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Ashley Judd Honors Her Mother Naomi Judd in Touching Post: ‘Be Free, My Beautiful Mother’
Ashley Judd is remembering her mother and thanking the public for its “outpouring” of support in the wake of Naomi Judd’s death. The actress, who announced her mother’s death on Saturday along with sister Wynonna, posted an online video and photo memorial to the Judd matriarch on Instagram Tuesday. Noami passed away at the age of 76 near Nashville, just a day before she and Wynonna, both halves of the famed country music duo The Judds, were inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame. “Your outpouring is reaching me,” Ashley wrote. “Thank you for every thought, prayer, message, text, email, post, expression. We each are alone and we are in fellowship, broken and held, protected from nothing and sustained in everything. It’s the beginning of an old story, life...
PSY Embraces his ‘Second Chapter’ With New Album, Executive Role & Friendship With BTS
The week before releasing his first album in five years, PSY is extremely cautious not to let the identity of his comeback single’s special guest star leak. Speaking to Billboard on a video call from an office in Seoul, PSY refers to Suga as “that person” when discussing his new single, “That That,” produced by and featuring the BTS superstar. The precaution may seem over the top just days before the reveal, but a lot is riding on what the original viral musician deems his “second chapter.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In 2018, PSY left Korean mega label YG Entertainment, the agency which helped him achieve his international success with “Gangnam Style” in 2012 and is the current home to acts like BLACKPINK and BIGBANG. At the top of...
Jack Harlow Responds To NBA Refs Who Didn’t Know Who He Was
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Adam Glanzman / Getty Jack Harlow might be coming up in the world, but that doesn’t mean everyone is going to recognize him off the rip. Recently the “Nail Tech” rapper was spotted court side at the TD Garden in Boston to take in some NBA actions between the Boston Celtics and the Milwaukee Bucks and when he was show on the Jumbotron and introduced to the crowd, the games referees Scott Foster and Ed Malloy had no clue who the hell he was. Related Stories In the exchange captured on camera you can clearly see Foster ask “Who’s Jack Harlow?” to which Malloy responded “I have no idea.” After the clip of the two trying to figure out who he was and why he’s famous went viral, Harlow decided to have some fun with it and chime in on his Twitter page. Posting th...
Leaked SCOTUS Opinion Draft Shows Roe V. Wade To Be Overturned
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alex Wong / Getty A leaked opinion draft by the Supreme Court has apparently shown that they have made the decision to officially overturn Roe V. Wade, effectively leading to the severe restriction and banning of abortion in the United States. In a stunning development, a leaked draft majority opinion written by conservative Justice Samuel Alito published on Monday night (May 2nd) shows that the conservative-dominated Supreme Court will overturn the decision in the historic 49-year-old Roe V. Wade case, upending years of federal protection for women’s reproductive rights in the nation. The opinion, if it stands by the end of the SCOTUS term in June would also overturn the decision in Planned Parenthood V. Casey. In the draft which was apparently published...
Authors Say Jared Kushner Used Ye FKA Kanye West To Direct Black Voters Away From Biden
HipHopWired Featured Video Jared Kushner rose to infamy as a notable, if inexperienced, member of former President Donald Trump’s political inner circle. A new book makes the claim that Kushner employed the spectacle of Ye FKA Kanye West‘s failed presidential run as an attempt to divert Black voters away from President Joe Biden. In a report from Raw Story, New York Times reporters Alexander Burns and Jonathan Martin write in their joint book This Will Not Pass that Kushner used the Chicago superstar’s name for an ultimately botched political advantage. West, who aligned himself with Trump ahead of his aims to run for president, found himself an unlikely candidate running on a platform that didn’t exactly mirror campaign runs in times past. “The president’s son-in-law possessed limited cam...
2022 American Black Film Festival Taps Issa Rae To Be Ambassador
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls / @BeanzGotGamez Issa Rae will be handling ambassador duties for the 2022 American Black Film Festival. Per Variety, the Insecure creator and now entertainment mogul will be heading to Miami, and she is bringing her new HBO Max series Rap Sh!t with her to close out the festival on June 18. “I’m honored to be this year’s Festival Ambassador,” Rae said in an announcement. “ABFF was the first major festival to showcase my work, and they continue to elevate Black creatives from the ground level.” In typical Issa Rae fashion, she also threw in, “It’s also fun as hell.” As ambassador, Rae will join ABFF founders Jeff and Nicole Friday onstage at Miami Beach Friday, June 15, to issue opening remarks at what many call the premiere platform for Blac...
Innovative Music Performance Allows Audience to See Real-Time Brain Activity of Dancers
There’s a perennial sense of fascination with what goes through the mind of a gifted performer. At professor Anthony Brandt’s innovative dance show “LiveWire,” attendees needed not wonder. That’s because in this particular show, the performers wore EEG caps, which monitored their brain waves throughout the performance and even incorporated their neural activity into the visual elements of the show. Presented by Rice University’s Shepherd School of Music, the show, which the university has called the first of its kind, took place at the 2022 International Workshop on the Neural and Social Bases of the Creative Movement. The performers danced to music written by Brandt as part of the “creative experiment.” Anthony Brandt’s LiveWire answer...
Snap and Live Nation to Launch Augmented Reality Experiences at EDC Las Vegas
Snapchat and Live Nation have teamed up to create a series of custom concert experiences in the world of augmented reality, starting with EDC Las Vegas later this month. After inking the high-profile partnership, Snap and Live Nation will work together on AR content for over a dozen music festivals in 2022, including Austin City Limits, Beyond Wonderland, Bonnaroo, Day Trip, Lollapalooza, Rolling Loud, Governors Ball and more. At the recent Snap Partner Summit, the company declared that augmented reality has the potential to become a new creative medium. “We can leverage this huge user base we have in a way that will make augmented reality the next phase of visual expression for artists,” said Snap’s Senior VP of Content and Partnerships, Ben Schwerin. In a statement, Schw...
Emily Yacina Announces All the Things Compilation, Shares Video for New Song “DB Cooper”: Watch
Emily Yacina is releasing a new compilation called All the Things, which spans her music career. It includes a new single called “DB Cooper,” which is out today. The track was was co-produced by Jay Som’s Melina Duterte and features Gia Margaret on bass. Watch the song’s Sierra Morris and Bec Pecaut–directed video below. “This song is about the experience of losing my dear friend and musical collaborator Eric Littmann in July of 2021,” Yacina said of “DB Cooper” in a statement. “He was a master story-teller, and the last time I saw him in L.A. he told me the story of D.B. Cooper with such life and vivaciousness. The song itself is about losing him, and how grief forces you to stop whatever you’re doing and re-evaluate your life. It’s also about finding meaning when that person is gone—even...
Candy Announce New Album Heaven Is Here, Share Video for New Song: Watch
Richmond, Virginia hardcore band Candy has announced their new album Heaven Is Here with a video for their new song “Human Condition Above Human Opinion.” The digitally-rendered 3D clip was co-directed by Candy guitarist Michael Quick and digital artist Nikita Gorshkov. The LP is due out June 24 via Relapse. Check out “Human Condition Above Human Opinion” and the full tracklist below. Heaven Is Here was produced by Quick and Arthur Rizk, who has worked with Power Trip, Prurient, and others. It’s the follow up to Candy’s 2018 debut Good to Feel. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Candy: Heaven Is Here Heaven Is Here: 01 Human Condition Above Human Opinion...
Cyndi Lauper Documentary Let the Canary Sing in the Works
Cyndi Lauper is the subject of a forthcoming career-retrospective documentary titled Let the Canary Sing. It’s directed by Alison Ellwood, who also oversaw the 2019 Go-Go’s documentary and a two-part documentary about the Laurel Canyon scene for Epix in 2020. The project does not yet have a release date, but is in production via Sony Music Entertainment’s Premium Content Division. According to a press release, Let the Canary Sing will cover the pop star’s ascent from her Queens upbringing to the top of the pop charts in the 1980s and beyond. Ellwood shared a statement about the project: Like many people, I assumed when Cyndi Lauper burst onto the music scene in the early ’80s, that she was another young star experiencing a meteoric rise to fame and success thanks to MTV. Her music videos w...
Bomba Estéreo Announce 2022 Tour
Bomba Estéreo have announced a tour in support of their Grammy-nominated album Deja. The group has shows lined up in North America, Europe, and the United Kingdom. Check out Bomba Estéreo’s tour schedule below. Bomba Esteréo released Deja in September 2021. Recently, the band shared the music video for the album’s “Tierra.” Read about Bomba Esteréo’s “Agua” at No. 1 in “The 7 Best Music Videos of February 2021” on the Pitch. All products featured on Pitchfork are independently selected by our editors. However, when you buy something through our retail links, we may earn an affiliate commission. Bomba Estéreo: Deja World Tour 2022 Bomba Estéreo: 05-14 Jalisco, Mexico – Akamba Festival07-08 Bilbao, Spain – Bilbao BBK Live07-10 London, England – Somerset House08-17 Toronto, ...
