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‘Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities’ On Netflix Gets Teaser Trailer
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ken Woroner / Netflix Guillermo del Toro is probably one of the most underrated horror/fantasy minds of our time and though he’s been keeping a low profile for a hot minute already it seems like he’s ready to return with a big splash come Halloween. Source: Ken Woroner / Netflix We finally got our first trailer for Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities and judging from the looks of it, we’re in for one helluva devilish time. According to HypeBeast the upcoming anthology will be comprised of eight gruesome tales (two of which will come from Del Toro himself) which promises to “showcase the realities existing outside of our normal world: the anomalies and curiosities.” Having handpicked the stories and directors for this new and exciting series, Guill...
Pay Up: Swizz Beatz & Timbaland Sues Triller For $28M Over VERZUZ Deal
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Frazer Harrison / Getty VERZUZ was launched at the height of the pandemic by megastar producers Swizz Beatz and Timbaland, and they elevated the platform to a level that a deal with Triller commenced. However, it appears that the deal has turned sour and the pair launched a $28 million lawsuit in the direction of their business partners. According to a report from The Washington Post, the filing of Swizz Beatz and Timbaland’s VERZUZ lawsuit against Triller took place on Tuesday (August 16) and it appears that Triller has defaulted on paying the creators of the platform. “To date, Defendants have failed and refused to make any payment to [Swizz Beatz and Timbaland] of the past due sums due and owing,” reads a portion of the lawsuit. It claims that Triller ...
Winamp Launches Creator Service Program To Help Musicians Monetize Their Work
Media player company Winamp has launched a creator pass program to assist musicians in growing their careers. Rolling out later this year, the new service is designed to streamline the process of licensing and distributing music and cultivating engaging relationships with fans. The program appears to be hinged on a Patreon-style subscription model, where musicians can derive a recurring source of income each month from listener-subscriber in a space Winamp calls the Fanzone. Additionally, Winamp advertises that musicians will be able to make money using the service by simplifying royalties collection and monetizing the use of their tracks in YouTube videos or other forms of content. In tandem with helping out to distribute an artist’s music, the company will take action against a...
Joe Jonas Gets Real About Using Anti-Aging & Cosmetic Injectables: ‘There’s a Stigma That’s Fading’
Joe Jonas opened up about his personal approach to grooming and self-care in a new interview on Tuesday (Aug. 16). One day after celebrating his 33rd birthday, the Jonas Brothers heartthrob detailed his appreciation for taking care of his skin, telling People, “We’re all getting older and part of that is being comfortable [in our skin].” As such, he’s even become the new face of cosmetic injectable Xeomin as part of the brand’s “Beauty on Your Terms” marketing campaign, gladly breaking down some of the taboos around men investing in self-care and esthetics. “I don’t think it’s necessarily something that we have to shy away from,” he said. “We can be open and honest about it and be confident and not really shy away from speaking our truth. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See late...
Robin S.’s ‘Show Me Love’ Is Back in the Spotlight — As Are Old Disputes Over Its Credits
At this point it’s a familiar ritual: A star releases a new single that borrows from an oldie, generating a fresh hit but also thrusting the throwback into the limelight. Beyoncé’s “Break My Soul” is just the latest example — the song’s pinging keyboard riff nods to the Stonebridge remix of Robin S’s “Show Me Love,” a full-throated house track that hit the top 10 on the Hot 100 in June 1993. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news As that oldie returned to the popular consciousness, so did a rumor that’s been circulating on the internet for years: That the voice on “Show Me Love” actually belongs to Andrea Martin, a songwriter with a formidable resume of ’90s R&B cuts, who died last year at age 49. “People have been asking me this question [whose v...
Mark Hoppus Says He’s ‘Open to Whatever’ for Blink-182 After Rekindling Friendship with Tom DeLonge
Mark Hoppus says he’s open to all possibilities after his battle with stage 4 diffuse large B-cell lymphoma. The Blink-182 bassist-singer spoke to People magazine about his cancer journey and how it brought him back into the orbit of former Blink singer-guitarist Tom DeLonge, who split with the pop-punk trio in 2015. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “It was the first time that all three of us were in the same room in, like, five years,” Hoppus, 50, said of a visit he had with Blink drummer Travis Barker and DeLonge before he began a “brutal” regimen of chemotherapy. “It’s actually better than it used to be. There was no agenda. There were no lingering grudges. It felt very back to what it should be: three friends sitting in a room.” After replac...
Demi Lovato Struggled With ‘a Lot of Survivor’s Guilt’ Following Mac Miller’s Death
After all of the trauma Demi Lovato has endured over the last few years, the singer is ready to address the emotional toll recovering from substance abuse has taken on her. In a new interview with Zane Lowe that Apple Music is sharing first with Billboard, Lovato spoke about a song on their forthcoming album Holy Fvck (out Friday, Aug. 19, via Island Records) titled “Dead Friends,” and how it was written in the emotional fallout they dealt with watching friends and colleagues such as Mac Miller die via drug overdose while she survived. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I’ve made friends of all ages. I’ve lost friends that were around my age, and those hurt so deeply because we’ve been in the trenches together,” the singer said of the new so...
Dean Fertita Announces Debut Solo Album, Shares New Song
Dean Fertita, guitarist for Queens of the Stone Age and the Dead Weather, has announced his new album, Tropical Gothclub. It’s due out November 4 via Third Man. Fertita has also shared a new single from the release called “Wheels Within Wheels.” The track will not only be included on Tropical Gothclub, but will also be released on 7″ vinyl with the song “Street Level” on B-side. Listen to it below. “Tropical Gothclub as a concept is futuristic nostalgia,” Fertita shared in a statement, “going through the seven stages of escapism, understanding the subliminal messages I’ve been sending and receiving to myself, and letting fantasy take a machete to the darkest corners of my mind. I want subculture shock and volcanic rock.” In addition to his work with Queens of the Stone Age and the De...
Carla dal Forno Announces New Album Come Around, Shares Video
Carla dal Forno has announced that her third album, Come Around, will be released later this fall. The album is due out November 4 via her own Kallista Records. The Australian vocalist has shared title track from the album ahead of its release, which arrives with a new music video. Edited by Ludovic Sauvage, the visual follows dal Forno as she walks through a blurry, red landscape. Watch below. “‘Come Around’ was inspired by a guy I used to play in a band with,” dal Forno shared in a statement. “I really admired the way he played guitar. He had this laid back strum that was effortless and cool. I was mucking around at home one day trying to imitate the way he played and I wrote ‘Come Around.’” Come Around is dal Forno’s third studio album, following 2016’s You Know What It’s Like and 2019’...
Nick Hakim Announces New Album Cometa, Shares New Song “Happen”
Nick Hakim is releasing a new album later this year. Cometa, the follow-up to last year’s Small Things, will be released on October 21 via ATO. Hakim has also shared a new single called “Happen,” which features Alex G on piano and Mark Ronson and Andrew Bird collaborator Abe Rounds on drums. Watch the new video for “Happen” below. Directed by Johan Carlsson, the “Happen” visual was filmed in Stockholm at Studio 24. In a statement, Carlsson explained: The idea for the video is very simple, we see people on a subway, all busy with their different lives, some are in great spirits and some in deep thoughts maybe because of trouble at work or in their personal life. Sometimes when you’re in a public space you’re not interested in your fellow human beings at all and sometimes looking at them is ...
Mclusky Announce First North American Tour in 18 Years
Mclusky, the Welsh rock band who released three influential albums in the early 2000s, will return to play North America for the first time in 18 years. Their tour will unfold in two stints, the first taking in the West Coast in September and the second sprawling across the rest of the continent towards the end of the year. New music is in development but may not be released, according to the band. A bio in the press release, which is unattributed but bears the acerbic hallmarks of frontperson Andrew Falkous, reads: Having formed in the late nineteen-nineties and releasing music, if that is what it was, from 2000-2004, mclusky disbanded soon afterwards in a slow motion farce of not enough drama to get press off the back of it. now they are back – well, most of them – fuelled in...
SZA, Usher & More On 2022 Global Citizen Festival Lineup In Ghana
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Steve Jennings / Getty The Global Citizen Festival has announced a jam-packed lineup for its 10th anniversary concert to be held next month. There will also be an additional show in Ghana featuring SZA & Usher among the artists performing. Global Citizen announced the lineup for their concert festivals through their Instagram page on Friday (August 12th), which will take place on September 24th in Central Park in New York City. They also announced that there will be an additional concert to be held in Accra, Ghana to celebrate that nation’s 65th year of independence. Related Stories In addition to SZA and Usher, the lineup will feature Nigerian singing sensation Tems, H.E.R., Stormzy, Gyakie, Sarkodie, and Stonebwoy. The festival – which will be held ...
