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Rihanna Continues To Tease “Lift Me Up,” Revealing Single Cover Art
Yesterday, Marvel confirmed rumors that Rihanna would be contributing a song to the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack. The company posted a teaser showing the Wakanda Forever title transforming into an “R” alongside the date October 28, 2022. The film will premiere two weeks later on November 11. Along with reposting Marvel’s announcement video, Rihanna has now followed up by sharing the cover art for her forthcoming single, “Lift Me Up.” The cover art simply pictures a close-up of the singer in black-and-white, her name and the song’s title. “Lift Me Up” was co-written by Rihanna, returning Black Panther director Ryan Coogler and Ludwig Göransson, who composed the score for both the original and sequel films, as well as Nigerian artist Tems. The track will mark the end of Rihanna’...
Conjure Up a Halloween Playlist With These Horror-Themed Hip-Hop Tracks
While Christmas music seems to dominate the entire month of December, Halloween has yet to be given the same attention. For years, come Halloween, supermarkets and radio stations have played the same old stuff ad nauseum — cue “Monster Mash.” Hip-hop, however, has been engrossed with horror, going so far as to dedicate a subgenre to music that sounds like it was designed to be streamed during the spooky season. Branching out from gangsta rap, the oft-forgotten horrorcore uses the supernatural as a metaphor for real-life themes of violence, drug abuse and death. Though not all horrorcore songs are that bleak, they’re usually darkly transgressive, and their influence has permeated throughout rappers old and new. The 1980s old-school wave, for instance, often pulled from horrorcore when sampl...
Harry Styles Morphs Into a Bearded Merman in “Music for a Sushi Restaurant” Video
Harry Styles on Thursday released the official music video for his popular Harry’s House track, “Music for a Sushi Restaurant,” directed by Aube Perrie. In the video, Styles morphs into a bearded, tentacle-endowed merman, who washes ashore and ends up in the hands of a squad of sushi chefs. At the restaurant, fittingly called Gill’s, Styles is terrified by the sight of fellow sea creatures being prepped for dinner. Panicked, he fights for his survival and ultimately wins over the kitchen. Styles then receives something of an oceanic spa treatment while listening to his own song and relaxing with under-eye patches and a black sleep mask. “Can I touch your tail?” one patron asks before they are sharply scolded with a slap from Styles’ tentacle. Later, the singer finds himself performing...
Rezz Lines Up Collaboration With Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Polyphia’s Tim Henson
It looks like Rezz has a high-profile rock collaboration in the works. Going live to support the release of her new audiovisual mix, Nightmare On Rezz Street 2, she opened up about the new release and answered some questions from fans. When speaking about the future, the Canadian electronic music sensation dreamed up a collaboration with Bring Me the Horizon’s Oli Sykes and Polyphia’s Tim Henson. Check out the clip below. Taking to Instagram to recruit the duo, she shared the clip from her stream and tagged the pair of rock stars. Sykes, the decorated Bring Me the Horizon frontman, was the first to respond and said he’s “down if Tim [Henson] is.” Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The Polyphia guitarist would then reply confirming that he&#...
Nero to Perform Live for the First Time In Five Years at Red Rocks
One of the most iconic electronic music bands in the world is returning to the stage after five years. Coming soon to Red Rocks Amphitheatre is deadmau5’s “We Are Friends Tour,” which is approaching its final stops with a pair of shows at Colorado’s famed open air venue. For each leg of the tour, Nero have performed DJ sets, but they’re now offering fans a special surprise to close out their run. At both of the tour’s Red Rocks dates, Nero will reunite as a trio with vocalist Alana Watson for their first live performance together since 2017. Back in the summer of 2021, on the 10-year anniversary of their groundbreaking debut album, Welcome Reality, the Grammy-winning trio announced their third album in the works. We hav...
Inside Carl Cox’s Two-Decade Saga at Ultra Music Festival
Iconic, breathtaking, indelible—what can be said about Carl Cox‘s music that hasn’t already been said about Ultra‘s RESISTANCE Megastructure? The legendary DJ is embedded in the mythos of Ultra, a festival that is as vital to rave culture as Cox is to techno. He’s been throwing down in Miami for nearly two decades now, and the star of his legacy only grows brighter with each eye-popping RESISTANCE set. There’s no arguing the power of Ultra’s Main Stage, but the immersive Megastructure is the festival’s pièce de résistance. It’s here where Cox has enraptured the nation’s electronic music community since 2017. Carl Cox performs at Ultra’s RESISTANCE Megastructure. Rudgrcom But that wasn’t always the ca...
Nike To Release Spider-Man Themed Air Jordan 1 In 2023
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Sony / Sony Pictures Entertainment Peter Parker and one of the culture’s most beloved brands are teaming up once again. Nike is planning to release a Spider-Man themed Air Jordan 1 in 2023. As spotted on High Snobiety, the iconic silhouette will bear the distinctive marks of the famed superhero. With the massive success of Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse the Beaverton, Oregon based company is already prepping a special release to celebrate the sequel. Slated for a June 2023 release Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse Miles Morales / Spider-Man will go on an adventure across the multiverse with Spider-Woman and a new team of Spider-People who must face a powerful villain. Nike has confirmed they will curate a Miles Morales AJ1 in the character’s hon...
Killer Mike Likens Himself To MLK In Twitter Response To Critics
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Paras Griffin / Getty The rapper and activist Killer Mike has drawn criticism for comparing himself to the civil rights leader online in response to pushback for his support of the GOP Governor Brian Kemp. Killer Mike is facing scrutiny for his meeting with Georgia’s governor, Brian Kemp after being vocal about his less-than-favorable opinions of the Democratic Party. In a recent appearance on Hell of a Week with Charlamagne Tha God on Comedy Central, he criticized Democratic candidate Stacey Abrams for a perceived lack of “Black community involvement” and an “unclear stance on the legalization of marijuana.” “Whatever white person you got running your Black outreach, fire them,” Mike said. In contrast, he praised Kemp for his campaign, and stated that he...
Antonio Brown Defends Kanye, Blames ‘The World’s Reactionary And Selective Outrage’ For Ye’s Downfall
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Cooper Neill / Getty While brands like Addidas, GAP and G.O.O.D. Music are severing ties with the artist formerly known as Kanye West, NFL receiver and Donda staffer Antonio Brown is defending Ye and championing him as a free thinker being held down by—uh—”the world” I guess. From TMZ: The NFL receiver — who joined the Donda staff earlier this year — addressed the massive controversy surrounding Kanye following several anti-Semitic statements … saying, “the world’s reactionary and selective outrage at comments in the media made by my brother, Ye, have inflamed and sparked rampant conversation and reflection.” As companies like Adidas and Balenciaga cut ties with West, AB says the timing is not a coincidence. “The people and brands that have...
New Herschel Walker Abortion Accuser Steps Forward
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jessica McGowan / Getty Another woman has come forward to accuse Georgia Republican Senate candidate Herschel Walker of coercing her to have an abortion years ago, calling him a “hypocrite” for his anti-abortion stance. The woman made her claims at a press conference on Wednesday (Oct. 26) held in Los Angeles, California. The event was convened by lawyer Gloria Allred, who is representing the unidentified woman. “I don’t believe Herschel is morally fit to be a U.S. senator, and that is the reason I am speaking up and providing proof,” she said, appearing at the conference via Zoom with a blank screen to protect herself from threats and reprisals. Referred to as Jane Doe, she detailed how she had an affair with the former Heisman Trophy winner wh...
Kanye West’s Donda Academy Abruptly Calls Off 2022-23 School Year
Kanye West’s private school is closing for the remainder of the 2022-23 school year, The Times reports. The school’s principal, Jason Angell, reportedly emailed students’ parents, “Our leadership team will be working diligently to assist all families during this transition, ensuring that every scholar has what they need to succeed in their next community in a prompt and gracious manner.” Donda Academy opened last year and is the subject of great mystery, with families reportedly required to sign nondisclosure agreements to send their children to the school. According to The Hollywood Reporter, West recently lost an educational consultant for the school who resigned after the rapper tweeted that he wanted to go “death con 3 On JEWISH PEOPLE.” The school year’s cancellation comes after the a...
Mogwai to Reissue Young Team and Come on Die Young
Mogwai will release their landmark first two albums, Mogwai Young Team and Come on Die Young, on double gatefold vinyl next year. Out February 10 via Chemikal Underground, the 1997 and ’99 albums will come on blue and white vinyl, respectively, and keep their original tracklists. The former, which has been remastered, will also be reissued on CD and digitally. Mogwai’s Stuart Braithwaite recently released a memoir, Spaceships Over Glasgow: Mogwai and Misspent Youth, about “teenage idiocy, life in general, gigs and playing in Mogwai.” Twenty-five years into their career, the Scottish post-rockers scored their first UK No. 1 with their last record, As the Love Continues. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our ...
