Entertainment
Wazupnaija – Naija Entertainment blogs & Forums – Entertainment
Band of Horses Announce New Album Things Are Great, Drop First Single
It’s been quite a few years (five to be exact) since Band of Horses had new music. Now, the newly configured band announced their sixth studio album and dropped their first single “Crutch” today. It hails from their upcoming album, Things Are Great, which is out on January 21, 2022 via BMG. [embedded content] “I think like a lot of my songs, ‘Crutch’ starts with something from my real life,” band founder Ben Bridwell said. “Obviously ‘Crutch’ means some of the things that I was dependent on. My relationship for one. I think I wanted to say, ‘I’ve got a crush on you,’ and I thought it was funny how relationships also feel like crutches. I feel like everybody has had a time when nothing goes right and you still have to carry on. I think that feeling hits you in this song even if you don’t kn...
Old Dominion Connect Through Time, Tequila & Therapy
Old Dominion lead vocalist Matthew Ramsey calls from Los Angeles, where his band just played on Jimmy Kimmel Live! to promote Time, Tequila & Therapy, their fourth studio album. Although they’re one of the more successful acts to emerge from Nashville in the past decade and achieved multi-platinum sales for their previous three albums, Ramsey admits they still aren’t quite comfortable with their status in the country world. “I still feel like someone who doesn’t belong at the party — I feel like I’ve snuck in,” Ramsey says. “I think we all feel like that as a band, sometimes. We’re just waiting for somebody to tap us on the shoulder and say, ‘Guys, how did you get in? You’re not supposed to be here.’ When that happens, we’ll be like, ‘Oh, you’re right — sorry,’ and we’ll leave.” This s...
Ozzy Osbourne Credits “Being a Devil Worshipper” with Helping to Ward Off COVID-19
Ozzy Osbourne says that “being a devil worshipper” has helped him ward off COVID-19 in a humorous new statement. The Prince of Darkness jokingly pointed to all the times he’s been accused of Satanism over the years when asked how the pandemic has affected him and his family. “My wife had the virus; my daughter had the virus and I never got it,” Ozzy quipped to Metal Hammer. “Being a devil worshipper does have its good points!” Advertisement Related Video Taking a more serious tone, Osbourne reflected on the major health issues he’s had to face while simultaneously navigating the pandemic. He’s still coping with neck injuries suffered in 2019 after he took an unfortunate fall in the night. “I’ve struggling with this f**king broken neck, looks like I’m in for more surgery,” Ozzy said. “I’m i...
Jeff Tweedy Shares “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent” for Sub Pop Singles Club: Stream
Jeff Tweedy has shared a pair of solo tracks for Sub Pop Singles Club. “C’mon America” and “UR-60 Unsent” make up the latest 7-inch released from the subscription-only series. “C’mon America,” the A-side, is described in a press release as from an “unreleased group of songs with mostly sci-fi lyrics,” while “UR-60 Unsent,” the B-side, is billed as “a pitiful tale of an unsent lovesick mixtape, taken from a separate batch of unreleased songs with mostly pitiful lyrics.” On the twangy and sarcastic “C’mon America,” Tweedy asks, “what you gonna do now that the world is turned against you”? In contrast, “UR-60 Unsent” is a melancholy ballad full of heartsick lyrics about rejection. Stream both tracks below. Advertisement Related Video Also included in today’s drop is TV Priest’s “All Thing,” t...
Bon Iver Share Previously Unreleased Versions of “Beth/Rest” and “Babys”: Stream
Bon Iver will celebrate the 10th anniversary of their self-titled sophomore album with a deluxe reissue of the Grammy-winning LP. The bonus material is pulled from Justin Vernon and Sean Carey’s 2011 4AD/Jagjaguwar Sessions at AIR Studios, and the band has today shared two of those tracks: “Beth/Rest” and “Babys.” The AIR Studios sessions saw the Bon Iver members stripping back the layered sounds of Bon Iver, Bon Iver and restructuring them for piano. Thus, that glorious ’80s melodrama of the album version of “Beth/Rest” becomes a more grounded and cooler drama. Meanwhile, “Babys,” a cut from Bon Iver’s 2009 Blood Bank EP, is already based on keys; here, however, Vernon and Carey slow the tempo down a tick, allowing the song’s emotionality to settle in. Take a listen to both trac...
SpongeBob and the Ninja Turtles Take Over the Xbox Series X to Celebrate ‘Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl’
In celebration of the recent release for Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl, Microsoft has now teamed up with the network to create two special-edition, custom Xbox Series X consoles featuring none other than SpongeBob SquarePants and Leonardo from Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. As shown in the picture above, both consoles are adorned with the two characters from head to two, coupled with similarly themed custom controllers. While neither will be offered up for sale, fans will have a chance to win them over on Twitter by retweeting Xbox’s sweepstakes post between October 11 at 7:00 a.m. and October 24 at 8:00 p.m. EDT. As for the game itself, Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl is a new fighting game with mechanics similar to Super Smash Bros. Tapping into the television networks’ numerous franchises a...
Logitech G Partners With Riot Games for a ‘League of Legends’ Gaming Collection
Following a successful collaboration between Logitech G and Riot Games on a K/DA gaming collection, the two companies have now linked up once again, this time for a full League of Legends set. Consisting of a series of four products, the new lineup features a blue and gold decorated gaming headset, mouse, keyboard and mouse pad for the dedicated MOBA players. The mouse and keyboard come in the form of Logitech G’s PRO Wireless Gaming Mouse and PRO Mechanical Gaming Keyboard, both designed with esports performance in mind, while the PRO X Gaming Headset boasts Blue VO!CE technology for clear communications and 7.1 surround sound to provide more immersion. The mouse pad rounds out the collection with an extra-large 900mm x 400mm coverage and a beautiful image of the Summoner’s rift. For the&...
Nicki Minaj Goes After Little Mix Amid Blackfishing Backlash Against Jesy Nelson
Nicki Minaj made it loud and clear that she stands by Jesy Nelson after she’s faced accusations of Blackfishing. The accusations of Blackfishing — levied against non-Black influencers and celebrities when they alter their appearances to look Black when they’re not — against Nelson arose following her hip-hop-leaning debut solo single “Boyz,” featuring Minaj, and its accompanying music video, which features her spray tan, multiple wigs, fuller lips and what some have called a “Blaccent” when she sings, “So ‘hood, so good, so damn taboo.” Nelson — a white British woman who left Little Mix, one of the best-selling U.K. girl groups, in December 2020 after nearly a decade, citing mental health reasons — rece...
Denis Handlin’s Honorary Award Is Revoked Following Explosive Documentary
“Following ongoing reports of systemic bullying, discrimination, and misconduct under Handlin’s leadership at Sony Music Entertainment,” reads a statement from Kris Stewart, CEO of QMusic, the organization “could not let this acknowledgement and celebration of Handlin’s career stand.” Those reports have been mounting-up in recent months, and reached a crescendo with the ABC’s Four Corners investigation, for which journalist Grace Tobin spoke with more than 100 current and ex-Sony Music employees as part of the broadcaster’s probe into bullying, discrimination and misconduct at the music giant. The report, notes QMusic’s Stewart, “laid bare the undeniable fact that the culture under Denis Handlin’s leadership at Sony came at significant human cost.” He continued, “toxic workplac...
Sam Fender’s ‘Seventeen Going Under’ Opens Healthy Lead In U.K. Chart Race
It’s the outright leader on the midweek chart, and is outselling the rest of the Top 10 combined, according to the OCC. Fender’s set has a lead of 20,000 chart sales over his closest competitor, Drake’s Certified Lover Boy (OVO/Republic Records). Also impacting the Official Chart Update is Trivium, whose tenth album In The Court of the Dragon (Roadrunner) swoops in at No. 3. If it holds its course, Dragon will give the U.S. metal band their second U.K. Top 10 and a peak entry. Electronic artist James Blake could also net a career-best chart position with Friends That Break Your Heart (Polydor), new at No. 5. Based on midweek data, fresh sets from Johnny Flynn (Lost In Cedar Wood at No. 11 via Transgressive) and We Are Scientists (Huffy at No. 15 via 100 Percent Records) are eying Top...
Watch Bad Bunny Make His ‘Narcos: Mexico’ Debut as Preppy Drug Dealer ‘Kitty’ Paez
Wearing gold shades and a red polo shirt, Bunny is on brand as a preppy pusher, following the first reveal of his character over the weekend in a clip in which he tries on a series of pastel Polo shirts and plaid pants to the strains of Los Shain’s cover of the Cure’s “Boys Don’t Cry.” In those pics, the Latin Grammy winner has his hair gelled and his dance moves on point in a closet filled with endlessly colorful country club options. The streamer also posted a series of photos of Bunny’s Paez — a member of Ramon Arellano Felix’s “Narco Juniors” gang — rocking his signature red polo shirt and striped pants in a series of fashion shoot-like poses. The final season of Narcos is set in the 1990s and follows Juárez ca...
OZZY OSBOURNE’s New Album Will Be ‘Similar In Tone’ To ‘Ordinary Man’
Ozzy Osbourne has confirmed to Metal Hammer magazine that 15 songs have been recorded for his upcoming follow-up to 2020’s “Ordinary Man” album. He is once again working with producer Andrew Watt on the “work-in-progress” LP, which will include guest appearances by Jeff Beck, Eric Clapton, Tony Iommi and Zakk Wylde. “It’s going to be similar in tone to ‘Ordinary Man’,” he said, “but I can’t describe it completely. I’ve not heard it for a while because it keeps going over to the next person to add their parts — we’re fucking around with it all the time.” Watt connected with Osbourne after meeting Ozzy‘s daughter Kelly at a friend’s party and pitching her on the idea of Post Malone and Ozzy ...
