in the background gradually guides him to a beaming light. From there, the scene trans...
Watch 2 Chainz and 42 Dugg’s Video for New Song “Million Dollars Worth of Game”
2 Chainz has shared a new song, “Million Dollars Worth of Game,” featuring Detroit rapper 42 Dugg. It’s a single from his upcoming album Dope Don’t Sell Itself, which, according to his Instagram, is due this month. Check it out below. Dope Don’t Sell Itself will be 2 Chainz’s first album since 2020’s So Help Me God! The typically prolific rapper had a relatively quiet 2021, making a few appearances on albums like Yung Bleu’s Moon Boy, Westside Gunn’s Hitler Wears Hermes 8: Side B, and Benny the Butcher’s The Plugs I Met 2. More recently, he collaborated with DJ Premier for a single called “Mortgage Free.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Four Tet’s Streaming Royalties Dispute With Domino: What’s Going On and Why It Matters
In bringing the lawsuit, Four Tet asked for damages of up to £70,000 (about $95,000) plus costs. Hebden also seeks a court judgment over the 50 percent royalty rate. If a judge determines that the contract doesn’t cover streams and other digital formats, then Four Tet should’ve received a “reasonable market rate” for them, according to the musician’s legal arguments. As noted by UK music trade outlet Complete Music Update, the litigation fits into a long-running debate over whether digital formats represent a “sale” or a “license” under the terms of analog-era contracts. Lawsuits have been waged over this issue since the iTunes era. In 2009, Eminem’s former producers F.B.T. Productions lost one such royalty case against label giant Universal Music Group. Almost a decade later, Enrique Igle...
DJ Shadow Remixes King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard’s “Black Hot Soup”: Listen
King Gizzard & The Lizard Wizard have shared another song from Butterfly 3001, their album featuring remixes of songs from their 2021 album Butterfly 3000. “Black Hot Soup (DJ Shadow ‘My Own Reality’ Re-Write)” is the opening song from the album and it arrives today with a new video directed by John Angus Stewart. It stars Australian actor John Safran and features Alkiviadis Grapsas and John Dimoulas. Watch it below. Butterfly 3000 was the band’s second album of 2021 following L.W. The band is heading on an extensive tour this year. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
SZA Shares New “I Hate U” Video, Starring Lakeith Stanfield: Watch
SZA has shared a new visualizer for her latest song, “I Hate U.” The video for the track, previously available on SoundCloud and officially released late last year, is directed by Jack Begert and features Lakeith Stanfield. Check it out below. SZA released “Hit Different” with Ty Dolla $ign in September 2020, her first new single as a lead artist since 2017’s Ctrl. She followed it with the B-side “Good Days” at the end of the year, and released a video for the track in March 2021. Revisit Pitchfork’s 2017 interview “‘I’m Literally Still Shook’—SZA Reflects on Her Breakout Year.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
SZA Shares “I Hate U” Visual Starring LaKeith Stanfield
SZA has dropped a visualizer for her hit song “I Hate U.” The single was covertly released on Soundcloud via an anonymous account in August, followed by its official debut on streaming services last month. It went on to become the most-streamed R&B track by a female artist on Apple Music after only a week on the platform. The video opens with a shot that pans a picturesque coastal landscape. LaKeith Stanfield stars in the visual, shown arguing on the phone and then solemnly walking across the beach while he contemplates his relationship. Fans commented under the video on YouTube, expressing their excitement for SZA’s next album over four years after the release of her debut LP Ctrl. While SZA has spoken about working on the project in interviews over the past few years, she has yet to ...
Drakeo the Ruler Posthumously Releases “Ain’t That the Truth” Music Video
A music video is out for Drakeo the Ruler’s single “Ain’t That the Truth” featuring Ralfy the Plug. The song is the title track of the late rapper’s fifth full-length album, which was released in July. Directed by Spingen Productions, the visual shows Drakeo and his brother Ralfy simply hanging out in their home studio. “We know the truth, the truth hurts,” Drakeo raps on the track. “Ain’t that the truth?” Drakeo, whose real name is Darrell Caldwell, was killed at twenty-eight-years old last month. On December 18, an altercation that broke out backstage at the Once Upon A Time in LA music festival in Exposition Park in California where Caldwell was set to perform and he was fatally stabbed. He was rushed to the hospital but ultimately died due to his injuries. In other music news, 2 C...
