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Watch HARDY Get in Music City Street Fight on ‘Monday Night RAW,’ Smash Silo Sikoa With Guitar
With numerous chart-topping Country Airplay songs under his belt as an artist and songwriter, HARDY has proven his acumen at using a guitar to craft hits — but it turns out he’s also adept at wielding a guitar in a fight, too. WWE’s Monday Night RAW on Jan. 2 was held at Nashville’s Bridgestone Arena, and HARDY was there as a special guest, as the Music City Street Fight featured a brawl between wrestler-musician Elias and Solo Sikoa. During the fight, HARDY worked his way up from the audience and into the ring in an attempt to aid Elias, who is known for using musical instruments during his fights. HARDY grabbed an acoustic guitar from the edge of the ring and smashed the instrument across Sikoa’s back. Anger flashed across Sikoa’s face as he turned toward HARDY. The announcers advised th...
Ty Dolla $ign Reflects on the Past Year in “2022” Ballad and Music Video
Ty Dolla $ign shared a pensive new track over the weekend. Aptly titled “2022,” the rapper uses the song as a platform to look back on the chaotic past year, namely a relationship that he won’t be bringing with him into 2023. In an interesting move, Dolla $ign doesn’t rap on the track, but rather, sings in a ballad-style croon. “Is this where our story ends? Or is it where it begins?,” he muses. “The fact that we can’t be friends, it’s so unfortunate, leavin’ it all behind, 2022.” An accompanying music video serves as a documentary-style snapshot of 2022, flicking between snapshots of the rapper hanging out with Future and Wiz Khalifa, driving through his native city of Los Angeles and of course, clocking in hours at the recording studio. For Dolla $ign’s last full-length project, 2021’s C...
The Smile Perform “Tiny Desk Concert” for NPR Music: Watch
The Smile stopped by the NPR office to play a “Tiny Desk Concert.” The group performed songs from its debut album, A Light for Attracting Attention: “Pana-vision,” “The Smoke,” and “Skrting on the Surface.” Thom Yorke, Jonny Greenwood, and Tom Skinner were joined by saxophonist Robert Stillman for the performance. Watch below. Last month, the Smile released a live album titled The Smile (Live at Montreux Jazz Festival, July 2022). Prior to that, they were the musical guests on an episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Fittingly, they made their U.S. television debut by playing “You Will Never Work in Television Again.” Read about the Smile’s A Light for Attracting Attention at No. 21 on Pitchfork’s list “The 50 Best Albums of 2022.” Content This content can also be viewed on th...
De La Soul Finally Bringing Classic Albums to Streaming Services, Group Confirms
De La Soul’s classic albums are finally coming to streaming services on March 3, the group says. The hip-hop legends’ run from 1989 through 2001 will be released digitally via bandmember Maseo’s label AOI, in partnership with Reservoir and the distribution wing of Chrysalis. The six albums are 3 Feet High and Rising, De La Soul Is Dead, Buhloone Mindstate, Stakes Is High, Art Official Intelligence: Mosaic Thump, and AOI: Bionix. “It’s been 20 plus years overdue, but finally, we are here,” Maseo said in a press release. Physical reissues are also set for release on March 3. The news comes after a false start in 2019, when De La Soul suggested that Tommy Boy’s plans to bring their classic records to streaming services involved an exploitative contract. The planned release was canceled after ...
Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso Revive Rave-Inspired Side Project, Buy Now
At the turn of the new year, Buy Now squeaked in the release of their first songs since 2008. The return of the collaborative duo, consisting of Swedish House Mafia‘s Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, is a developing story to keep on the radar for 2023. After appearing on Salvatore Ganacci’s Culturally Appropriate album cut, “Let You Do This” a couple months prior, the tandem are making their return official with the release of two new singles, “Church” and “Speak Up.” Buy Now recently recorded at The Church Studios in London and were evidently feeling ample inspiration from their environment. The Church has become a spiritual home to world-class musicians throughout the decades, including Adele, U2 and Lana Del Rey, among many othe...
Future Welcomes 2023 With “BACK TO THE BASICS” Music Video
Future is ringing in 2023 with an official music video for “BACK TO THE BASICS.” The Skeeboe-directed visual is his ninth from I NEVER LIKED YOU, and sees Future enjoying a tropical vacation in a stunning house and yacht surrounded by beautiful women. A press release states that the accompanying visual “hints at the dawn of the next chapter,” but fans will have to wait for more information on any new releases. I NEVER LIKED YOU was released in April 2022 and briefly held the record for the biggest debut of the year. It debuted at No. 1 and marked Future’s eight No. 1, and is currently in the running for Best Rap Album at the 2023 GRAMMY Awards that take place in February. Watch Future’s “BACK TO THE BASICS” music video above. Elsewhere in music, Gangsta Boo of Three 6 Mafia has died. Read ...
Bad Bunny Responds After Throwing Fan’s Phone: ‘It’s a Disrespect’
Bad Bunny kicked off 2023 defending himself on Twitter after a mishap with a fan went viral on social media. In a recent video that began circulating the Internet, the superstar Puerto Rican artist is seen walking with his group of friends and team when an excited fan approached him with her phone and began recording in selfie mode. Just seconds later, an annoyed Bunny grabbed the phone and threw it into the bushes. “You have to respect his space,” said someone from the crew. The fan encounter occurred in the Dominican Republic, where the artist spent the holidays. On Monday (Jan. 2), the “Tití Me Preguntó” singer took to Twitter to express his point of view. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “The person who comes ...
Wham’s ‘Last Christmas’ Returns to No. 1 In U.K.
Wham’s “Last Christmas” (via RCA) is the gift that keeps giving, as the ‘80s classic returns to No. 1 in the U.K. The holiday standard lifts 2-1 on the Official U.K. Singles Chart, published Dec. 30, for its second stint at the summit in 2022. According to the Official Charts Company, “Last Christmas” scoops over 79,000 combined chart units, including a market-leading 18 million streams, to bag the last No. 1 of the year. Less than a year earlier, “Last Christmas” was finally crowned on the survey, setting a new mark for the longest journey to the top, at 36 years. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The latest survey is brimming with Christmas spirit. Indeed, holiday numbers swamp the Top 40, taking out 34 spots, including nine of the top 10. Mari...
Michael Buble Enters 2023 With ‘Christmas’ No. 1
Michael Buble’s Christmas (via Reprise) is back on familiar territory — at No. 1 in the U.K. The Canadian crooner’s holiday classic lifts 3-1, for its fifth non-consecutive week at the summit. Christmas first led the Official U.K. Albums Chart following its release in 2011, and last reached the top in December 2021. With Christmas in the rearview, holiday albums are enjoying mixed fortunes. On the way down are Cliff Richard’s Christmas With Cliff (2-12 via EastWest/Rhino), the Bocellis’ A Family Christmas (5-20 via Decca), and Andre Rieu & Johann Strauss Orchestra’s Silver Bells (7-36 via Decca), while the late Bing Crosby bucks the trend with Christmas Classics (UMC/Virgin), up 91-27. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the absence of any n...
SZA’s ‘SOS’ Is First R&B Album by a Woman to Log Three Weeks at No. 1 Since 2013
SZA‘s SOS logs its historic third consecutive week at No. 1 on the Billboard 200. The record earned a total of 128,000 equivalent album units in this third week, with 126,500 credited to streaming equivalent album units (168.73 million on-demand official streams of the tracks), 1,000 in album sales and 500 in track equivalent album units. SOS marks the first R&B album by a woman to spend three weeks atop the chart since Beyoncé’s self-titled record in 2013. Elsewhere on the top 10 are Taylor Swift, Michael Bublé, Metro Boomin and Nat King Cole at Nos. 2, 3, 4 and 5, followed by Drake and 21 Savage, Bad Bunny, Phil Spector, Mariah Carey and Vince Guaraldi Trio. Elsewhere in music, watch Future’s “BACK TO THE BASICS” music video. Read Full Article
“Blinding Lights” by The Weeknd Becomes Spotify’s Most Streamed Song
Toronto crooner The Weeknd has recently taken to Twitter to celebrate one of the biggest feats for an artist. From his hit 2020 album After Hours, The Weeknd’s single “Blinding Lights” has officially become the most streamed song on Spotify. The Canadian singer took to Twitter to celebrate the occasion with his fans with a tweet on January 1, 2023, “FOR NEW YEARS ???” In a follow-up tweet, The Weeknd wrote, “happy new years to blinding lights. the most streamed song of all time tonight.” “Blinding Lights” was first released on November 29, 2019, and became an instant hit. It was the second single from his fourth studio album, After Hours. After debuting at No. 11 on the Billboard Hot 100, it spent the next four weeks at the No. 1 spot. Later, it became the first song to be in the Top 10 so...
Mount Eerie Shares New Song “Huge Fire”: Listen
Mount Eerie has released a new song titled “Huge Fire.” It’s part of Colors, a 20th anniversary compilation album from Tokyo’s 7e.p. Records. Phil Elverum’s track is the final song on the record, with other contributions by Lou Barlow, Jason Lytle, Quasi, Tara Jane O’Neil, Tim Kinsella, and more appearing before it. According to the liner notes, Elverum wrote and produced “Huge Fire” last month. Give it a listen below. This is the first original song Elverum has released since he resurrected the Microphones for 2020’s Microphones in 2020. Earlier this year, he also released the Microphones vinyl box set Completely Everything, 1996–2021. Elverum’s most recent record as Mount Eerie was Lost Wisdom pt. 2, a 2019 collaborative LP with Julie Doiron. The two performed select material from that a...
