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BLACKPINK's Jennie has officially embarks on the next stage of her career, signing a solo deal with Columbia Records in partnership with her own record label and entertainment company, Oddatelier. She is expected to release her new solo single by October.Born in Korea, the K-pop star joined entertainment powerhouse YG and formed BLACKPINK in 2016. The girl band has quickly become one of the most famous in the world and was the first music group and Korean female act to have five music videos accumulate one billion views each on YouTube. They are currently the most-followed girl group on Spotify, as well. One of four members, BLACKPINK is the highest-charing female Korean act on the Billboard charts and the only artist from the South Korea to headline Coachella. As for her own individual s...

Donald Glover has announced that he is postponing the rest of his North American dates for his final Childish Gambino tour.Taking to social media, he wrote on X, "Hey everyone. Unfortunately i have to postpone the rest of the North American tour to focus on my physical health for a few weeks. Hold onto your tickets. ALL tickets will be honored for the upcoming dates in North America when they are rescheduled. Thanks for the privacy. Thanks for the support. Thanks for the love." Fans have shown their support for Glover as he takes a rest from the tour. So far, the North American tour only has a month remaining, with the next date originally scheduled for Austin before heading to the West Coast and Midwest before its final date on October 3 in Chicago. The tour is also scheduled to hit Eu...

Towards the end of last week, Megan Thee Stallion and BTS' RM dropped their new collaborative single "Neva Play." In the weeks leading up to the release, the pair have been teasing the collaboration on their social media. The duet sees the Houston Hottie and K-pop icon go back and forth, sharing their rap skills with the world. Just last week, Megan wrote on Instagram teasing that, "This is one of my favorite RM verses I've heard. I've never heard him rap in this style before." The new track is the second time Megan has worked with members of BTS. They previously teamed up on a remix of BTS' chart-topping "Butter." Prior to the release, Megan posted to X a simple post that featured a horse emoji and a purple heart. Megan later confirmed it would just be RM on the track. The track comes aft...

Following the announcement of the new iPhone16 lineup, The Weeknd has announced a new single as a part of his upcoming album Hurry Up Tomorrow. The project's first single is titled "Dancing in the Flames," and alongside the announcement The Weeknd drops a music video, entirely shot on the iPhone 16 Pro, directed by Anton Tammi and director of photographer Erik Henrikkson.The music video's behind-the-scenes clip was debuted during Apple's It's Glowtime event showing director Anton Tammi shoot the music video in 4K 120fps in Dolby Vision on the new iPhone. Henrikkson can be heard explaining, "Using iPhone 16 Pro is starting to erase the line between what's considered a 'professional camera' and what’s not. And I think this is really really going to help young filmmakers coming up." He added,...

Matt Champion's debut solo album, Mika's Laundry, is an esoteric escape: an immersive sonic "vast, always moving world" where exploration is encouraged and self-discovery is stimulated. Champion has continued to expand the album's captivating dreamscape to the visual realm, through a few recent intimate, live shows and now, a vinyl release."We just wanted to bring out the details of a vast, always moving world, and get a look at what a day being there could be like," explains Champion of his approach to the 13-track Mika's Laundry."A lot of the writing and melodies on Mika's Laundry came from a place of chance & exploration in the beginning. If you start refining too early, you might move on a route that is too structured, and then too many walls start forming around you. There is room...

In 2017, the disastrous Fyre Festival left thousands of attendees without adequate food, water and accommodations on a Bahamian island. The incident went so viral that it spawned two documentaries, one for Netflix and another for Hulu.As a result, founder and orchestrator Billy McFarland wound up pleading guilty to wire fraud charges and was sentenced to six years in prison, of which he served less than four before being released in 2022.McFarland has now announced his plans for Fyre Festival II, set to take place on a private Caribbean Island in April 2025. In an interview with TODAY, he detailed his plans for the event.“Fyre Festival II is happening April 25, 2025, so we’re seven and a half months away,” McFarland said. “We have a private island off the coast of Mexico in the Caribbean, ...