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Lizzo To Release First Single in More Than Two Years: “Rumors”
Lizzo will welcome a new era with the release of her first single in over two years, titled “Rumors,” on August 13. Landing as the follow-up to her 2019 album Cuz I Love You and her collaborative track “Blame It on Your Love” with Charli XCX, Lizzo took to Instagram to share the single’s artwork and release date, with the caption, “NEW ERA B*TCH.” The single will land on streaming platforms ahead of Lizzo’s packed schedule of live performances, which includes stages at Bonnaroo Music & Arts Festival on September 4, Global Citizen Live on September 25, Firefly Music Festival on September 26, the New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival on October 10 and Outside Lands on October 30. Cuz I Love You — Lizzo’s third studio album — received high acclaim and won the artist several Grammy a...
New ‘Venom: Let There Be Carnage’ Trailer Spawns Woody Harrelson’s Deadly Symbiote
Sony has unveiled a new trailer for Venom: Let There Be Carnage, the Marvel Comics-inspired sequel to the 2018 film Venom. Picking up after the post-credits scene in the original movie, the Andy Serkis-directed sequel sees Tom Hardy return as Eddie Brock, a journalist who has an alien symbiote living inside him, alongside Michelle Williams, who depicts his character’s love interest, Anne Weying. The plot focuses on a central conflict between Hardy’s alien counterpart, Venom, and the story’s villain, Cletus Kasady, or Carnage, played by Woody Harrelson. Also joining the sequel is Naomie Harris, who plays Francis Barriston (or Shriek), who briefly appears in the new visual and becomes romantically involved with Carnage. The new trailer further details the comedic identity crisis th...
New ‘Money Heist’ Season 5 Trailer Sets the Stage for Final All-Out War
Netflix has shared the official trailer for the fifth and final season of its Spanish heist crime drama, Money Heist. As the season opens, the gang has already been shut in the Bank of Spain for over 100 hours — and though they have managed to save Lisbon (Itziar Ituño), The Professor (Álvaro Morte) has been taken by Inspector Sierra (Najwa Nimri). With doom looming, the plot thickens when an unstoppable new enemy emerges — the army — culminating in an all-out war as the end of the heist approaches. Previously, Netflix announced that season five would arrive in two volumes. Volume 1 is slated to arrive on September 3 and Volume 2 will land on December 3, each with five, one-hour long episodes. “When we began to write Part 5 in the midst of the pandemic, we felt that we had to change what w...
Travis Scott’s Cactus Jack Films Inks Production Deal With A24
At this rate, Travis Scott has become much more than just someone who writes rhymes and puts out music. He’s become a bonafide business man and master of collaborations as he’s aligned with entities such as Jordan Brand, McDonalds, Fortnite and more for unique projects. And now, the chart-topping rapper is expanding upon his partnerships and content output as his very own Cactus Jack Films has just landed on a production deal with A24 — the entertainment company best known for producing Midsommar, Uncut Gems, Euphoria and other highly acclaimed movies and shows. Minutes before this article was written, Scott took to Instagram to announce his newest business deal by posting a picture of a co-branded script that only shows off the letters “IA” in the title. This semi-cryptic unveiling likely...
‘The Lord of the Rings’ TV Series Sets Amazon Premiere Date and Releases First-Look Image
Amazon‘s forthcoming The Lord of the Rings series officially has a premiere date. The yet-to-be-titled show, led by showrunners J.D. Payne and Patrick McKay, will premiere on September 2, 2022 on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide, with new episodes releasing weekly after that. Following the production’s completion in New Zealand on August 2, Amazon Studios shared a first-look image from the series, which showcases the vast landscape of the upcoming fantasy epic, seen above. Not much information is currently available about the plot of the series, though it is known that it will be set during the “Second Age,” thousands of years preceding the happenings of The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. The new series will “follow an ensemble c...
The Weeknd Teases New Music In ‘The Dawn Is Coming’ Clip
A bright new day for The Weeknd has dawned. On Sunday (August 1), the singer, whose given name is Abel Tesfaye, tweeted, “Fuck it… IT STARTS TONIGHT,” and then proceeded to tease a nearly two-minute trailer for his new track, the title of which has yet to be announced. The video begins with the camera panning over an ocean horizon towards a blazing red-orange sky as pulsing synths playing in the background. Specks of light fly ahead and slowly, the sun can be seen rising and getting bigger as the camera grows closer. A huge beam of light concludes the teaser with Tesfaye singing, “Take my hand.” Back in May, Tesfaye hinted at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards, where he impressively won 10 awards, that a new era of music would soon be coming in his brief acceptance speech. “I just w...
Cardi B’s Bodak Yellow Reaches One Billion Views
Cardi B’s “Bodak Yellow,” which was the artist’s first number-one hit, has now reached one billion views on YouTube. Behind “I Like It,” which features Bad Bunny and J Balvin, “Bodak Yellow” becomes Cardi B’s second song to reach this milestone. The song was originally released in 2017, which made the Bronx-native the first woman rapper to ever earn a certified diamond single. The song’s diamond certification occurred in March of this year. Although her 2018 song “I Like It” crossed the one billion mark as well, the distinction is “Bodak Yellow” is Cardi B’s first solo music video to reach this benchmark, which is fitting given how widely successful her breakout single was. The single rested at the top of the Billboard Hot 100 chart for three weeks and subsequently became the second solo h...
Lizzo Returning Next Week with “Rumors,” Her First New Song in Two Years
Lizzo is kicking off a new era next week with “Rumors,” her first new song in two years. It’s due out Friday, August 13th via Atlantic Records. “Rumors” marks Lizzo’s first new material since linking up with Charli XCX on “Blame It on Your Love” in May 2019. One month prior, the Minnesota rapper and singer dropped Cuz I Love You, one of the best albums released that year. The breakout project contains her massive No. 1 hit, “Truth Hurts,” as well as the popular singles “Good As Hell” and “Juice.” It also propelled Lizzo to Grammy wins for Best Pop Solo Performance, Best Traditional R&B Performance, and Best Urban Contemporary Album. Now that touring has resumed again, fans can catch Lizzo making appearances at festivals like Bonnaroo, where she will become the first ever...
DaBaby Issues New Apology for Homophobic Rant, Rips Critics Attempting to “Demolish” His Career
DaBaby has issued a new apology amidst the growing controversy over his recent homophobic remarks. Much like his initial apology from last week, the 29-year-old rapper spends a good amount of time blaming others before acknowledging his own faults. “Social media moves so fast that people want to demolish you before you even have the opportunity to grow, educate, and learn from your mistakes,” DaBaby wrote in an Instagram post on Monday. “As a man who has had to make his own way from very difficult circumstances, having people I know publicly working against me– knowing that what I needed was education on these topics and guidance– has been challenging. I appreciate the many people who came to me with kindness, who reached out to me privately to offer wisdom, education, and resources. That’...
Cradle of Filth Announce 2021 North American Tour
Cradle of Filth have announced a fall 2021 North American outing, dubbed the “Lustmord and Tourgasm” tour. During the run, the UK extreme metal band will perform the 1998 concept album Cruelty and the Beast in its entirety, as well as a “lengthy encore of hits.” 3Teeth and Once Human will provide support for the 20-show tour. It kicks off on October 1st in Dallas and runs through an October 26th date in San Francisco. Cradle of Filth then heads to the Monterey Metal Festival in Monterey, Mexico, for a performance on October 29th. “It’s been far too long America, but soon we will return to haunt your shores again,” frontman Dani Filth said in a press release. “We, as a band, are very much looking forward to coming back to the States and performing Cruelty and the Beast in its entirety (plus...
Amazon’s Lord of the Rings Series Sets Premiere Date, Reveals First Look Photo
After some COVID-19 pandemic delays, Amazon’s blockbuster Lord of the Rings TV series finally has a premiere date. It’s set to air Friday, September 2nd, 2022 on Prime Video in 240 territories around the world. New episodes will arrive on a weekly schedule. The streamer also released a gorgeous first look photo from the show’s first episode featuring an unidentified character. Check it out below. Little is known about the series at this time, including its title. What we do know is it’s set thousands of years before the events of J.R.R. Tolkien’s The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings. Read the official description below: “Beginning in a time of relative peace, the series follows an ensemble cast of characters, both familiar and new, as they confront the long-feared re-emergence of evil to M...
Governors Ball Drops DaBaby Like A Bad Habit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Kevin Rawls / Radio One Digital DaBaby just lost another gig due to his bout of homophobia while on the Rolling Loud Miami stage. On Monday (August 2). the Governors Ball music festival announced it was removing the Charlotte rapper from its lineup. This news comes a day after the Lollapalooza music festival in Chicago dropped DaBaby the same day he was scheduled to perform on Sunday. “Founders Entertainment does not and will not tolerate hate or discrimination of any kind,” read a tweet from the official Governors Ball account. “We welcome and celebrate the diverse communities that make New York City the greatest city in the world.” Governors Ball is three days, September 24 – 26, 2001, and DaBaby was originally set to perform on Friday, September 24. No...
