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Listen to Rex Orange County and Tyler, the Creator’s New Song “Open a Window”
British singer-songwriter Rex Orange County is gearing up to release his new album Who Cares? this Friday, March 11, via Sony Music. He’s teasing the record with a new song called “Open a Window,” featuring Tyler, the Creator. It marks the first time the two have collaborated since Rex Orange Country hopped on Tyler’s 2017 album Flower Boy. Check the new track out below. Who Cares? is the follow-up to Rex Orange County’s 2019 album Pony. He previously released the singles “Amazing” and “Keep It Up.” Tyler, the Creator issued Call Me If You Get Lost last year. Read about the LP at No. 3 in Pitchfork’s “The 50 Best Albums of 2021.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
My Chemical Romance Add New 2022 North American Tour Dates
My Chemical Romance have added new dates to their 2022 tour. The new North American shows take place in August, September, and October. Find the group’s tour schedule below. My Chemical Romance’s tour includes three performances at the new When We Were Young music festival in Las Vegas, Nevada. The band has numerous stops in Europe, too, but will not be playing shows in Russia and Ukraine. The following acts will serve as openers at various points on the My Chemical Romance tour: Badflower, the Bouncing Souls, Devil Master, Dilly Dally, Ghösh, the Homeless Gospel Choir, Kimya Dawson, the Lemon Twigs, Meg Myers, Midtown, Nothing, Shannon and the Clams, Soul Glo, Surfbort, Taking Back Sunday, Thursday, Turnstile, Waterparks, and Youth Code. After breaking up in 2013, My Chemical Romance retu...
Detroit’s Movement 2022 Lineup Announced: Carl Craig b2b James Murphy, Flying Lotus, and More
Movement Music Festival takes place from May 28-30 at Hart Plaza in Detroit. The full lineup has been announced today. It includes a special b2b set from Detroit techno icon Carl Craig and LCD Soundsystem’s James Murphy, plus Flying Lotus, Skrillex, Jon Hopkins, Kevin Saunderson performing under the E-Dancer alias, 2 Chainz, the Blessed Madonna, Duck Sauce, Juan Maclean, Maya Jane Coles, Jeff Mills, Richie Hawtin, Adam Beyer, Nancy Whang and Pat Mahoney, Goldie b2b LTJ Bukem, Eris Drew b2b Octo Octa, Haai, and more. Find the full lineup in the poster below. Murphy is keeping a busy schedule this year, with multiple LCD Soundsystem concert residencies and a DJ set at the upcoming DFA 20th anniversary party. Flying Lotus scored the 2021 anime series Yasuke and has a new film in the works cal...
Downtown Launches $200M Fund to Support Indie Artists & Entrepreneurs
Downtown Music Holdings has established a fund to invest over $200 million in support of independent artists and entrepreneurs, the company announced Wednesday (March 9). The fund, which is supported by a new credit facility with Bank of America, will be spread across Downtown’s distribution, publishing administration and artist and label services operations. In a statement, Downtown Music Holdings CEO Andrew Bergman said the financing from Bank of America “enables us to expand our music services business by giving creators and business owners the ability to finance projects in an environment where the options are often unpalatable.” Downtown chief investment officer Alan Goodstadt added, “We are immensely gratified that Bank of America shares our vision of building financial solutions for...
SixTONES Scores Sixth No. 1 With ‘Kyomei’ on Japan Hot 100
SixTONES’ sixth single “Kyomei” blasts into No. 1 on the Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated March 9, putting an end to Aimer’s seven-week streak at the top of the tally. The six-member Johnny’s boy band scores its sixth No. 1 with this track, which is the opener for the ongoing anime series Yashahime: Princess Half-Demon season 2. “Kyomei” sold 402,093 copies in its first week to rule the metric (though about 100,000 copies short of its previous single, “Mascara”), while also coming in at No. 1 for look-ups and radio airplay. The track also did well on Twitter (No. 4) and came in at No. 53 for video views, so the two physical metrics of the chart’s methodology (sales and look-ups) fueled the song to No. 1 this week. Explore Explore SixTONES See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos,...
Machine Gun Kelly Claps Back at TikToker Who Accused Him of Not Actually Playing His Guitar
Machine Gun Kelly isn’t standing for any hate on his musical ability. The “Bloody Valentine” rocker reacted to a TikTok from user and Guitar Center employee Gunnar DüGrey, who made an observation on a Machine Gun Kelly Signature Schecter electric guitar and ultimately accused the musician of muting the guitar using a kill switch during live performances and not actually playing. MGK replied to the TikTok, showing that you can rotate the kill switch, so on his guitar, the kill switch is on during his performances. “I only play my guitar live,” he says, imploring DüGrey to actually watch his performances so he “can hear the vibe.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news “You’re wearing a Liquid Death hat, and I’m also a part owner in that company. So, you’re promoting me while hating on m...
Japan’s Online Vocaloid Scene’s Influence on Current J-Pop Mainstream, Explained
Fifteen years since the release of the groundbreaking singing voice synthesizer software Hatsune Miku in 2007, Vocaloid has become an essential part of the current J-pop landscape. Numerous artists whose music careers got started by producing and sharing tracks made with Vocaloid software — “Vocalo” is now a J-pop sub-genre and its producers are collectively called “Vocalo-P” in Japanese — have broken into the mainstream, including hitmakers Yonezu Kenshi and YOASOBI, who have dominated the Japan charts in recent years. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Why have so many gifted artists emerged from the Vocaloid scene? What are some of the factors that led to Vocalo-P creators becoming solo singer-songwriters or forming groups with other artists to...
Travis Scott Announces $5 Million Investment in Initiative To Benefit HBCUs, Creatives
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Shareif Ziyadat / Getty HBCUs, along with other groups, are getting a major boost from Travis Scott thanks to a newly formed initiative. On Tuesday (March 8th), the rapper announced the formation of Project HEAL in a press release. Project HEAL is a multi-tiered initiative with a focus on philanthropy to community-based groups including investments. Scott has pledged $5 million towards these efforts. The initiative’s first project is the Waymon Webster Scholarship Fund, named after the artist’s grandfather who was an educator at Prairie View A&M University. The fund offers $1 million in pledged scholarships to students at HBCUs who have demonstrated academic excellence by earning a GPA of 3.5 or higher and are in need of financial assistance in the se...
Deion Sanders Had Two Toes Amputated Due To Foot Surgery Complications
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derek White / Getty Last Fall pro-football legend Deion Sanders had foot surgery to repair a lingering injury that he’d been dealing with for a while. But it wasn’t until recently that we learned just how serious things were for the NFL Hall of Famer. According to TMZ, Sanders underwent a foot surgery to amputate two of his toes in order to fully recover from his previous procedure and in an emotional post shared the moment he saw his foot for the first time post-surgery for an upcoming episode to Coach Prime. In the caption to the post, Coach Sanders warned viewers that the video wasn’t a “pretty sight” before pouring his heart out writing “I may have lost a couple soldiers in the battle but I never lost my faith in God! I endured a lot while I was in th...
#RIPBIG: Twitter Honors Biggie Smalls AKA The Notorious B.I.G. On 25th Anniversary Of Passing
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: L. Busacca / Getty The Notorious B.I.G., affectionately known as Biggie Smalls by devoted fans, was tragically shot on March 9, 1997, sparking annual celebrations of his life and legacy. On the 25th anniversary of the Brooklyn giant’s passing, Twitter is currently doing its best to honor the late legendary rapper. The tale of Biggie’s passing has been told time and again, and most know that his death came just six months after his rival Tupac “2Pac” Shakur was shot and eventually succumbed to his injuries. The deaths were largely connected to the violent East Coast vs. West Coast feuds that dominated the industry in the mid to late 1990s, taking two of Hip-Hop’s brightest stars in the primes of their careers. Biggie’s impact still looms high across ...
Queen Tings: Joe Budden Sits Down With Nicki Minaj, Barbz & Others Discuss Via Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Screenshot / The Joe Budden Network/YouTube Nicki Minaj owns the distinction of being one of the highest-selling artists across all genres with over 100 million records sold worldwide and continues to influence and captivate aspiring artists and her supportive fanbase alike. The Queen from Queens took time out of her schedule to sit down with Joe Budden for an intimate chat discussing her influence, the early days of her career, and so much more. The chat opens up with Minaj discussing how she came to the point of getting surgery due to her Young Money cohorts in Lil Wayne and others having shapely women in the studio serving as muses for the artists. In a vulnerable moment, Minaj shares that while she was always viewed and respected as a sister to ...
Wiz Khalifa Joins Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and Girl Talk for Collaborative LP ‘Full Court Press’
Wiz Khalifa, Big K.R.I.T., Smoke DZA and Girl Talk are coming out with a collaborative album entitled Full Court Press. Due via Asylum/Taylor Gang, the album brings together ten-plus years of friendships. The artists officially began working together on the project in 2017 following individual collaborations between Girl Talk, whose real name is Gregg Gillis, with Khalifa, K.R.I.T. and DZA. “These guys all go back with each other over 10 years, so it was just a great energy in the room,” Gillis said. “I wanted to have an environment where they could do what they do best; try out a bunch of different ideas and have fun with it.” Today, the group released the album’s lead single and video “Put You On.” Featuring all four musicians, the track combines their different music styles with a sampl...
