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BUMZU Breaks Down His K-Pop Process & Creating Music With ‘An Unchanging Set of Values’
An artist referring to songs they’ve worked on as their “babies” can be a somewhat cliché answer when describing their work—but few can speak so affectionately and vividly recall the tiniest details about the song like BUMZU. That attention is the tangible result of the Korean singer-songwriter-producer’s personal and positive approach to becoming one of K-pop’s most influential creatives. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The 31-year-old has spent more than a decade in Korea’s music industry and BUMZU’s tight relationship with chart-topping acts like SEVENTEEN (he co-wrote and composed the group’s 2015 peppy debut single “Adore U” and worked on every track from this year’s Sector 17, their first top 5 album on the Billboard 200) allow hi...
Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ Is No. 1 In Australia
The queen of Christmas is crowned on Australia’s chart, while SZA makes her presence felt on both main surveys with her sophomore album and several singles from it. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Nothing can top Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” (via Columbia/Sony) at this time of year. The 1994 holiday classic lifts 3-1 on the ARIA Singles Chart, published Dec. 16, ahead of former leaders “Unholy” (Capitol/Universal), by Sam Smith & Kim Petras; and “Anti-Hero” (Universal) by Taylor Swift, respectively. Carey’s seasonal number finally cracked the summit in 2018. It has returned there each December, like clockwork. SZA’s long-anticipated second album SOS (RCA/Sony) has been well-received by Aussie fans, as album track “Kill B...
The Alchemist Adds New Tracks With Meyhem Lauren, Boldy James and ScHoolboy Q to ‘The Alchemist Sandwich’
The Alchemist has dropped off his latest project The Alchemist Sandwich, a compilation of two of his EPs Lunch Meat and Bread, both of which were released in 2018. Clocking in at half an hour, the 10-track effort features contributions from Roc Marciano, Westside Gunn, Conway The Machine, Action Bronson, Styles P, Benny The Butcher, Black Thought and Earl Sweatshirt, as well as Meyhem Lauren with Boldy James and ScHoolboy Q on the brand new tracks “Big Skye” and “Clip In A Tray.” An accompanying music video for the former was also released, with New High Filmz helming the visual. Stream The Alchemist’s The Alchemist Sandwich on Spotify. In other music news, take a listen to The Weeknd’s Avatar: The Way of Water soundtrack contribution, “Nothing Is Lost (You Gi...
Beyoncé and Amazon Music Announce Club Renaissance in Los Angeles
Beyoncé and Amazon Music have come together to host an event titled “Club Renaissance, happening this weekend in Los Angeles. The event celebrates the multi-Grammy award-winning artist’s latest album. Amazon Music took to Twitter to showcase a poster in tandem with Beyoncé’s company, Parkwood stating that it “invites you to experience RENAISSANCE in spatial audio,” hinting at a high-fidelity listening session. On Thursday afternoon fans received an alert for a website called “Club Renaissance”, a link to the event and for tickets to be purchased. Variety reported that the tickets were sold out within minutes. The event is at an undisclosed location and taking place this Friday and Saturday night, starting at 9 p.m. local time. Tickets were made available to fans, with each limited to one t...
Rosalía Enlists Cardi B for Remix of “DESPECHÁ”
Rosalía has joined forces with Cardi B to deliver a remix of her latest solo single, “DESPECHÁ.” Clocking in at just under three minutes, the upbeat cut hears Cardi drop a lengthy first over the jumping keys and joyful drums. Meanwhile, Rosalía continues to sing about forgetting her old partner by dancing all her troubles away in a club. “DESPECHÁ” was initially debuted live during the artist’s global tour in support of her latest album, MOTOMAMI, and appeared in the deluxe edition. The record, which dropped earlier this March, marks Rosalía’s third studio album and won her Album of the Year, Best Alternative Music Album, Best Engineered Album and Best Recording Package at the Latin GRAMMY Awards, and also received a nomination for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album at the GRAM...
Ab-Soul Provides a Space to Heal With New Album ‘Herbert’
Ab-Soul is here and is honest in Herbert, his fifth studio album and first solo full-length release in six years. Clocking in at a little over one hour, the 18-track project is named after the Los Angeles by way of Carson, CA artist’s legal name — Herbert Anthony Stevens IV — as an ode to the vulnerability he displays in the record. With the help of Big Sean, Russ, Joey Bada$$, Jhené Aiko, SiR, Punch, Zacari, Fre$h, Ambré, ALEMEDA and Lance Skiiiwalker and production from the likes of Sounwave, DJ Premier, James Blake, Hit Boy, Boi 1da, DJ Dahi, Soulo takes off his gloves to present a brutal truth brought upon by “a series of unspeakable tragedies” and offers a sonic space of healing for others who have suffered through the same ordeals. “We’re all going through things, all of us,” Ab-Soul...
Wiz Khalifa Is George Clinton in Trailer for New Movie Spinning Gold: Watch
Wiz Khalifa will star as Parliament leader and funk icon George Clinton in a forthcoming film about Casablanca Records. Spinning Gold chronicles the rise of the label in the 1970s, following founder and producer Neil Bogart (played by Jeremy Jordan) as he signs artists who would go on to become icons of their era. The movie depicts the ascent of Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, the Isley Brothers, the Village People, Kiss, Bill Withers, and more. Watch the trailer below (via Complex). Spinning Gold hits theaters March 31. The film was written, directed, and produced by Neil Bogart’s son Timothy Scott Bogart. In addition to Khalifa, Spinning Gold will star Jason Derulo as Ron Isley, Chris Redd as the disc jockey Frankie Crocker, Michael Ian Black as Kiss manager Bill Aucoin, and other...
Rolling Loud Announces Expansion to Germany in 2023
Rolling Loud has officially announced another new destination in Europe, making its German debut next summer. Rolling Loud Germany has plans to take over Munich in July 2023, landing in Messe München as the festival franchise continues its global expansion. The German destination is now the third European festival under the Rolling Loud branch, following Rolling Loud Rotterdam and Rolling Loud Portugal. Rotterdam will happen on June 30 to July 1 while the Portugal festival will happen on July 5 to July 7. The Munich dates are immediately after from July 7 to July 9. 2023 appears to be a big year for Rolling Loud, as the festival makes its way to the Asian market with Rolling Loud Thailand on April 13-15. Earlier this month, Travis Scott is set to headline the Thailand festival. Rolling Lou...
Gucci Mane Rips Prison For Poor Conditions Where Pooh Shiesty Is Being Held
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derek White / Getty Gucci Mane is calling out the correctional facility where Pooh Sheisty is being detained for its conditions on social media. The head of 1017 Records made his feelings known about the situation via social media on Wednesday. “We do not pay attention to how inmates in the US are treated!” Gucci began on Twitter, addressing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris by their official handles and adding the hashtags #movepooh and #prisonreform. Related Stories The “So Icy” rapper went on to call out the conditions at the United States Penitentiary Pollock (USP Pollock) complex where Pooh Shiesty is incarcerated. “@PoohShiesty has been sent to a prison over 1500 miles from his home, 23 hr lockdown and given empty food trays,” Guc...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Accounts Tracking His & Other Billionaire’s Private Jets
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Elon Musk Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, is flexing his power as Chief Twit. Twitter has banned accounts that tracked his and other billionaires’ private jets. Spotted on CNBC, Twitter has suspended the account dedicated to tracking Elon Musk’s private jet. The account @ElonJet had half a million followers and was created by Florida college student Jack Sweeney who describes himself as a fan of Musk and SpaceX, the billionaires’ other company. He claims his fandom as his reason for creating the account. He even claims his dream car is a Tesla, this poor guy. Sweeney used publicly available flight data to track where the bored billionaire was going on the account until it was suspended Wednesday morning. “Well it appears @ElonJet is suspend...
R. Kelly’s Lawyers Say His Master Recording Were Stolen, Thieves Wanted $160K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: E. JASON WAMBSGANS / Getty The R. Kelly story continues to get peculiar. His legal team says a big chunk of his master recordings were stolen. As per Complex the Chicago, Illinois native has apparently take another huge loss in his career. TMZ reports that back in February a man named Keith Calbert, who is assumed to be one of the caretakers of the Kelly estate, filed a police report claiming hundreds of the disgraced crooner’s master recordings were stolen. According to the documentation the music was taken from a storage facility and is estimated to have a value of hundreds of millions of dollars. The man also says the originals in question were moved to California back in 2021 by two road managers. When asked to return them to Illinois they demand...
Birdman & Juvenile “Ali,” Kodak Black ft. NFL Tuewop “Ammunition” & More | Daily Visuals 12.15.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Emma McIntyre / Getty It feels like just like yesteryear Birdman and Juvenile were engulfed in a personal beef over all kinds of stuff, but now that the two men are on better terms it was only a matter of time before they linked up on the music tip and that time has come. Once again riding side-by-side in the visuals to “Ali,” Birdman and Juve take the scene back to where it all began, New Orleans, to turn up with their respective crews and the locals that supported them since day one. It isn’t exactly a Hot Boys reunion, but it’s something. Related Stories Further to the South, Kodak Black has some fun for his new video and in the NFL Tuewop assisted “Ammunition,” KB takes on the role of a school teacher and puts his students on the dice game and other e...
