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UK Band Slaves Change Name to Soft Play
Until now, we’ve not been able to comment on what’s going on with the band, as life changing events have left us on hiatus, just trying to get through each day. There were times over the last few years when we never thought we would ever step foot on a stage together again. However we feel that the time has now come to pick up where we left off. Before we do that though, we want to address something important. When we called our band Slaves, it was intended solely as a reference to the grind of day to day life. As younger men, we responded to criticism of the name from a place of fear and defensiveness. Feeling backed into a corner, our own pride caused us to fight for a name we weren’t even sure we wanted anymore. It felt at times as if our band name had defined us and we were scared of w...
Watch SZA’s New “Nobody Gets Me” Video
SZA has shared a video for “Nobody Gets Me,” marking the release day of new album SOS. Bradley Calder directed the video. SZA, who wore a St. Louis Blues hockey jersey for the album cover and a Seattle Mariners baseball cap on Saturday Night Live, continues the sporty sartorial theme, wearing a New York Jets jacket as she mooches about on a rooftop. Watch it below. Across its 23 tracks, SOS features Phoebe Bridgers, Travis Scott, Don Toliver, and samples of Björk and the late Ol’ Dirty Bastard, among others. Producers include ThankGod4Cody, Carter Lang, Jeff Bhasker, Benny Blanco, Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds, Rodney “Darkchild” Jerkins, and Jay Versace. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
SZA Releases Music Video for “Nobody Gets Me”
SZA stans are rejoicing today because her highly-anticipated sophomore album SOS has finally hit streaming services. And to excite the fans even further, the R&B artist has released a brand new music video for “Nobody Gets Me.” Track 14 is a moody number and tells the story of SZA reflecting on a past lover. The visual is simple and essentially shows her crooning on the top of a building somewhere in New York City as she rocks baggy jeans, a graphic tee, a trucker hat that bears an upside-down smiley face and a New York Jets leather jacket. “How am I supposed to let you go / only like myself when I’m with you / nobody gets me you do,” she sings about a partner that made her feel at home whenever they were around. The entire just-over-three-minute clip is shot entirely in black and whit...
SZA Releases Music Video for “Nobody Gets Me”
SZA stans are rejoicing today because her highly-anticipated sophomore album SOS has finally hit streaming services. And to excite the fans even further, the R&B artist has released a brand new music video for “Nobody Gets Me.” Track 14 is a moody number and tells the story of SZA reflecting on a past lover. The visual is simple and essentially shows her crooning on the top of a building somewhere in New York City as she rocks baggy jeans, a graphic tee, a trucker hat that bears an upside-down smiley face and a New York Jets leather jacket. “How am I supposed to let you go / only like myself when I’m with you / nobody gets me you do,” she sings about a partner that made her feel at home whenever they were around. The entire just-over-three-minute clip is shot entirely in black and whit...
NAV Announces Never Sleep ’23 Tour
Earlier this year, NAV released his fourth album Demons Protected by Angels. Teaming up with the likes of Gunna, Lil Baby, Future and more, NAV landed a debut at the #1 spot on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop charts. Now, the multidimensional artist has announced his Never Sleep ‘23 tour for next year. With 23 dates scheduled, NAV is traveling across North America with supporting acts RealestK and SoFaygo. The tour begins in Minneapolis next February and concludes in the artist’s hometown of Toronto with a special show that includes a performance from Bryson Tiller. Peep the dates and locations for the tour below. For tickets, the general release takes place December 12 at 10am local time. VIP Packages may include premium tickets, meet and greets, commemorative merchandise, special entry and m...
NAV Announces Never Sleep ’23 Tour
Earlier this year, NAV released his fourth album Demons Protected by Angels. Teaming up with the likes of Gunna, Lil Baby, Future and more, NAV landed a debut at the #1 spot on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop charts. Now, the multidimensional artist has announced his Never Sleep ’23 tour for next year. With 23 dates scheduled, NAV is traveling across North America with supporting acts RealestK and SoFaygo. The tour begins in Minneapolis next February and concludes in the artist’s hometown of Toronto with a special show that includes a performance from Bryson Tiller. Peep the dates and locations for the tour below. For tickets, the general release takes place December 12 at 10am local time. VIP Packages may include premium tickets, meet and greets, commemorative merchandise, s...
A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie Delivers Fourth Studio Album ‘Me vs. Myself’
Bronx rapper A Boogie Wit Da Hoodie has dropped off his fourth studio LP, Me vs. Myself. Although the album was initially slated for release in November, Boogie shared that he would be delaying its debut to avoid putting himself in competition with Drake and 21 Savage’s Her Loss. A month later, the rapper has returned with 22 tracks across a little over an hour. After opening with “Food for Thought,” Boogie linked with Roddy Ricch for “B.R.O. (Better Ride Out.” Later in the album are two collaborations with Lil Durk and features from G Herbo and H.E.R. Most excitingly, there’s a sequel to Boogie’s 2017 hit single “Drowning” with Kodak Black. The two join forces once again for “Water (Drowning 2),” which features a similar beat to the iconic original. “This feels like my best project in tha...
The Best EDM Songs of 2022
EDM.com proudly publishes four installments of annual year-end coverage: Industry Leaders, Performances, Music Producers and Songs. The electronic music production community released new music at a dizzying rate in 2022. And it would be unfair to its diverse range of creators to publish a nebulous blanket list of the year’s top songs, so we’ve chosen 10 popular sub-genres and recognized five tracks, each chosen by members of the EDM.com staff. Check out a playlist of our top 50 tracks of 2022 below, followed by a breakdown of each individual song. House Chris Lorenzo & COBRAH – MAMI In 2022, tech house continued to bubble up from the underground and dominate the festival circuit. And one track in particular ran circles around the rest: “MAMI,” a four-on-the-floor...
Cloverdale Cooks Up Peak-Hour Club Single, “Up All Night”
Cloverdale’s “Up All Night” is the tipping point leading into the peak-hour at the club. The Canadian house music artist has had a memorable year in 2022 with high-profile festival slots at EDC Las Vegas and Nocturnal Wonderland, but while “Up All Night” is similarly tailor-made for losing yourself in neon lights, Cloverdale brings a more intimate energy to the track with the help of BABA NO BABY. Cloverdale shared that upon floating the idea to BABA NO BABY, the two were down to business in the studio the very next day. The producer tips his hat to the underground with driving low end baselines that strategically walk the lane between techno and invigorating bass house. Underpinned by an intricate groove of pumping kicks, crisp hi-hats and high-energy ads-libs, the groove is capped off wi...
Justin Bieber and The Weeknd Sued Over Alleged Bored Ape NFT Scheme: ‘Drastically Inflated Prices’
Justin Bieber, Snoop Dogg, The Weeknd and dozens of other celebrities are facing a new class action alleging they were secretly paid to “misleadingly” promote NFTs like the Bored Ape Yacht Club, leaving investors with “staggering losses.” In a complaint filed Thursday in Los Angeles federal court, attorneys for a pair of consumers claimed that Bored Ape parent company Yuga Labs Inc. perpetrated a “vast scheme” in which they “discreetly” paid “highly influential celebrities” to pump up the value of the NFTs (non-fungible tokens). “Defendants’ promotional campaign was wildly successful, generating billions of dollars in sales and re-sales,” the lawyers for the plaintiffs wrote. “The manufactured celebrity endorsements and misleading promotions … were able to artificially increase the interes...
Tia Lee (Lee Yu Fen) Releases Music Video for Her New Single “Goodbye Princess”
Tia Lee (Lee Yu Fen) is a global c-pop singer, actress, and fashion icon. Over the years and also very recently, Tia Lee has graced the covers of global fashion, beauty, and lifestyle magazines like Vogue, Rollacoaster Magazine, and Elle. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The highly-anticipated music video for Tia Lee’s new song “Goodbye Princess” was released exclusively on YouTube and Weibo. “Goodbye Princess” is an official farewell note written by Tia Lee to her old self, as she says goodbye to the past and reinvents herself to explore a new world. Themed around female empowerment, the song aims to encourage all women to build a more promising future for themselves. This is the first Chinese song produced by Grammy Award-winning produ...
Jet Black, Founding Drummer of The Stranglers, Dies at 84
Jet Black, one of the co-founders and the original drummer in beloved British new wave/punk band The Stranglers has died at 84. “It is with heavy hearts we announce the passing of our dear friend, colleague and band elder statesman Jet Black,” the band wrote in a statement on Thursday (Dec. 8). “Jet died peacefully at home surrounded by his family. Fond adieu, fly straight JB.” In a lengthy tribute, the band said that Black (born Brian John Duffy on Aug. 26, 1938 in Essex, England) died on Tuesday (Dec. 6) of unspecified causes. “As the ‘elder statesmen’ of the group, Jet was already a successful businessman in the Guildford area when The Stranglers formed in 1974,” they wrote. “Jet owned a fleet of ice cream vans, one of which, as many fans will fondly remember, was used to tour the UK in...
