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Latto Taps 21 Savage for Motorcycle-Filled “Wheelie” Video
Latto on Friday dropped off her hotly-anticipated track “Wheelie,” with 21 Savage, alongside an accompanying, motorcycle-filled music video. After teasing the track’s featured artist with several hints in February, Latto unveiled the official cover art for “Wheelie” on Instagram on Wednesday, confirming that 21 Savage offers a few guest verses on the single only two days prior to its release. The video, directed by Colin Tilley, sees Latto performing a wheelie on a highway and dancing among a crowd of colorful vintage cars in a parking lot. “Pop it like a wheelie / Hop on top and I go silly,” she raps on the chorus before 21 Savage takes the mic in the foreground of a motorbike stunt performer flying through the sky. “Call my jeweler like, ‘I wanna go blind,’” he raps on his verse. “Thirty...
Grimes and Elon Musk Had a Second Child, Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, in December 2021
Grimes and the billionaire Elon Musk had a second child this past December, a baby girl named Exa Dark Sideræl Musk, Vanity Fair reports. Grimes said she wanted to keep most details of her daughter’s life private, identifying her only as Y, but eventually revealed the full name to the writer, Devin Gordon. Grimes said her difficult pregnancy with her and Musk’s first child, X Æ A-12, or X, prompted the parents to have their second child via surrogate. “I hemorrhaged,” she said. “It was scary.” Last year, Musk told Time that the couple was “semi-separated,” but Grimes said the relationship remains in flux. “I would probably refer to him as my boyfriend, but we’re very fluid. We live in separate houses. We’re best friends. We see each other all the time,” she said. “We just have our own thin...
Pavement Announce Spit on a Stranger Reissue, Share New Video: Watch
Pavement have announced a new reissue of the 1999 Spit on a Stranger EP. It gets released as a 12″ vinyl record on April 8—the same day as Matador’s deluxe reissue of Terror Twilight. To go with the announcement, the band has shared a new video for “Harness Your Hopes,” starring Yellowjackets’ Sophie Thatcher, who recreates Stephen Malkmus & co.’s looks from various vintage Pavement videos. The new visual is directed by Alex Ross Perry of Her Smell fame. Watch below. The original Spit on a Stranger EP was released via CD and included the title track, as well as four other previously unreleased songs, including “Harness Your Hopes.” The new reissue will feature a sixth song—a live version of “Harness Your Hopes” from a 1999 show at London’s Brixton Academy. “Harness Your Hopes” ha...
The xx’s Oliver Sim Releases Debut Solo Song “Romance With a Memory”: Listen
Oliver Sim, the bassist and vocalist of the xx, has released his first solo single: “Romance With a Memory” was produced by Sim’s bandmate Jamie xx and comes with a video starring Charity Kase, HoSo Terra Toma, and Gena Marvin. Watch below. In a statement, Sim said: I’m thrilled, excited, ecstatic, overcaffeinated and overjoyed to be sharing “Romance with a Memory” with you all. Terrifyingly, this is the first song I’ve ever released under my own name, I really hope you all enjoy it. Produced by my dear older brother Jamie xx. I’ve also made a compilation of some of my favourite monsters, killers and queers getting down. I hope both the music and monsters make you feel as happy as they make me—I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me to watch a ghoul having a good time. P.S. still very ...
9 Nintendo Switch Games You Can Buy on Sale for Mario Day
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. March 10 marks National Mario Day, a celebration of the beloved, overall-wearing video game character who has been around for over 40 years. Mario Day started in 2016, but the character of Mario was first introduced in the Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981. Video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario after he was unable to secure licensing rights to use Popeye. The character was originally called Jumpman before the name change, but according to other reports, he was also named “Ossan” (a Japenese word for “middle-aged guy”). The Mario known and loved by...
Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 Days in Jail for Staged Attack
Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday (March 10) to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that the former Empire actor orchestrated himself. Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in the county jail. Linn denied a request to suspend Smollett’s sentence and ordered he be placed in custody immediately. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Smollett was also ordered to pay $120,106 in restitution. Smollett loudly proclaimed his innocence after the sentence. “I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long time ago,” Smollett shouted as sheriff’s deputies led him out of the courtroom, capping an hourslong sentencing hearing. Ahead of his sentencing, Smollett declined to make a statement ...
‘Encanto’ Completes 11-Week Climb to No. 1 on Australia’s Albums Chart
Encanto works its magic on the Australian albums chart, as the original soundtrack rises to No. 1 in its eleventh week. The tie-in with the hit Disney animated film of the same name, Encanto (via (Walt Disney/Universal) earns its first ARIA Chart crown, with three songs from it impacting the singles survey: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (No. 8), “Surface Pressure” (No. 22) and “The Family Madrigal” (No. 50). Encanto completes its climb after debuting at No. 29 at the start of January, before lifting into the Top Ten for the first time in its second week, and staying there ever since. ARIA Award-winning singer and songwriter Missy Higgins lands the highest new entry on the national chart this week with Total Control (Eleven/EMI), new at No. 3 The mini-album is her first set of new material si...
Benee Enters The 1,000,000,000 List With ‘Supalonely’
Benee is welcomed into The 1,000,000,000 List. The New Zealand artist (real name Stella Rose Bennett) and her collaborator Josh Fountain gain entry to the club for 1 billion plays of “Supalonely,” a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 following its release in 2019. The alt-pop breakup song caught fire on TikTok, where it became a dance challenge, and promptly made the leap to commercial radio and the mainstream charts. As NZ entered its first level-4 lockdown in 2020, “Supalonely” took fight, and Benee’s career soared. She went on to perform the song virtually on The Tonight Show with feature vocalist, New York singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton; and collected a slew of awards, including the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Award for “Glitter,” four Tuis at the Aotearoa Music Awards, and her first BMI...
Best New Tracks: Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa, Benny The Butcher 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 list is led by releases from Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa and Benny The Butcher, who dropped the collaborative track “Sweetest Pie” and the album Tana Talk 4 respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from Pink Siifu, Lucky Daye, Shenseea, Tanna Leone, Aya Nakamura x Damso, Omar Apollo, tobi lou and redveil. Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie” [embedded content] Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa team up for the sugary collab, “Sweetest Pie.” The track is produced by OG Parker, Romano and Platinum Library, and arrives a month after Dua Lipa kicked off her massive North American tour, which will also see Megan Th...
The Weeknd Clarifies “Leaked” ‘Dawn FM’ Tracklist With Ariana Grande, Ty Dolla $ign and Kali Uchis Is Fake
The Weeknd confirmed that a “leaked” tracklist for his latest album, Dawn FM, is fake. The false tracklist was shared on Twitter and claimed that Ariana Grande, Ty Dolla $ign (who have collaborated with The Weeknd in the past) and Kali Uchis were initially meant to appear on Dawn FM. ”i love every single one of these artists but this is beyond fake. XO,” the artist wrote on Twitter, quoting the original tweet. Although Grande, Ty Dolla $ign and Uchis did not appear on Dawn FM, the album did feature guest appearances from Tyler, the Creator on “Here We Go… Again” and Lil Wayne on “I Heard You Were Married.” Dawn FM went on to debut at No. 2 on the Billboard 200 and marks The Weeknd’s eight top 10 entry. The artist is also set to hit the road for a major stadium tour to suppo...
HHW Gaming Review: Yes, ‘WWE 2K22’ Definitely Does Hit Differently
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: 2K Games & Visual Concepts / WWE 2K22 Did a year off seriously help 2K Games and Visual Concepts fix its WWE 2K video game franchise? Yes, it damn sure did. It’s no secret WWE 2K20 sucked and was an absolute embarrassment for the video game studio that blesses us with the NBA 2K franchise, which is a model of consistency despite some recent shortcomings. After enduring numerous complaints and tweets featuring hilarious clips showcasing how broken the game was, 2K and Visual Concepts decided to shelve WWE 2K21 and focus on WWE 2K22, promising a new game rebuilt from the ground up that would essentially “hit differently.” [embedded content] Related Stories We were cautiously optimistic about the WWE 2K22, at one point, even worried because we received o...
Bronx Judge Roasts NYPD Cops In Court For “Illegally” Searching & Arresting Drill Rapper C Blu
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @cblu_180 / Instagram This past January, New York Drill rapper C Blu got into a scuffle with police that ended up with a cop being shot and Blu getting fitted for iron bracelets. While on the surface it seems like an open and shut case of assaulting an officer, a Bronx judge has a problem with how things unfolded and slammed a New York City police officer for offering a half-assed explanation of why Camrin “C Blu” Williams was even singled out to be searched. According to the New York Daily News, Bronx Judge Naita Semaj acknowledged that while the 16-year-old was in possession of a gun, Bronx Officer Taulant Gjonbalaj and his colleagues had no reason to have approached Williams and offered “incredible and unreliable” testimony that “had no value” pertaini...
