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California Authorities Sue Activision Blizzard Over Alleged Sexual Harassment and Unequal Pay
“Female employees almost universally confirmed that working for defendants was akin to working in a frat house,” says the filing. “In the office, women are subjected to ‘cube crawls’, in which male employees drink copious amounts of alcohol as they ‘crawl’ their way through various cubicles in the office and often engage in inappropriate behavior toward female employees.” It added that “Female employees are subjected to constant sexual harassment” and that ”High-ranking executives and creators engaged in blatant sexual harassment without repercussions.” The authorities also cited one occasion where a female employee had committed suicide after being subjected to a sexual relationship with her male supervisor and having intimate photos of her passed around during a company party. In re...
Taylor Swift Fans Reflect on Powerful Impact of ‘Folklore’ on Album’s First Anniversary
“Happy one year to the album that is everything and quite literally saved so many of us during the chaos an uncertainty of last year,” one fan tweeted. “Love you and your team of folklorians so incredibly much.” Another Swiftie wrote, “folklore feels like a warm blanket on a cold day, or a warm hug on an especially rough day. Thank you for creating this beautiful album that has saved my life and has made me feel understood. Please never stop making music. I love you.” Swift herself celebrated Folklore‘s first birthday by gifting fans an original version of the album’s bonus track, “The Lakes.” “It’s been 1 year since we escaped the real world together and imagined ourselves someplace simpler,” the 31-year-old singer tweeted on Saturday. ̶...
Camila Cabello Responds to Backlash Over Dancer in ‘Don’t Go Yet’ Performance
In response to the tweets, Cabello said that the intention was for the dancer to look like a character with a bad fake tan. On Saturday afternoon Cabello shared an iPhone Notes app statement that said: “hey! so this dude was just supposed to be a white man with a terrible spray tan. we purposefully tried to pull together a multicultural group of performers, the expectation was not that everyone in the performance needed to be Latin. There are white people, African American people, latin people, etc. and so the point wasn’t to try to make everyone look Latin either. There are a lot of people in the performance who are not.” “The point was to try to make each person look like an over the top 80’s character just like in the video, including a white dude with a te...
Liz Phair Exits Summer Tour With Alanis Morissette & Garbage
As Phair shared, Cat Power is joining the lineup for the U.S. leg of the trek, which kicks off on Aug. 12 in Austin and runs through early October. Morissette is celebrating the delayed 25th anniversary of 1995’s Jagged Little Pill. The tour was originally scheduled for summer 2020 but postponed due to the pandemic. “When she asked me [to do this tour], it was at a difficult point for me, where I was trying to come back as an artist, and the industry powers that be are like, ‘You’ve already done your thing, we’re focusing on younger artists we can build and then reap the rewards for a long time,'” Phair, who released the album Soberish this year, told Billboard in May. “I found it really hard, harder than I exp...
Someone Is Trying To Sell Air From Kanye’s Atlanta ‘DONDA’ Listening For Over $3,000 USD
Taking over the Mercedes-Benz Stadium for his recent Atlanta DONDA listening event, Kanye West put together a moment in music history that will not soon be forgotten. But now some fans are looking to benefit from the importance of the event by selling “air” captured during the unveiling of the album. One fan in particular even had a bag supposedly filled with oxygen from the sold-out even for sale for $3,333.33 USD on eBay. Listed as “Bag of Air from DONDA drop – Kanye West – Mercedes Benz Stadium,” the “AIR FROM DONDA DROP” is only verified with an image of the seller holding the bag from the event. It is also interesting to note that if you win the bid shipping will cost you $4 USD. History repeats itself. pic.twitter.com/LhDgrghSRo — Photos Of Kanye West (@PhotosOfKanye) July 23, 2021 I...
Atlanta Names July 22 “Kanye West Day”
According to reports, the city of Atlanta, Georgia has officially named July 22 “Kanye West Day.” The proclamation comes after ‘Ye held his DONDA listening event at the Mercedes-Benz Stadium, immortalizing the moment forever. Kanye was presented a plaque for “Kanye West Day” following the event from the city where he was born before he relocated to Chicago. Additionally, Kevin James, the President of Morris Brown College, the Atlanta HBCU where Kanye’s mother Donda West taught also presented the artist with the “Dr. Donda West Meritorious Service to Morris Brown College” award. Reports note that Kanye West’s “family was with him when he received the awards backstage, and he got super emotional about it.” For more music news, Travis Scott teased a new track ahead of his Rolling Loud Miami p...
Travis Scott Teased New Track Ahead of Rolling Loud Miami Performance
Ahead of his scheduled Rolling Loud Miami performance, Travis Scott decided to tease a new track. Taking to Twitter, La Flame posted a one-minute snippet of an unreleased track which is expected to appear on his forthcoming fourth studio album, Utopia. The clip was accompanied by a caption revealing the song would be fully revealed during his upcoming set, “HMM SOME ONE ASK ME HOW IM STARTING I SAID THIS IS HOW. WHO CAN REMEMBER THIS BY TONIGHT.” Although not much is known at the moment, the track looks to center around Travis’ lavish lifestyle as represented by the visual that is assumed to be part of a full music video. Catch the teaser for the new track from Travis Scott below. HMM SOME ONE ASK ME HOW IM STARTING I SAID THIS IS HOW.WHO CAN REMEMBER THIS BY TONIGHT. pic.twitter.com/Ra76e...
Lil Nas X Responds to “Industry Baby” Music Video Backlash, Raises Thousands for Bail Project
Leave it to Lil Nas X to get the people talking. Earlier this week, the rapper shared the clip for his latest single, the Jack Harlow-featuring “Industry Baby.” The accompanying clip depicts Lil Nas X throwing a dance party in jail with a slew of naked men. As with all good things Lil Nas X, the video has been met with criticism, to which the rapper offered his trademark smart — and sometimes hilarious — responses. Journalist and social media commentator Tariq Nasheed accused Lil Nas X of racism in the “Industry Baby” music video, writing on Twitter: “White corporate music execs funded a music video with Lil Nas X, where a bunch of Black men are in prison twerking. And the lone white man, Jack Harlow is sexually involved with a FEMALE guard. But all the Black men are sexually engaging with...
Liz Phair Pulls Out of Tour With Alanis Morissette and Garbage, Replaced by Cat Power
Bad news for those who were planning to catch Liz Phair on tour with Alanis Morissette and Garbage this year: Phair announced this week that she had pulled out of the tour. In her place, fellow ’90s icon Cat Power will join the lineup on the Jagged Little Pill 25th anniversary tour. “Sadly, due to unforeseen circumstances, I won’t be able to join Alanis & Garbage on tour this summer,” the singer-songwriter wrote on Twitter. “I’m incredibly disappointed as I was looking forward to seeing all of your beautiful faces. Shoutout to Alanis, Garbage, and Cat Power, who I know will put on an incredible show. Hope to see you all soon!” The “Why Can’t I?” singer has yet to give any indication to what prompted her dropping out of the tour, which kicks off in Austin this August after being delayed...
Taylor Swift Shares Original Version of “the lakes” For folklore’s First Anniversary: Stream
Somehow, an entire year has passed since Taylor Swift surprise-dropped her eighth studio album, folklore. To celebrate the anniversary, the singer-songwriter has gifted Swifties with an original version of “the lakes,” the album’s bonus track. “It’s been 1 year since we escaped the real world together and imagined ourselves someplace simpler,” Swift wrote on social media. “With tall trees & salt air. Where you can wear lace nightgowns that make you look like a Victorian ghost & no one will side eye you cause no one is around.” “To say thank you for all you have done to make this album what it was, I wanted to give you the original version of The Lakes. Happy 1 year anniversary to Rebekah, Betty, Inez, James, Augustine and the stories we all created around them. Happy Anniversary, f...
Kanye West is Now Living at Mercedes-Benz Stadium As He Completes Work on New Album Donda
Kanye West has apparently moved into the Mercedes-Benz Stadium in Atlanta to complete work on his newest album Donda. After hosting a public listening session at the stadium on Thursday night, TMZ reports that Kanye is temporarily living in the building. He’s gone as far as to construct a studio space and living quarters, and has even brought in a private chef to prepare his meals. On Saturday, Kanye was seen wandering around the stadium during a soccer match between the Atlanta United and Columbus Crew at Mercedes-Benz Stadium. Advertisement Related Video Originally the plan was for Kanye to release Donda on July 23rd, but TMZ reports that Kanye is now targeting an August 6th release. His friend and collaborator, Malik Yousef, confirmed as much, including the date “August 6th” in an Insta...
German Hard Rock Veterans VICTORY To Release First New Album In 10 Years, ‘Gods Of Tomorrow’
Ten years after their last studio album, “Don’t Talk Science”, German hard rock titans VICTORY will release the follow-up effort, “Gods Of Tomorrow”, on November 26 through AFM Records. Formed in 1984, VICTORY is one of the most distinctive acts of its genre. VICTORY ranked alongside SCORPIONS, ACCEPT and HELLOWEEN as one of the most successful German bands, played countless arena and festival shows all over the world and released 10 records to date. After several line up changes and years on hiatus, in 2003 the band announced its reunion. “Don’t Talk Science”, released in 2011, was the last record of the original lineup. But guitarist Herman Frank, who was also a longtime member of ACCEPT, never gave up on VICTORY and decided to continue the...
