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Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats Share New Single “What If I”: Stream
In just a couple of weeks, Nathaniel Rateliff & The Night Sweats will release their third studio album, The Future. Just ahead of its release, the soul-rock band have shared the new single “What If I,” which features backing vocals from Jenny Lewis and Lucius’ Jess Wolfe. “What If I” is a laid-back, twangy jam whose narrator is coming to terms with their life’s purpose — or lack thereof. “What if I just can’t discover? What if I’m just taking too long? /Or I’m wrong, my vision is cluttered, I’m stumbling on,” Rateliff croons in the song’s opening lines. “What If I” then gradually crescendos, with Lewis and Wolfe’s backing vocals beefing up the horn-filled coda. Additionally, Rateliff and company have announced a pair of The Future album release shows at New York City’s Beacon...
Rap Song of the Week: Young Thug Remembers the “Day Before” with Mac Miller
Every week, our new music feature Rap Song of the Week breaks down our favorite rap tracks of the week. Check out the full playlist here. Today, Young Thug shares his posthumous Mac Miller collaboration “Day Before.” Young Thug just released his second official studio album Punk today (October 15th), and like most major hip-hop releases, it’s chock full of features. Drake, J. Cole, Travis Scott, Future, and A$AP Rocky all drop off guest verses, but Mac Miller’s posthumous appearance on “Day Before” stands above the rest. Thugger kicks off the track with a shoutout to Snoop Dogg before going into tales of self-defense (“I ain’t tryna give him a chance to kill me or take the stand on me”) and a relationship gone bad (“I had feelings for this girl that barely owned a residence”). Ho...
Meet The Cast Of The Challenge: All Stars Season 2
Gauntlet 2 gold medal Rookies Team (Jodi Weatherton and MJ Garrett) and Cutthroat Red Team (Brad Fiorenza and Tyler Duckworth) champion reunions trying to reclaim the top titles. The Real World: Cancun roomies (Derek Chavez, Jasmine Reynaud and Jonna Mannion) and The Real World: Austin housemates (Melinda Collins and Nehemiah Clark) back together and “being real.” And some Fresh Meat (Casey Cooper and Ryan Kehoe) vying for victory for the first time. These groups represent some of the competitors making their mark on the upcoming The Challenge: All Stars Season 2. Before the 24 players try to win the $500,000 prize, get to know the 12 men and 12 women competing on the Paramount+ series. From Season 1 returning players Katie Doyle, Laterrian Wallace and silver medalist Darrell T...
Finneas, Ever The Optimist, Still Gets Goosebumps Hearing Songs He Wrote
By Alex Gonzalez Finneas has been keeping busy. The Grammy-winning singer-songwriter/producer made an appearance at this year’s MTV VMAs on September 12, where his sister, Billie Eilish, won Best Latin for her Rosalía collaboration “Lo Vas a Olvidar” and Video For Good for “Your Power” — songs he co-wrote and produced. The next day, he attended the Met Gala, stunning in a bright red Givenchy suit. The following week, he flew to London for the world premiere of No Time to Die, for which he co-wrote the Eilish-sung theme song. When MTV News catches up with him about a week later on a Saturday morning, the 24-year-old is still riding the high of playing his own solo set at Austin City Limits 2021. “I had a great crowd, and then I took a little car straight over to see Megan Thee Stallion, who...
Bop Shop: Songs From Adele, CKay, Orion Sun, And More
The guts of Del Water Gap’s excellent self-titled debut album hang in wanting, longing, reaching for love that always evades capture. But on “I Hope You Understand,” the need turns so deeply desperate; the unshakeable truth that this is not ending well has reached his core. “I had a dream you killed me,” he confesses, “bread knife to my throat.” And yet even as he bleeds out, over swooning, soaring electric guitar and synth, he wants his lover to know that they meant something wonderful to him. “Maybe I deserve it,” he decides, “it” meaning the loss, or maybe meaning the fleeting love unacknowledged. Sometimes they go hand-in-hand. —Terron Moore You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back pow...
Kris Floyd Is Stepping Into His Own Spotlight
By Lucas Villa Kris Floyd’s name is more known in the songwriting credits for artists like Selena Gomez and Lauren Jauregui than for his own projects. He notably helped Gomez find her voice en español on her Spanish EP Revelación earlier this year. But the Puerto Rican rapper and singer-songwriter is now looking to make his voice heard on his debut EP, La Última Vez Que Me Viste, out today (October 15). As a protégé of reggaetón hit-maker Tainy under his Neon16 label, Floyd is ready to take flight. The 28-year-old Floyd was born in Bayamón, Puerto Rico as a child of reggaetón. He looked up to the local pioneers of the genre like Daddy Yankee, Zion y Lennox, and Tego Caulderón. Inspired by those artists’ flows, Floyd started writing his own music, slick Spanish rhymes over hard beats ...
Stromae Celebrates the Working World With ‘Sante’
Stromae just dropped the video for his newest ode to the around-the-clock working world, “Sante.” [embedded content] To pay tribute to those who work when others are out partying, the “Sante” video shows various workers dancing on the clock. Cooks, fishermen, waitresses, and teleworkers alike deserve the right to have fun while attending to their jobs, and who really hasn’t wanted to get up and dance to escape work for a little (especially with some good, tempting music playing)? The Belgian-born artist, performer, and producer sings “Let’s have a toast for the conquerors of the worst work hours / For the new parents lulled to sleep by cries / For the insomniacs by trade…” The older workers in the video are hypnotized by Stromae’s dance tutorial videos and procrastinate their tasks by foll...
LeBron James’ SpringHill Co. Sells “Significant” Minority Stake to Nike and Epic Games
LeBron James‘ SpringHill Company has reportedly sold a “significant” portion of its minority stake to major companies RedBird Capital Partners, Fenway Sports Group, Nike and Epic Games. According to Deadline, SpringHill is valued at $725 million USD. The latest investments will allow SpringHill to continue to expand their portfolio into existing businesses in live events, content creation, commerce, brand consulting and IP development. On the digital front, the company is looking to tap into the creator community and build games and other experiences to further their online footprint. Their new partnership with Epic opens up SpringHill to a broad range of content for the metaverse. RedBird Capital’s Gerry Cardinale said, “Our partnership with SpringHill should enable us collectively to opt...
‘Curb Your Enthusiasm’ Drops Season 11 Trailer
With just a little over a week to go before its premiere, HBO has now released a trailer for season 11 of Curb Your Enthusiasm, giving fans a first looking at Larry David‘s comedic genius. As seen in the trailer featured above, a host of familiar faces return for the upcoming season to join David, including long-time collaborator Jeff Garland, Richard Lewis, Cheryl Hines, JB Smoove, Jon Hamm, Seth Rogen, Vince Vaughn, Richard Kind and more. While HBO has largely kept under wraps what the coming episodes will entail, Smoove teased during the Creative Emmy Awards that the season may touch on many current issues including the COVID-19 pandemic. “I can’t tell you guys everything, but what I can say is Larry is really good at attaching his humor to the world and that’s consistently what he has ...
Young Thug Drops Sophomore Album ‘PUNK’
Young Thug has released his highly-anticipated sophomore album PUNK. Out from 300 Entertainment and Young Stoner Life Records, the project is the rapper’s second major release of 2021, following Slime Language 2. The 20-track LP packs in a lineup of major features, with bars from Gunna, J. Cole, Future, Drake, Travis Scott, Doja Cat, Nate Ruess and more. The project also includes guest appearances from the late Mac Miller and Juice WRLD. The Atlanta rapper began to roll out the album this past summer, performing four of the tracks NPR Tiny Desk (Home) Concert with a full rock band. This past Wednesday, October 13, Thug threw a party to celebrate the upcoming release where he destroyed a brand new Rolls-Royce alongside Gunna and Metro Boomin. The crew spray-painted the word “Punk” on the si...
Summer Walker Drops “Ex For A Reason” Track, Twitter Has Mixed Reactions
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty Summer Walker might be in the headlines for reasons outside of music these days, but fans of the songstress are primed and ready for new tunes. Walker dropped a new single from her forthcoming Still Over It album titled “Ex For A Reason” featuring JT of the City Girls fame, and fans on Twitter are sharing mixed reactions. Produced by Buddah Bless, Sean Garrett, and Boobie, Walker, 25, digs deep into her sharp songwriting bag and doesn’t mince words as she sings about a lover who needs to check an ex-girlfriend who isn’t respecting the boundaries of the relationship. While Walker croons about going through her lover’s phone and threatening to “spin the block” as the kids say, it’s JT’s verse that hammers home what the song is ...
‘Hawkeye’ To Premiere on Disney+ With 2 Episodes, New Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Chuck Zlotnick / Disney Now that Marvel’s What If…? animated series is a wrap (those last two episodes were off the chain), fans are (somewhat) eagerly awaiting the premiere of Disney+’s next MCU spinoff series, Hawkeye, and though it’s basically a month away, fans will be getting a holiday treat when it does drop. According to Deadline, the hero with the bow and arrow will be debuting in his own series on November 24th with not one, but two episodes (a la WandaVision) so that heads who fill up on turkey will have more reason to not get up off the couch for a minute. Of course after its Thanksgiving Thursday premiere, the series will drop a new episode every Wednesday as that’s become Disney’s preferred day for Marvel-related shows. To hype up the upcomin...
