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Kranium Brings ‘Toxic’ Vibes Ahead of Valentine’s Day With His New EP: Stream
Dancehall star Kranium looks to warm up listeners ahead of Valentine’s Day weekend with his five-track EP Toxic. After garnering success with his breezy single “Gal Policy,” Kranium clocked in another lively record last month with “Block Traffic.” Shot in Jamaica, the cinematic visual showcases Kranium’s smooth swagger when interacting with the apple of his eye. “Toxic is a five-song body of work,” he tells Billboard. The EP isn’t a traditional dancehall project. It’s more melodic. I leaned more into the rhythmic zone with this one — more into the ‘Melody God’ in me.” You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It...
Papa Roach’s ‘Last Resort (Reloaded)’ Crowns Hot Hard Rock Songs
It’s also the group’s, and Johnson’s, first Hot Hard Rock Songs leader since the chart debuted in June 2020. Papa Roach’s current radio single, “The Ending,” concurrently reaches a new No. 17 high. The original “Last Resort” led Alternative Airplay for seven weeks beginning in August 2000. The rap-rock tune kicked off a career for Papa Roach that encompasses 17 entries on Alternative Airplay and 31 on Mainstream Rock Airplay, including five No. 1s on the latter. The latest, “Come Around,” led in December 2019. Johnson has experienced early success with his own song “Damn!,” which has so far reached No. 44 on Hot Rock & Alternative Songs. (An alternate version of “Damn!” features another 2000s rock stalwart in Nickelback’...
How to Watch Justin Bieber’s TikTok Valentine’s Day Concert
All that matters this Valentine’s Day is Justin Bieber‘s first-ever performance of his 2013 album Journals. Journals was Bieber’s third compilation album that he recorded during his Believe Tour from 2012 to 2013, which he dropped as a string of digital singles for his Music Mondays series from October-December 2013. The collection of R&B-leaning sensual tracks begot the pop superstar’s swagged-out “Biebervelli” alter ego and molded the R&Bieber he eventually resurrected for his Changes era earlier last year. Journals notched the Biebs four No. 1 hits on Billboard‘s R&B Digital Song Sales chart in 2013: his earliest Chance the Rapper collab “Confident,” “Recovery,”...
First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From Moore Kismet, Imanbek & Rita Ora, Surf Mesa & More
Moore Kismet, “Rumor” It’s never easy growing up. Teenagers are little balls of flesh and exploding chemicals forced to sit in school chairs and memorize algebraic equations they’ll soon forget. Meanwhile, the wounds we suffer during those years, physically and emotionally, go on to create the scaffolding of the humans we become. How we shape ourselves around the hurt is an on-going process that takes a lifetime to emerge, but if we’re kind to ourselves, we find space for beauty in the pain. That’s what Moore Kismet and WYN carved with their complex, texture-rich single “Rumor,” the first single from the producer’s forthcoming debut LP. Kismet is young, to be sure, but the quickly-rising star crafts deeply-stirring character with crackling vinyl noise, deep-wa...
‘American Idol’ Was the First Show to React to COVID. Can They Be the First to ‘Pivot Back’ to Normal?
Instead, Kinane says they came up with “Idol Across America,” teaming with Zoom to create a custom audition process that tried to mirror the old way of auditioning as closely as possible. The new style included creating a huge Zoom room contestants signed in to from home, where they might find ex-Idol cast members sharing stories of their auditions as well as advice. The singers were then filtered through to producers in breakout rooms, which Kinane says actually ended up working to the show’s advantage and allowed Idol to virtually visit all 50 states for the first time in its 19-year history. “Everybody got seen by an Idol producer,” according to Kinane, who says she then sorted through the cream of the crop with Idol executive producer Megan Michaels W...
Hayley Kiyoko, Mindy Kaling & More Are Obsessed With ‘Love Story (Taylor’s Version)’
Taylor Swift released her refreshed version of “Love Story” on Friday morning (Feb. 12) and her biggest A-list fans are already obsessed with it. Mindy Kaling put it best with the tweet, “God I love this song,” about the zhuzh’d up version of the beloved song, which has a reconfigured opening section and louder strings than the original. Because we can’t be together to dance and sing at the top of our lungs together, the Vamps’ James McVey did it for us, tweeting, “Romeo taaaake meeeee,” while Hayley Kiyoko addressed the elephant in the room with the Insta Story caption, “Also this is still absolute MADNESS you have to do this but so proud of you @taylorswift13 Taylor’s version is the only version :)” You Deserve to Make Mone...
Brandy Shares How Whitney Houston ‘Changed My Life Forever’ While Filming ‘Cinderella’
The color-blind casting led to one of the most lauded multicultural casts in a Disney fairytale flick, which also features Paolo Montalban, Victor Garber, Bernadette Peters, Jason Alexander, Veanne Cox, and Natalie Desselle-Reid, who died on Dec. 7, 2020, from colon cancer. But the cast’s cultural impact didn’t quite hit Brandy while she was filming. “I didn’t really understand what really was going on. I couldn’t really grasp the the history … I didn’t really know that it was gonna be historic in the way that it was, and [that] it was gonna have such an impact and be so revolutionary,” she told ET. “But I did know that something special and magical was happening. I was just so happy to be around my childhood idols and re...
Tinder Reveals Its Top Anthems Just in Time for Valentine’s Day
Happy Valentine’s Day…and Singles Awareness Day. Time to get swiping! As the day of love gets closer and closer, Tinder revealed on Wednesday (Feb. 10) its top anthems added to users’ profiles globally. According to the popular dating app, adding an anthem improves swiping experience, leading to more matches. Music is also the No. 1 “passion” members include on their profiles globally, so featuring your favorite song might be the best way to snag a V-Day virtual date. The current top Tinder Anthems include SZA‘s breezy “Good Days,” and Olivia Rodrigo‘s heartbreaking “Drivers License.” The Weeknd‘s “Blinding Lights” and “Save Your Tears,” 24kGoldn and Iann Dior‘s “...
Morgan Wallen Tells Supporters ‘Please Don’t’ Defend Me in New Apology Video
A week after a video emerged of Morgan Wallen using the N-word, Wallen has released a five-minute video announcing that he has met with Black leaders and that he has been sober for nine days. “The video you saw was me on hour 72 of 72 of a bender, and that’s not something I’m proud of,” he says. “I accepted some invitations from some amazing Black organizations, some executives and leaders, to engage in some very real and honest conversations.” Admitting he was nervous to accept the invitations because of his hurtful behavior, he added, “They had every right to step on my neck … to not show me any grace, but they did the exact opposite. They offered me grace and also paired that with an offer to learn and grow. … That kindness really inspired me to dig deeper on how to do ...
Halsey Goes Full Regina George With Rico Nasty, Chris Mintz-Plasse & More in ‘Anti-VDay’ Makeup Ad
Lounging in a bathtub covered in roses while munching on a perfectly-styled tray of doughnuts, Halsey is on an inadvertent four-way call with Blackwelll, Maraduena and Nasty, asking them to come on board for what sounds like a very over-the-top commercial. Asked why she’s going to all these lengths for an anti-Valentine’s Day ad if she’s not even single, Halsey does her best Regina George eye roll: “I’m single, like, in theory. It’s advertising; you know how it works.” When the trio of girls decide not to join Halsey for her massive commercial (she gives us the classic one-liner “boo, you w—es”), Halsey calls on Mintz-Plasse, asking the Superbad actor, “You’re comfortable with on-screen nudity, right?” ...
Florida Georgia Line Livestream Concert Will Raise Money for Businesses Affected by Nashville Bombing
Amazon Music, Florida Georgia Line, CMT and Big Machine Label Group have each donated to The Community Foundation of Middle Tennessee’s Nashville Neighbors Fund, which supports local businesses affected by the Christmas Day bombing in downtown Nashville. Grants will be made available to nonprofits providing immediate and long-term services for those impacted by the explosion, and virtual concertgoers can contribute their own donations during the livestream via Tiltify. “We’ve definitely been missing the road, our band, and especially our fans. We can’t think of a better reason to team up with our CMT family and hit the stage at FGL House in support of our fellow downtown Nashville merchants affected by the bombing,” FGL’s Brian Kelley and Tyler Hubbard said in ...
K-Pop Stars Eric Nam and Jae-hyung Park Promote Mental Health Awareness
Nam and Park have joined other Korean American K-pop artists in raising awareness about mental health beyond the K-pop community by publicly sharing their personal journeys. Nam moved from his hometown, Atlanta, to Seoul in 2011 and launched his music career after competing on a Korean music television show. A Boston College graduate, Nam said the racism he endured growing up in suburban Georgia left deep scars on him. He explains he was bullied and even spat on by a classmate. “It was one of the most degrading, embarrassing, infuriating moments of my life up until that point,” Nam recounts on the first episode of MINDSET, a paid podcast series he’s just launched to promote conversations about mental health and wellness. “And I think still to this day that is a topic that I never feel comf...
