Hyd, the moniker of interdisciplinary artist and PC Music associate Hayden Dunham (formerly of the QT project), has announced their debut album. Clearing is out November 11 via PC Music. Today they’ve shared the new single “So Clear,” which was co-written with the late SOPHIE as well as Easyfun. Listen below. “The feeling of rejection opened up my own questions about choosing Earth, choosing to make something new here, to be rooted when turbulent winds bend the stems,” Hyd said in a statement. Transmuting a feeling of loss into something fortifying – ripples in the water that become still. ‘So Clear’ emerges from a place of total loss, full collision, and the freedom that comes through surrender.” The new album, which follows last year’s self-titled EP, features the Caroline Polachek...
Jazmine Sullivan has joined John Legend on a new song, a track titled “Love.” It appears on Legend’s new album Legend, which is out today (September 8). Rick Ross, Saweetie, Rapsody, and Amber Mark appear elsewhere on the album. Check out “Love” below. After releasing Heaux Tales at the beginning of 2021, Sullivan followed it with Heaux Tales, Mo’ Tales: The Deluxe earlier this year. She’s since picked up two Grammys for Heaux Tales and was named to Time’s annual list of its 100 most influential people. Legend is the first full-length from John Legend since 2020’s Bigger Love. Read Pitchfork’s interview “Jazmine Sullivan on Shamelessness, Heaux Tales, and Her Biggest Year Yet,” and revisit the Sunday Review of John Legend’s 2004 debut Get Lifted. Content This content can also be viewed on ...
West Coast rapper Yeat has shared his latest EP. Lyfë is out now via Field Trip/Geffen, and it opens with a track featuring Lil Uzi Vert. Listen to “Flawlëss” below, and scroll down to hear the full EP. Lyfë follows 2 Alivë, which arrived earlier this year, as well as 2021’s Up 2 Më. Yeat also issued 2 Alivë (Geëk Pack), an expanded release that includes nine new songs. The new 12-track record also includes lead single “Talk,” and the BenjiCold-produced cut “Comë On.” The majority of Lyfë is built on top of beats by BYNX. In recent months, Yeat dropped the song “Rich Minion,” which appears on the Minions: The Rise of Gru soundtrack. The single partly spawned the Gentleminions trend, which inspired fans to wear formal attire during theatrical screenings of the film. Lil Uzi Vert’s last solo...
Rosalía has shared some new material on Motomami+, a deluxe update of her March album Motomami. In addition to a live take of “La Fama” and a remix of “Candy,” Rosalía has shared four previously unreleased tracks: “Aislamiento,” “La Kilié,” “LAX,” and “Chiri.” Check them out below. Rosalía announced the arrival of her third LP—the follow-up to 2018’s El Mal Querer—last November. She shared “Saoko,” “Hentai,” “Chicken Teryaki,” and her Weeknd collaboration “La Fama” to preview Motomami, and later released videos for “Candy” and “Delirio de Grandeza.” She shared another new song, “Despechá,” over the summer, which she chased with a video a few weeks later. The Spanish singer has had a world tour underway since July, with a few dates remaining in the United States and a European leg tha...
John Legend brings out all the legends on his eighth and latest album — the double-disc Legend. Executive produced by the EGOT winner along with OneRepublic’s Ryan Tedder, Legend features collaborations with Rick Ross, Muni Long, Jazmine Sullivan, Jada Kingdom, Rapsody, Ledisi, Jhene Aiko, Ty Dolla $ign and others. Ahead of its release, via Republic Records, the soul man described the recording as being “suffused with an unapologetic spirit of sensuality and joy, informed by the full vulnerability of pain, praise and healing.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Until this point, he continued, “I’ve never used an aspect of my name as the title of an album.” “I had to earn that, to live up to it by delivering in the performance and the music...
Elton John has paid a musical tribute to Queen Elizabeth II and remembered the “bloody hard” work she contributed over the course of her long reign. Speaking to the audience Thursday night (Sept. 8) at his final show in Toronto, the Rocket Man reflected on the late monarch, who died Thursday (Sept. 8) at Balmoral Castle in Scotland, aged 96. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “She was an inspiring presence to be around,” he said, as images of the late royal lit up the big screens either side of the stage. “She led the country through some of our greatest and darkest moments with grace and decency and genuine caring, and warmth.” In February of this year, the Queen became the first British monarch to celebrate a Platinum Jubilee, marking 70...
Nicki Minaj released “Super Freaky Girl (Queen Mix),” a collaboration-fueled new cut, in the early hours of Friday (Sept. 9). Minaj teased the track Thursday, but didn’t give away her co-stars. It’s a long lineup, including JT & BIA, featuring Katie Got Bandz, Akbar V and Malibu Mitch. “Ayo, this the Queen Mix right here. Miami, Boston, Chicago, Atlanta, New York … stand the f— up!” the star announces on the updated version of her first solo No. 1 hit before the sample of Rick James’ ’80s classic “Super Freak” kicks in and she begins to rap, “I can lick it, I can ride it while you slippin’ and slidin’/ I can do all them little tricks and keep the dick up inside it/ You can smack it, you can grip it, you can go down and kiss it/ And every time he leave me ‘lone, he always tell me he mis...
“I’ve been surrounded by divas my entire life and I’m probably the biggest one of them all,” says top Nashville manager Jason Owen with a robust laugh, explaining why he was beyond qualified to serve as one of the executive producers on Monarch, the deliciously soapy new Fox series premiering Sunday (Sept. 11) that chronicles the musical exploits and over-the-top misadventures of country music’s fictional first family. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Starring Susan Sarandon and Trace Adkins as Dottie and Albie Roman – the matriarch and patriarch of the multi-generational Roman family – the frothy melodrama often strains credulity. But there were some areas where Owen insisted that credibility reign. “There has to be a real thru-line with some o...
There’s something extra sweet this year about the return of America’s favorite sport. The Monday Night Football matchup on September 12th will see Russell Wilson’s Denver Broncos take on his former team, the Seattle Seahawks, for a high-profile showdown. And new music from Marshmello is set to soundtrack the festivities. Mello’s forthcoming track “Grown Man,” a collaboration with Southside and Polo G, has already begun dominating promotional spots for the matchup, but that’s merely just the start for the masked hitmaker. Marshmello has been named ESPN’s music curator for the 2023 NFL season. ESPN Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles The Grammy-nominated Shockwave artist also received the honor of remixing Monday Ni...