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Migos’ Offset Shares Video for Baby Keem-Produced New Song “5 4 3 2 1”
Offset has released the new song “5 4 3 2 1” (via Motown). The Migos rapper’s new single is produced by Baby Keem. The song arrives with a music video shot in an amusement park. Check it out below. This year, Offset and the Migos have been thrust into breakup rumors, fueled by Quavo and Takeoff’s string of releases as a duo. The Atlanta trio hasn’t directly addressed it, but has vaguely shot the rumors down. In the past few months, Offset has made guest appearances on tracks by Trippie Redd, SleazyWorld Go, Shenseea, and Calvin Harris. Earlier this year, Baby Keem and Offset were both featured on Kanye West’s Donda 2 song “We Did It Kid.” Keem is on tour with his fellow pgLang artists Kendrick Lamar and Tanna Leone. Keem released his latest album, The Melodic Blue, in September 2021. More ...
Watch Nardwuar Interview Harry Styles at Coachella 2022
When he wasn’t performing a headlining slot at Coachella 2022, Harry Styles took a moment to chat with Nardwuar the Human Serviette. Now, Nardwuar has released the interview footage. Watch Styles and Nardwuar discuss parsnips, Joni Mitchell, Fleetwood Mac, and more in the clip below. Nardwuar opened the interview by giving Styles one of many presents, the first of which was a vinyl pressing of Elvis Presley’s single “The Girl of My Best Friend.” Styles accepted the gift with a laugh, saying that it was “probably the first song I learned the words to, and I used to sing it in my bedroom when I was a kid.” Nardwuar also gave Styles a custom guitar pedal, a Fleetwood Mac Rumours mirror, a Peter Gabriel promotional poster from 1983, and more. Elsewhere in the discussion, Styles reminisced abou...
Björk Announces New Album Fossora
Björk has announced a new album. Fossora, the follow-up to 2017’s Utopia, will arrive in the fall, The Guardian reports. The album includes a recurring sextet of bass clarinets, a smattering of gabber beats, and a theme—reflected in the title, based on the word “digger” in Latin—of mushroom life. It also includes two songs written for Björk’s late mother, the environmental activist Hildur Rúna Hauksdóttir, who died in 2018. Fossora features a song with Serpentwithfeet and backing vocals from Björk’s son, Sindri, and daughter, Ísadóra, as well as contributions from Gabber Modus Operandi, the Indonesian dance duo who brewed up a style that they and Björk termed “biological techno.” Describing Utopia as “a pacifist, idealistic album with flutes and synths and birds,” Björk envisages Fossora t...
Best New Tracks: Offset, Nicki Minaj, Mura Masa and More
As the week in music comes to a close, HYPEBEAST has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks. This week’s list is led by Offset, Nicki Minaj and Mura Masa, who released the Baby Keem-produced single “54321,” “Super Freaky Girl (Roman Remix)” and a remix of “blessing me” with a new feature from Kali Uchis. Also joining this week’s selection are fresh offerings from Larry June, Armani Caesar x Benny The Butcher x Stove God Cooks, SwaVay, Sudan Archives, Anitta with Missy Elliott, Cautious Clay and 070 Shake. Offset – “54321” [embedded content] Offset delivers his first solo single of the year, “54321.” The new cut clocks in at three minutes and is produced by pgLang’s Baby Keem with additional work from Mike Dean, Jahaan Akil Sweet and Ruchau...
Pusha T Performs “Brambleton” and “Dreamin of The Past” for Vevo Ctrl Series
Pusha T recently graced the Vevo Ctrl stage to perform two cuts off his latest album, It’s Almost Dry. The rapper shared a live performance of the album opener “Brambleton,” produced by Pharrell Williams, and the Kanye West-featuring and produced track “Dreamin of The Past,” which saw King Push in all-white outfit while performing in front of a hanging microphone. It’s Almost Dry became Pusha T’s first No. 1 album, debuting with 55,000 album-equivalent units in its first week. The 12-track record is the highly-anticipated followup to 2018’s DAYTONA and features additional guest appearances from JAY-Z, Kid Cudi, Lil Uzi Vert, Don Toliver, NIGO, Labrinth and Malice, with Pharrell and Ye producing a majority of the album and serving as executive producers. Watch Pusha T’s performances be...
Steve Lacy Speaks on Collaborating With Kanye West in the Studio and Their Matching Tattoos
Steve Lacy confirmed that he has collaborated with the artist formerly known as Kanye West, and even opened up about their matching tattoos posted on Instagram. The young artist, who dropped his latest album Gemini Rights, quickly spoke to TMZ and shared Ye “never stops” in the studio. Lacy added, however, that they are not planning to release a collaborative album any time soon, but they do have a friendship. “But I’m around, he’s making stuff around me constantly,” he said. Lacy also touched on the recent photo of him, West and Lil Uzi Vert sporting matching tattoos on their left biceps that read “We Here Forever Technically,” stating that Mez Afram’s work on their bodies mean, “We’re artists, we never die, technically.” Elsewhere in music, stream Offset’s “54321,” which w...
Rich DietZ and BERK Get “Lit” In New Tech House Anthem
Rich DietZ show out once again on “LIT,” their latest tech house banger, a collaboration with fellow red-hot producer BERK. Out today via Peak Hour Music, “LIT” marks the surging electronic music duo’s fifth single of 2022. They’ve kept their feet on the gas pedal, pumping out club-ready house records like “Work Song” and “VIBES,” the latter of which received support by iconic dance music duo Showtek. True to its name, the energetic single lights up the tech house artfulness of both Rich DietZ and BERK. Their pulsing production is highlighted by crisp percussion, laser-like synths and cheeky vocals, all of which combine for yet another house masterstroke. The nuances of their sound design are front-and-center, as squelchy bass fills and...
Ekonovah and Cloverdale Team Up for Soulful Tech House Jam, “Higher”
Ekonovah and Cloverdale have joined forces for “Higher,” a brand new single out now by way of deadmau5’s hau5trap imprint. “Higher” finds two extremely promising dance music producers teaming up in a superb display of tech house gravitas. The track’s hallmark is a soulful vocal refrain, which floats atop the arrangement with an airy charisma as a four-on-the-floor rhythm chugs below. It’s not long before Ekonovah and Cloverdale unload a sultry tech house drop that beautifully combines each artist’s respective approach to production. Here, the nuances of their sounds shine in-between the bars, highlighted by resonant rave stabs, punchy leads and a pulsing bassline. Take a listen to “Higher” below. “‘Highe...
Listen to Malaa’s Gritty New House Track, “Hypnotic”
Our favorite balaclava-wearing house producer, Malaa, has dropped a new house track, “Hypnotic.” It’s the enigmatic producer’s third single from his upcoming debut LP, DON MALAA, one of the year’s most hotly anticipated dance albums. Clocking in at over five minutes, “Hypnotic” finds Malaa beautifully splaying his bass-oriented house music sensibilities through the arrangement, mesmerizing listeners with gritty sound design. His signature, gritty drum programming and clever vocal sampling are on full display in the new track, which sounds like a surefire standout from DON MALAA. Malaa’s long-awaited debut album is expected to release in September 2022. Ahead of the album’s release, you can catch the “Ring The Alarm̶...
Zedd Opens Up About Next Album, Reunites With Maren Morris for Bubbly Collab, “Make You Say”
It’s hard to believe it’s been almost five years since Zedd and Maren Morris released “The Middle.” Feel old yet? The two have now reunited for “Make You Say,” a bubbly collab co-written with Charlie Puth and produced alongside dance music production duo BEAUZ. Zedd said the new track “is the kickoff of a new chapter” as he records his next album, his first since 2015’s chart-topping True Colors. Speaking with Zane Lowe of Apple Music 1, he opened up about the album’s musical direction. “My next big project is my album and I started that before the pandemic. I actually sent you a song that I was working on. That is a little bit darker,” Zedd said. “The feeling of the album is going to have some hap...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Lick New Release ‘Tippa My Tongue’: ‘It’s Got P-Funk In It’
Four and a half months after releasing its last album, Unlimited Love, the Red Hot Chili Peppers begin the campaign for its next title, Return of the Dream Canteen, with a new single and video, “Tippa My Tongue.” The sinewy funk-rock track recalls Chili Peppers joints of yore, with frontman Anthony Kiedis playing with lyrical double entendre until he declares, “I believe in love, perfectly receiving love.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “There’s a lot of different things in there. To me it’s got a bunch of hooks in it,” drummer Chad Smith tells Billboard. “It’s got P-Funk in it. I hear George (Clinton in it), and some Hendrixy kind of licks. It’s a nice gumbo. I thought that would be a good first cone to come out from that (album). It so...
Demi Lovato’s ‘Holy Fvck’ Is Finally Here: Stream It Now
Back with a rollicking rock edge and wailing guitars, Demi Lovato has undergone yet another evolution for their eighth studio album, Holy Fvck. The Grammy-nominated Disney alum’s new record marks a stark shift in image and sound from their revelatory 2021 album — Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Led by the singles “Skin of My Teeth,” “Substance,” and “29,” Holy Fvck arrives approximately seven months after Demi first teased a “funeral” for her pop music on Instagram. While both “Skin” and “Substance” failed to crack the Billboard Hot 100, the songs made waves on the Hot Rock & Alternative Songs Chart where they peaked at No. 13 and No. 37, respectively. Released as a promotional ...
