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Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack Detailed: Rihanna, Tems, Burna Boy, Future, and More
The new Marvel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is coming soon. Ahead of the film’s theatrical release, Roc Nation Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Hollywood Records have shared the details of the soundtrack album. In addition to the Rihanna single “Lift Me Up,” the soundtrack features Future, Burna Boy, Tems, Stormzy, Fireboy DML, Ckay, E-40, PinkPantheress, Rema, and more. Find the tracklist below. Director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis (chief creative officer at Def Jam), and Dave Jordan produced the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack album. “Ryan and I talked about the importance of creating an immersive journey of sound and voice,” Göransson said in a statement. “If we used a song in the film, we wanted it to be the entire song, and to be connected t...
Shygirl Announces 2023 North American Tour Dates
Shygirl released her debut album Nymph last month, and, now, she has announced an upcoming world tour. The trek will bring the musician through South America, Europe, Australia, and the United Kingdom before touching down in North America, with dates in major markets including Los Angeles, New York, San Francisco, Toronto, and Miami. See the tour dates below. Nymph is Shygirl’s first full-length album following a series of early EPs that includes Cruel Practice and Alias. Revisit Pitchfork’s Rising feature “Shygirl Is Shaping London Club Music In Her Own Bawdy Image.” All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Shygirl: Nymph World Tour Pt. 1 Shygirl: 11-05 São P...
Shygirl Reveals 2022-2023 World Tour
Electronica superstar Shygirl has announced the dates for part one of her upcoming world tour. Positioned to begin this month, the tour is in support of the London native’s latest album, Nymph. Through her own record label NUXXE, Nymph was released on September 30 of this year. Even though the artist has released a range of singles and three EPs since 2016, Nymph serves as Shygirl’s debut album – adding a firm stamp on her multifaceted sound that fuses elements of electronica, experimental pop, hip-hop, club and more. Now the forward-thinking artist is set to support her latest project on tour across Europe, South America, Australia and North America. Featuring 24 shows, part one of the tour begins on December 1 and concludes on April 15. The artist is offering first access for her On...
Which Song Do You Want Taylor Swift to Perform at The Eras Tour? Vote!
Taylor Swift is heading out on her The Eras tour next spring, and the celebration of her legendary career has got Swifties wondering how the 32-year-old pop star will fit all her albums into one setlist. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Swift has also dropped six No. 1 albums totaling 86 new or previously unreleased songs since her last roadshow, the Reputation Tour, in 2018. Over here at Billboard, we’ve already compiled our dream setlist for the upcoming The Eras tour, and now, we want to know what you think. Check out our setlist here, and let us know which of Swift’s hits you want to see her perform during the 2023 tour. Vote below. [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to F...
Trending Up: Rihanna and Meghan Trainor Make Two Very Different Pop Comebacks
Rihanna’s Catalog Gets ‘Lift’ed With Comeback Just one week after Taylor Swift’s Midnights was released to historic impact, we got an even longer-anticipated return from a global pop icon: Rihanna, who released her first new single in six years with the Def Jam-released Black Panther: Wakanda Forever ballad “Lift Me Up.” The song debuted with nearly eight million official on-demand U.S. streams and 16,000 in sales on Oct. 28, and racked up another 6.9 million streams and 11,000 sales over the next two days, all according to Luminate. Those numbers should portend a major Billboard Hot 100 debut for the single, though how deep it can strike into the Swift stronghold atop the chart currently remains to be seen. (A strong radio showing should also help: “Lift Me Up” registered 26.3 million in ...
Gabby Barrett Gives Birth to Baby No. 2 With Cade Foehner: ‘What a Precious Gift’
Gabby Barrett and her husband Cade Foehner have welcomed their second child, son Augustine Boone Foehner, born on Oct. 27. They are also parents to daughter Baylah May Foehner, who was born in January 2021. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On Nov. 2, the couple shared a photo on social media of Baylah May looking at her newborn baby brother, who is dressed in a blue onesie and wrapped in a blue blanket. The photo was captioned, “Soaking up newborn days with baby brother. What a precious gift from our Lord!” The couple also revealed his name — as well as its pronunciation — and the little guy’s birthday in the caption. Barrett and Foehner met while each was competing during the 16th season of American Idol. Barrett went on to finish in th...
Music Companies Must Now Include Salary Ranges on New York Job Postings
A new New York City law requiring employers to disclose salary ranges in job postings has officially gone into effect this week, with music companies hiring in the city mandated to comply. On the first day of the law, a picture of at least one of the major music companies’ salary ranges has come into focus. The day the law went into effect, several companies were criticized for overly-broad salary ranges that effectively subverted the point of the regulation, which was designed to give prospective employees insight into what they could be expected to earn at different companies in the city and address salary discrepancies between men and women and for people of color. The Wall Street Journal, for instance, posted reporting and producing jobs with ranges between $40,000 to $160,000; te...
Report States Adidas Was Done With Ye In “2-Minute” Phone Call
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jonathan Leibson / Getty Adidas’ move to terminate their turbulent partnership with Ye aka Kanye West was made easier by his antisemitic remarks and ended with a brief phone call, a report reveals. According to a new report, the global athletic brand’s executives in Bavaria, Germany made the decision to cut ties with Ye after an “undramatic” two-minute phone call made to two U.S.-based law firms representing the company. Adidas had been consistently searching for a way to sever their business partnership with the YEEZUS rapper for months. They were hesitant to do so, even with his antisemitic tirades causing a massive backlash for fear of legal issues. “Some of the company’s top executives hesitated because they first wanted to obtain opinions from o...
Consequence Is Upset G.O.O.D. Music Artists Aren’t Defending Kanye West
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: New York Daily News / Getty Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty In the past few weeks we’ve been witnessing the downfall of the artist formerly known as Kanye West (he goes by Ye these days), and while it was completely self-inflicted, Ye’s confidant, Consequence, is wondering why more of his homie’s artists aren’t standing up for their boss. A few days ago Consequence took to his IG page to address the controversy surrounding his former collaborator and friend, Kanye, and in a 12-minute clip called out everyone affiliated with Ye’s label and wondered, “Where is everybody else at?!” After proclaiming his loyalty to Kanye and saying he’d always stand by him regardless of anything, Consequence continued to wonder, “I’m the only person that got a check with Ye? Huh...
Westside Gunn Addresses Griselda Rumors, Curating The Culture, & More
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Edward Berthelot / Getty Westside Gunn, the visionary mind behind the Griselda Records operation, is coasting on the winds of his continued success with the release of his latest collection of art in 10, closing a chapter of sorts. The Buffalo, N.Y. artist recently revealed the inner workings of the Griselda movement, addressed rumblings of crew beef, and also leaned into his future as an executive producer among other topics. Westside Gunn kicked off Griselda’s massive and highly influential 10-year run with the release of Hitler Wears Hermes, a play on the Devil Wears Prada name. As some savvy music fans fully realize, Gunn never titled the project to praise Hitler but has acknowledged the title carries a lot of weight and especially so now in the age o...
Streets Say Young M.A Is Pregnant, Twitter Doesn’t Mind Its Business Per Usual
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Prince Williams / Getty The streets are saying that Young M.A is with child and as one can imagine, the reaction to the unconfirmed news has been over the top. We’ve seen some of the zanier and frankly offensive comments coming from the Twitter side of things and, unfortunately, we have to share our views on it all. Young M.A, 30, made waves in the Hip-Hop industry with her brazen lyrical ability and propensity to speak vividly about her sexual orientation on terms that befit her. While she isn’t the only out rapper from the LGBTQ community, Young M.A is certainly one of the more notable artists in that space. On Tuesday (Nov. 1), fans on Twitter began spreading the news that the Brooklyn rapper was pregnant and naturally, the jokes came flying in. ...
Watch RL Grime Drop Unreleased Collaboration With Nero at Second Sky Music Festival
Just like Mariah Carey on November 1st, each Halloween season RL Grime unthaws to drop some bombs. Days after the release of the stunning 11th installment of his long-running Halloween mix series, Grime took the stage at Porter Robinson’s curated Bay Area festival, Second Sky. During his performance, he treated the crowd to a bevy of his trap classics, high-caliber remixes and selections from his own Sable Valley imprint. But it was one particular track that really stunned the electronic music community, a new collaborative ID with one of the scene’s most iconic acts: Nero. You can hear a snippet in the below clip, wherein breathtaking vocals from Nero’s Alana Watson’s build into an uplifting, high-energy drop blending the trio’s ...
