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Björk to Host Podcast Series About Her Discography
As Björk prepares to release her new album Fossora, she has announced a new podcast called Björk: Sonic Symbolism. In each episode of the series, the Icelandic star will discuss a record from her discography. The first three episodes are chronological, documenting Debut, Post, and Homogenic, and all three will arrive on September 1. Guests will include philosopher and writer Oddný Eir and musicologist Ásmundur Jónsson. Listen to a trailer for the show, which was produced in collaboration with Talkhouse and Mailchimp, below. “Most of us go through phases in our lives that take roughly three years, and it is not a coincidence that this is often how long it takes to make an album, a book, or a film,” Björk says in the trailer. “In the conversations on this podcast, me and my friends try to ca...
Girlpool Break Up
Girlpool have announced that they are breaking up this year. “After nine years, we have decided to take a break from Girlpool and go our separate ways as songwriters,” Avery Tucker and Harmony Tividad shared in a statement. Their forthcoming tour, which begins on September 8, will now serve as their farewell tour. They’ve also canceled a series of dates from their itinerary. “This upcoming tour will be our last one—it will be an ode to the past, a celebration for the future, and something we will pour both of our hearts into completely,” they said. “We are each other’s biggest fans and always encourage each other to stretch and evolve, whether that means it’s alongside one another or not.” Tucker and Tividad met as teenagers at the venerated Los Angeles DIY venue the Smell...
Margo Price Shares Video for New Song “Been to the Mountain”
Margo Price is back with a new song. It’s called “Been to the Mountain” and it arrives with a trippy music video directed by Courtney Hoffman. Check it out below. “‘Been to the Mountain’ is part one of an introspective trip into our subconscious. It is the perfect continuation of my search for freedom in my art and freedom in the modern age,” said Price in a statement. “We also wanted to portray how an intense psychedelic experience has the potential to become a spiritual experience, and how that can change your perception of the world around you.” Today, Margo Price has also announced her own Sonos Radio show and podcast, Runaway Horses, which features an interview with Emmylou Harris on its debut episode. Future installments will include guests Bob Weir, Swamp Dogg, Lucius, Amythyst Kiah...
Gerald Potterton, Heavy Metal Director and Yellow Submarine Animator, Dies at 91
Gerald Potterton, the cult filmmaker who directed Heavy Metal and animated a segment of the Beatles’ Yellow Submarine, died Tuesday in Quebec, the National Film Board of Canada (NFB) said in a statement to Pitchfork. He was 91 years old, according to The Hollywood Reporter. Potterton was born in London before moving to London in the 1950s to work with NFB animation. In the early to mid 1960s, he directed a pair of Oscar-nominated shorts, My Financial Career and Christmas Cracker, as well as the live-action comedies The Ride and The Railrodder. He worked on the animated Beatles feature Yellow Submarine in England later that decade, then returned to Canada to found Potterton Productions. In 1981, he directed the cult adult animated film Heavy Metal, which paired a science fiction ...
K Trap Gears up for Mixtape Release With New Single “Spoilt”
Hot on the heels of his last single “Busy,” and only seven months after his collaborative mixtape with Blade Brown, Lambeth-born K Trap is back with a new song entitled “Spoilt.” The record also comes with news of a new project aptly dubbed The Last Whip II, a long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s first edition. For “Spoilt,” the Remedee and Nathaniel London-produced track is rough-and-ready U.K. drill. Coming as a rowdy anthem destined for the mosh pits, the lyrical substance touches on putting in the work, reaping the rewards, and not associating yourself with enemies. The accompanying visuals directed by Romael, are just as lively as the audio as the clean-cut edit takes us on a late-night tour of K Trap’s home of Gipsy Hill, London. You can watch th...
Lil Tjay Shares First Update Since Shooting and Hospitalization in June
Lil Tjay has shared the first update on his health since his shooting and hospitalization in June. Taking to Instagram, the young rapper first took a moment to share his gratitude to his fans for all the messages he’s received since the incident. “I’m just checking in with y’all. I just wanna say thanks for the love, thanks for the support. I been looking at the DMs, the comments and everything else and I feel love,” he said in the video, where he can be seen wearing a neck brace. “Seven shots — it was tough, you know? Most people don’t survive it, but I’m here. Here for a reason, and new music coming soon. We’re gonna come back stronger than ever. Love y’all.” The 21-year-old immediately went through surgery after getting shot in New Jersey in late June, and although a report stated that ...
Fabolous ft. Jim Jones “Rich Hustle,” Gucci Mane ft. BigDogWalk & Peewee Longway “Gelati” & More | Daily Visuals 8.23.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For the past year Fabolous, Jim Jones and Maino have shared their hilarious workout bromance on social media for all to enjoy but now Fab and Jim have finally gotten out the gym and into the studio to lay down some bars for their day-one fans to bop to. Linking up for the visuals to “Rich Hustle,” Fabolous heads out to Harlem to get his Bentley handwashed before popping bottles and flossing ridiculous amounts of ice with Jim Jones at Dyckman Park as a basketball game is played for the crowd in attendance. Down South, Gucci Mane calls on BigWalkDog and Peewee Longway to meet him at the hangout spot to get things turnt and stunt with reasonable amounts of ice for his latest clip to “Gelati.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Hotboii, Stefflong...
‘I Don’t Care’: Suspect In 2016 Kim Kardashian Robbery Has No Remorse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marc Piasecki / Getty One of the armed robbery suspects accused of robbing Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 says he doesn’t feel an ounce of remorse for apparently taking “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” to mean “Hold up the Kardashians at gunpoint.” Yunice Abbas essentially told Vice News that Kardashian was just begging to be robbed after being flashy on social media and treating luxury items like they were disposable trinkets. (Never mind the fact that those trinkets are valuable enough to feed a poor family for who knows how long.) Related Stories “I saw one of her shows where she threw her diamond in the pool in that episode of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians.’ I thought, ‘She’s got a lot of money. This lady doesn’t care at all,’ ” Abbas told Vice N...
K-Pop Breakouts IVE Sample a ’70s Disco Classic on New Single ‘After Like’
As the Korean music industry continuously finds new ways to connect to larger musical conversations, a girl group leading the next generation of K-pop is throwing it back to a ’70s disco anthem for their latest single. After entering the scene in December last year, IVE have already sent their first two singles, “Eleven” and “Love Dive,” to multiple Billboard charts: at Nos. 2 and 1, respectively, on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100, top 10 of World Digital Song Sales, and entries on the Billboard Global 200. The quickly rising group’s latest single “After Like” not only seems primed to land them another hit but expand to even more fans with a clever sample use. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “After Like” is IVE’s new single that incorporates...
Do You Get Deja Vu? Olivia Rodrigo Performs With Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
Olivia Rodrigo introduced the person she wrote “Deja Vu” about to Billy Joel‘s music — and now she’s singing onstage with the “Piano Man” himself. The 19-year-old pop star surprised fans when she joined Joel onstage during his Madison Square Garden concert in New York City on Wednesday night (Aug. 24) to perform back-to-back songs: “Deja Vu” and Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” the song she references in her 2021 top five Billboard Hot 100 hit. “Hey, guys!” Rodrigo said to the crowd as they screamed wildly. “Thank you so much for having me, Billy. I’m such a huge fan. And, uh, I kind of wrote this next song about you,” she said before launching into “Deja Vu.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fans will recognize the reference to Joel’s 1983 hit in Rodrigo’...
Echosmith Talks ‘Cool Kids’ Resurgence & Going Viral on TikTok
Ever since TikTok has taken over the world, the popular social media app has helped lead new songs to lofty debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 and breathe new life into the hit songs of yesteryear. Almost a decade ago — eight years, to be exact — Echosmith rose to a Hot 100 career-high of No. 13 with their breakout hit “Cool Kids.” Now, in 2022, the song is experiencing a notable resurgence thanks to a new sped-up version of the track. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On TikTok, users soundtrack video montages of their personal evolutions with the speedier version of the tune. More than 1.3 million videos have been made to the updated version of “Cool Kids,” led by TikTok heavyweights such as Addison Rae. In an interview with Billboard News...
Nelly Furtado Leads Lineup For Australia’s Beyond The Valley Festival
Nelly Furtado will make her comeback to the stage with a one-off New Year’s Eve festival performance in the land Down Under. The “I’m Like a Bird” singer is booked to perform at Beyond The Valley, a popular camping fest set in rural Victoria, and produced by independent promoter Untitled Group. The event is set for Dec. 28 to Jan. 1, 2023 at Barunah Plains, Hesse, with a lineup including Denzel Curry, Diplo, Kaytranada, Bicep, Benee, Aitch, Lime Cordiale, Charlotte De Witte and many others. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Booking Furtado is a coup for organizers and ticketholders, who’ll get the chance to see the Canadian-born artist perform a full set for the first time in over five years. Furtado’s career took flight in 2001 with “I’m Like A ...
