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Future ft. Drake & Tems “Wait For U,” A$AP Rocky “D.M.B.” & More | Daily Visuals 5.6.22
HipHopWired Featured Video The “Toxic King’ is all in his element in his latest album, I Never Liked U, and for his latest visuals, Future shows everyone that even a fairytale love won’t have a happy ending if he has anything to say about it. In his latest video to “Wait For U,” Future goes the medieval route and while he and his wifey send each other wax seal stamped letters about his cheating ways (LOL), while Drake is out there riding horses and saving damsels in distress with his sword which is no doubt made of Valyrian steel… from Canada. He is the King of The North after all. Could this be Drake’s audition for the new Game of Thrones series? Could be but his sword game need work because even Brandon Stark would’ve done him dirty. Just sayin.’ Back in 2022, A$AP Rocky seems to be a ma...
Peep The Latest Teaser Trailer To ‘Game Of Thrones: House of The Dragon’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ollie Upton / HBO HBO’s Game of Thrones might’ve gone out with a whimper (damn you, all!), but that isn’t keeping them from revisiting the franchise with a new series centered around the events that eventually led to the medieval fantasy epic that captivated the world from 2011 to 2019. HBO released their latest teaser trailer for Game of Thrones: House of The Dragon and whether or not fans will want to take a leap of faith on this restoring their faith in the franchise will henge on the series storyline. Set hundreds of years before the OG Game of Thrones, the series finds King Viserys Targaryen (Paddy Considine) ruling on the Iron Throne while his own blonde haired family scheme on ways to ascend to power themselves. Rather Trumpian if you ask us. Just ...
Kendrick Lamar Morphs Into OJ, Ye, Kobe, Jussie Smollet, Will Smith & Nipsey Hussle in New Video
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YouTube / Youtube Kendrick Lamar manages to up the ante on his already highly-anticipated new album, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers. The Compton rapper dropped a new song and video for “The Heart Part 5” from the forthcoming new project. While his fifth album drop this Friday, on Sunday (May 8), he dropped a new video loaded with bars and some chilling video effects. The visual starts off simply with a pensive-looking Lamar rapping slightly off-center in front of the camera with a maroon backdrop (and an initial written message of “I am All of us.”). But as he kicks his bars over a subtle instrumental that samples Marvin Gaye’s “I Want You” he first transforms into the distinctive face of OJ Simpson. Related Stories That would be jarring enough but as ...
Lil Baby Teases New Song In Beats By Dre Ad Featuring Ja Morant
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Beats By Dre / Ja Morant x Lil Baby ‘Dark Mode” Lil Baby is definitely cooking something up for the summer. Beats By Dre dropped its latest ad on Saturday night (May.7), featuring the hotter than fish grease Atlanta rapper and the NBA’s hottest star Ja Morant. The 90-second spot features a new record from Lil Baby called “Dark Mode,” He raps about looking out for those he holds close to him and his place among others in the rap game while continuing to stay focused. All of those same things are something the Memphis Grizzlies superstar can relate to. ILLIMITEWORLD directs the wholly black and white ad that fittingly premiered during the NBA Playoffs. Of course, it features a ton of basketball references and name drops, plus it shows the two stars rocking ...
Watch Arcade Fire Perform “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” and “The Lightning I, II” on SNL
Arcade Fire appeared on Saturday Night Live this week, taking to the stage the night after the release of their new album WE. They performed “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” and “The Lightning I, II” during the Benedict Cumberbatch–hosted episode. They also played “End of the Empire I-IV (Sagittarius A*)” as the credits rolled at the end of the show. After wrapping up the second song of the evening, Win Butler addressed the crowd with a message seemingly in support of abortion rights. “A woman’s right to choose forever and ever and ever, amen,” he said. Watch it all happen below. This week’s Saturday Night Live stop marked the band’s fifth time as the musical guest on the show, following appearances in 2007, 2010, 2013, and 2018. Arcade Fire announced WE in March with the release of “The Li...
Watch Arcade Fire’s New “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” Video
Arcade Fire have shared a video for “Unconditional I (Lookout Kid)” from WE. It stars a wiggly inflatable who dances around in some fields, plays with some kids, and tries to make something of their life. Watch it below. The video was directed by Benh Zeitlin (Beasts of the Southern Wild) and edited by Affonso Gonçalves (Todd Haynes’ The Velvet Underground). It follows the band’s performance of the track, along with “The Lightning I, II,” on Saturday Night Live this weekend, where the inflatables also made an appearance. Last week, they announced a tour of North America with Beck and of Europe with Feist. In March, Arcade Fire dropped “The Lightning I, II,” their first single in five years, with a video directed by Emily Kai Bock. The follow-up to 2017’s Everything Now was produced by Nige...
Nick Cave’s Son Jethro Lazenby Has Died
Jethro Lazenby, one of Nick Cave’s sons, has died. Cave confirmed the news in a brief statement on Monday (May 9), writing, “With much sadness, I can confirm that my son, Jethro, has passed away. We would be grateful for family privacy at this time.” Jethro Lazenby was 31 years old. Lazenby was born in Melbourne, Australia, in 1991, but said that he did not meet his father until he was about 7 or 8. Cave said in 2008, “To my eternal regret, I didn’t make much contact with Jethro in the early years, but I now have a great relationship with him.” As a young adult, Lazenby picked up a modeling career, working in London before eventually returning to Australia. Prior to his death, Lazenby had been arrested for violently assaulting his mother, Beau Lazenby, in Melbourne at the beginning of Marc...
Dennis Waterman, ‘The Sweeney’ Actor and ‘I Could Be So Good For You’ Singer, Dies at 74
Dennis Waterman, a stage and screen actor best known for The Sweeney and Minder, has died. He was 74. The actor’s manager Derek Webster told The Hollywood Reporter that Waterman’s wife Pam called with news of his death on Sunday, noting that Waterman died at a hospital in Spain. A cause was not given. The actor was born in 1948 in Clapham, London, and educated at the Corona Theatre School. He began his screen career as a child in 1960 in the drama Night Train for Inverness. In 1962 at the age of 14, Waterman took the role of William Brown in the BBC TV series William, which was based on the Just William books by Richmal Crompton. He followed this up with recurring roles in CBS comedy Fair Exchange and family series The Barnstormers, and films such as Peter Collinson’s Up the Junction and P...
Taylor Swift Eyes Top New Debut on U.K. Chart With ‘This Love (Taylor’s Version)’
The U.K. chart is set to remain Harry’s house for another week, at the very least, though Lizzo and Taylor Swift are mounting a challenge. Lizzo’s disco-leaning “About Damn Time” is flying on the First Look chart, which ranks singles based on sales and streaming activity in the first 48 hour of the chart week. The U.S. singer’s latest track is set to climb 11-4, for a new peak. Following the release of his new studio LP Come Home The Kids Miss You, Jack Harlow could land two new entries on the weekly chart, with “Churchill Downs” featuring Drake (at No. 17) and “Dua Lipa” (No. 24) based on early activity. Taylor Swift could nab the week’s highest new entry with her latest catalog rerecording, “This Love (Taylor’s Version),” currently at No. 12. “This Love” originally appeared on Swift’s 20...
‘American Idol’ Contestant Fritz Hager Tests Positive For COVID-19, Shines With Original Song
Mother’s Day wasn’t all hugs and roses for two American Idol contestants, as the final seven contestants were narrowed down to just five. Idol didn’t miss the opportunity to create a moment around every mom’s special day, as the Top 7 performed songs popularized on TikTok. Guest mentor Will.I.Am was on hand Sunday (May 8) to lend advice to the remaining few, who are fighting for their lives in the competition and doing so in front of a live TV audience. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news One of the standouts was Fritz Hager, the 22-year-old Tyler, TX native, who shone with a performance of his own song “All My Friends,” despite battling with the effects of COVID-19. Hager and Noah Thompson both tested positive for the novel coronavirus, which kept...
Evan Dando Offers to ‘Fight’ Jawbreaker After Lemonheads ‘Fired’ From Tour
Evan Dando is an outdoors type after all. The Lemonheads singer has belatedly responded to Jawbreaker jettisoned his band from the lineup for a run of national dates last month, and he’s in a jawbreaker mood of his own. “I just want anyone anyone and everyone to know that Jawbreaker are pussies. Fact not my opinion,” he tweeted. “Or rather they aren’t the Bruce Springsteen’s of alternative rock that they pretend to be . I’ll meet any of them any time for a Fight let’s go.” I just want anyone anyone and everyone to know that Jawbreaker are pussies. Fact not my opinion — Evan Dando (@Evan_Dando) May 5, 2022 This from a man who gave us the lyric, “never learned to swim, can’t grow a beard of even fight.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Dando then ...
East London Artist Hak Baker Calls for Unity on Latest Single “Bricks in the Wall”
East London artist Hak Baker is a musician that comes under an umbrella of genres that stretch from folk, to rap, while even trying his hand at spoken word. Baker’s latest single, “Bricks in the Wall,” shows where the former grime MC is at with his unapologetic and straight-talking attitude. While on the surface, this latest single sounds like an up-tempo, summer-ready anthem, Hak Baker proves that he’s not afraid to dig deep into his psyche through telling his vivid tales of empirical boredom and the pains that one goes through when in the cycle of working-class struggles. In the Crash House-directed visuals, the clean edit matches the theme of an endless cycle, calling for undefined unity between all of those who may face the same issues day-to-day. Talking about his latest release, Bake...
