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MJ Lenderman Delivers 90 Minutes of Heartbreak and Rock at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg: Review
The singer-songwriter played his heartfelt jams to an extremely packed, laser-focused crowd. MJ Lenderman Delivers 90 Minutes of Heartbreak and Rock at Brooklyn’s Music Hall of Williamsburg: Review Paolo Ragusa
Stanning BTS: Hobi’s Home, Jin’s Happy, and More
There's plenty of Bangtan news this week to discuss as j-hope returns and Jin starts to tease his new album. Stanning BTS: Hobi’s Home, Jin’s Happy, and More BTS News Consequence Staff
Summer Walker Releases Her First Single Since 2021, “Heart Of A Woman”
Grammy-nominated R&B artist Summer Walker has returned with her highly anticipated single “Heart Of A Woman" the first release from her upcoming album Finally Over It.The track echoes Summer’s struggles in her relationships, capturing both the pain and resilience of navigating turbulent emotions. Her lyrics convey raw feelings of love and conflict that many listeners will find deeply relatable, “Wanna give up on you but damn I know I can’t/I put the blame on me taking chance after chance.”Accompanying the single is a captivating lyric video featuring Love Island USA Season 6 winners Serena Page and Kordell Beckham. The video showcases their real-life romance and the ups and downs of their relationship, providing a fitting visual narrative to Walker’s vulnerable storytelling.Watch the o...
Cochise Isn’t Here To Please Anyone
Cochise has achieved TikTok virality time and time again with tracks including “POCKET ROCKET” and “Tell Em.” Laced with his smooth auto-tuned vocals and Floridian finesse and further leveled up with his contagious and clean production style, a whole lot of the rapper’s discography is social media bait. But that’s not what he has his sights set on.He’s making that very clear on his third studio album, WHY ALWAYS ME?, an 18-track offering that he calls the follow-up to 2023’s NO ONE’S NICE TO ME.“You can’t argue with the internet. It’s gonna do what it’s gonna do. But you don't have to be the most viral artist to stay relevant,” he told Hypebeast.Rather than chase his glory days of virality, Cochise prefers to stay in his well-established lane, riding solo if need be. “I don't have all thes...
In The MF DOOM Biography ‘The Chronicles of DOOM’, SKIZ Fernando Gives Us Some Form of Closure
When the video call connects, S.H. “SKIZ” Fernando Jr. is instantly in awe of the 12-hour difference between us. The author, journalist and music critic’s backdrop teases the beautiful, sunny weather of Baltimore, Maryland, while the windows behind me show the electrifying evening skyline of Hong Kong. In just under two weeks, The Chronicles of DOOM: Unraveling Rap's Masked Iconoclast, his biography about the late and great Daniel Dumile a.k.a. MF DOOM, will be hitting the shelves via Astra Publishing House.It took him a total of three years to put it all together, and the idea of penning the book arose almost immediately after the announcement of the artist’s death. SKIZ had just handed in his Wu-Tang Clan biography, From The Streets of Shaolin, on January 1, 2021 — the day after DOOM's w...
Lady Gaga Makes Long-Awaited Return to Pop Music with “Disease”
Lady Gaga's "little monsters" can now breathe a big sigh of relief as she makes her long-awaited return to pop music. In preparation for the release of her seventh studio album, Lady Gaga has dropped her much-anticipated lead single "Disease."While Gaga has remained in the spotlight, acting in major film features, playing her Las Vegas jazz residency and producing special cinematic soundtracks, the single marks the artist's first true pop single in four years. In "Disease" the artist reprises the dark electro-pop style, reminiscent of earlier projects like The Fame Monster (2009) and Born This Way (2011), with four-on-the-floor beats and grinding synths.Gaga lets out a raspy belt for the hook, proclaiming "I could play the doctor, I can cure your disease." The distorted stylization is a d...
KidSuper Releases “Big In Da Game” With Quavo and Giggs
As he readies for his Brooklyn Halloween-meets-birthday bash this weekend, KidSuper's Colm Dillane has officially lifted the curtain on his new creative venture, KidSuper Records. The first track released under the label's umbrella is a heavy-hitter, aptly dubbed "Big In Da Game" by Quavo and Giggs."Big In Da Game" has been a long time coming, initiating from Dillane and Gigg's initial meeting right outside the KidSuper Roebling Street HQ as the rapper was shooting the "Starlets" music video with Dave East. Giggs and Dillane then got together for a runway track that debuted at KidSuper's Paris Fashion Week STRING THEORY Fall/Winter 2024 show earlier this year – catching show attendee Quavo's attention and prompting him to hop on the cut.The track arrives in tandem with a Peaky Blinders and...
DJ Clark Kent Dead at 58 After Battle With Colon Cancer
DJ Clark Kent, whose real name is Rodolfo Franklin, has died at 58 following a three-year battle with colon cancer. The producer’s family announced his death in a statement.“It is with deep sadness that we share the passing of the beloved Rodolfo A. Franklin, known to the world as DJ Clark Kent,” the family said. “Clark passed away Thursday evening surrounded by his devoted wife Kesha, daughter Kabriah and son Antonio.”The statement also touched on his private battle with the disease, reading, “Clark quietly and valiantly fought a three-year battle with Colon Cancer, while continuing to share his gifts with the world. The family is grateful for everyone’s love, support and prayers during this time and ask for privacy as they process this immense loss.”Clark got his start in the late 1980s ...
Anti Social Social Club & BAPE Collab on 1st CAMO Collection
A pair of streetwear stalwarts, Anti Social Social Club (ASSC) and A BATHING APE (BAPE®), have linked up, once again, for a Fall/Winter 2024 collab. The good folks at BAPE and ASSC have teamed to brush a rose floral pattern on BAPE’s familiar 1st CAMO print. Also in the collab, is a new SHARK STA […]
Megan Thee Stallion Leaves No Crumbs & Tongues On The Floor With Her Latest Video For “Bigger In Texas”
If you saw your timelines on X, formerly Twitter, full of Hotties and men thirsting over Megan Thee Stallion, there is a perfectly good reason for that.
Best New Tracks: Cochise, Tyler, the Creator, Aminé and More
As the week in music comes to a close, Hypebeast has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks.This week’s lineup is led by an album from Cochise and a solid lineup of singles coming from: Tyler the Creator, Matt Champion, Lil Yachty, Aminé x Smino, Paris Texas, Romy x Sampha, Saba x No ID, Summer Walker and KidSuper x Giggs x Quavo.Cochise – WHY ALWAYS ME?After unveiling an impressive string of singles throughout the year, Cochise has finally dropped the album. WHY ALWAYS ME? marks his first long-form release since 2022 and sees features from Aminé, Veeze and Anycia across the 18-track, hip-hop-meets-dancehall LP.Listen: Spotify | Apple MusicTyler, the Creator – "NOID"As CHROMAKOPIA nears closer (now just three days away but who's counting...) Tyler has dr...
Matt Champion Unveils Dijon-Produced New Single “Faye”
Matt Champion revealed he had something in the cards this week, but no one knew quite what. Today, the enigmatic musician revealed what marks his first offering since his debut solo LP Mika's Laundry. Entitled "Faye," the trippy just-over two-minute track taps into Champion's trap-tinged background, taking a more hip-hop-infused tone than Mika's Laundry saw him experiment with. Production on "Faye" comes from his frequent collaborators Dijon and Henry Kwapis."All black dress, yeah, that's Saint Laurent / *itch gon' get the Ouija and ask you somethin'," he spits over distorted production at the end of the verse.Champion also took to his Instagram page to share a few visuals from "Faye," which feature long blocks of text on-screen. While the visuals had commenters suspecting a book in the pi...
