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SZA dropped three new songs — “Joni,” “Nightbird” and “I Hate U” — through an anonymous Soundcloud account over the summer. Today, she returned to share “I Hate U” for streaming everywhere. In the months following the single’s unofficial release in August, it had become a viral hit on TikTok. “And if you wondered if I hate you, I do,” SZA sings on the track. In the beginning of 2021, the artist said that fans could expect her sophomore LP before the end of 2021. Her debut studio album, Ctrl, was released in 2017, making it four years since SZA’s released a complete project. Last month, she made an appearance on Summer Walker’s Still Over It on the song “No Love.” Listen to SZA’s “I Hate U” on all streaming services now. In other music news, Doja Cat dropped an enchanting visual for “W...

Doja Cat, who recently claimed she is no longer enjoying her music career, has released the music video for her hit sensation, “Woman.” Fresh off of her GRAMMY-nominated album Planet Her, “Woman” has become the leading single and now gets its own music video, starring the singer-songwriter, actress, dancer, and model Teyana Taylor along with actress and model Guetcha, with direction from Janelle Monáe and H.E.R.’s childartiste. As expected, the music video brings the choreography, vocals, and visuals, enchanting the watcher into Doja’s planet. Predominately dressed in a headpiece, various necklaces, and a beaded bodice, the video soon changes to match the tempo of the songstresses rap, swapping from an ancient room filled to a more futuristic, flooded room lit in blue light. References are...

German power metallers BLIND GUARDIAN have released the official music video for their new single, “Deliver Us From Evil”. Filmed by Dirk Behlau, the clip is a taste of the band’s new album, set to arrive in September 2022 via Nuclear Blast. “Deliver Us From Evil” is available digitally as well as on a seven-inch single (along with the previously released “Merry Xmas Everybody” as the B-side) and digipak CD (with the previously released “Violent Shadows” Wacken World Wide 2020 live performance as extra track). BLIND GUARDIAN frontman Hansi Kürsch stated about the new single: “What can I say? We’re very happy to be able to offer you a brand new song of our forthcoming album, out in September 2022. The physical single also con...

LED ZEPPELIN legends Jimmy Page and Robert Plant have paid tribute to the band’s former tour manager Richard Cole, who died on Thursday (December 2) at the age of 75. In addition to working with LED ZEPPELIN from 1968 to 1980, Cole worked with Eric Clapton, BLACK SABBATH, Lita Ford and Ozzy Osbourne, among others. Page remembered his longtime friend fondly, writing on social media: “Yesterday, on the 2nd of December at 2.05am, Richard Cole passed after a brave and lengthy fight against cancer. “Richard and I went back a long way and he had been recruited by Peter Grant to be tour manager with THE YARDBIRDS Keith Relf, Jim McCarty, Chris Dreja, and myself during our American touring schedule of underground venues. He was with me at the time that band folded and when I form...

SEPULTURA frontman Derrick Green spoke to Jason Rockman of “The Rockman Power Hour” about he has dealt with the fact that he has been unable to perform live for nearly two years due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “It was hard at first, because I was really ready to go to tour on the album ‘Quadra’. We were already reheardsing in the studio and super excited because it was the best response, I think, that we’ve gotten since I’ve been in the band. And I was super stoked, and I felt really good. I was really healthy, really ready to do this tour. So I think that first month of the whole pandemic lockdown, I was really kind of bummed out. But I [quickly] snapped out of it by doing as many things possi...

Juice WRLD and Justin Bieber’s “Wandered to L.A.” has officially hit streaming platforms. The song was announced on Thursday via a trailer posted to Juice’s YouTube account. Opening with a quote from the late rapper that read “you have power over depression,” the video laid audio of the two artists opening up about their mental health struggles over a video montage of clips of Juice. The track, which was released earlier today, came paired with an animated rendering of Juice and Bieber looking out towards the city of L.A. “I wandered to LA hopin’ to explore,” Juice raps. “Little did I know, I’d find a little more.” Bieber enters with his verse approximately halfway through the song. “Wandered to L.A.” trails “Already Dead” as the second single to be shared from Juice’s second posthumous al...