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An Insider’s Guide to Wicked Woods Music Festival 2022
Wicked Woods, an intimate electronic music festival in British Columbia, is gearing up for its 12th edition next month. The event will return to the heart of the Columbia Valley—a region in the Rocky Mountain Trench, minutes away from the Fairmont Hot Springs—from May 26th to 28th. Whether it’s your first time attending or you’re coming back for more, we’ve come up with a comprehensive insider’s guide with everything you need to know ahead of Wicked Woods 2022. We’re here to help you figure out what to bring, where to find the festival, how to navigate the grounds and more. Packing Guide In case you spend a little too much time planning your outfits and forget about the rest, here’s a reminder. From the essentials to the little things, check out Wicked Woods...
Watch the Weeknd Play Kanye’s “Hurricane” During Set With Swedish House Mafia at Coachella 2022
Yesterday, the Weeknd headlined the final night of Coachella’s first weekend alongside Swedish House Mafia, debuting a handful of Dawn FM tracks and performing his verse from his Kanye West collaboration “Hurricane.” He also played “Low Life,” “Or Nah,” and “Crew Love,” his songs with Future, Ty Dolla $ign, and Drake, respectively. Watch clips below. The set concluded with Swedish House Mafia returning to play their Weeknd collaboration “Moth to a Flame,” from Paradise Again. Follow all of Pitchfork’s Coachella 2022 coverage. Swedish House Mafia and the Weeknd replaced Kanye West as festival headliners after the rapper withdrew for undisclosed reasons. West had previously threatened to pull out if fellow headliner Billie Eilish did not apologize to Travis Scott. West believed that Eilish h...
Grimes and Kaytranada Announced as Swedish House Mafia Tour Openers
Swedish House Mafia have added a few new tour dates and also announced the support acts for their forthcoming trek in support of their debut album Paradise Again. The opening acts at various dates are Alesso, Zhu, Vintage Culture, Grimes, and Kaytranada. Find Swedish House Mafia’s latest tour schedule below. Paradise Again was released last week. The album includes collaborations with the Weeknd, A$AP Rocky, and more. Following the record’s release, the trio headlined the third night of Coachella with the Weeknd. 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. Swedish House Mafia: Paradise Again World Tour 2022 Swedish House Mafia: 07-29 Miami, FL – FTX Arena +...
Kendrick Lamar Announces New Album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers
Kendrick Lamar has tweeted a new link to his Oklama website. And, on the site, the rapper revealed his new album’s title and release date: Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is out May 13. Lamar teased the record—his “final TDE album,” as he described it—on a website launched in August 2021. “May the Most High continue to use Top Dawg as a vessel for candid creators. As I continue to pursue my life’s calling,” he wrote at the time. “There’s beauty in completion. And always faith in the unknown.” He signed the note, “Oklama.” Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers follows Lamar’s Pulitzer-winning 2017 album Damn. Since then, he’s curated and helmed the Black Panther soundtrack, headlined Coachella and Top Dawg Entertainment’s Championship Tour, won a bunch of Grammy Awards, and been nominated for...
Pusha T Releasing New Album It’s Almost Dry on Friday
Pusha T has announced the release date for his new album: It’s Almost Dry, the long-awaited follow-up to the 2018 album Daytona, is out this Friday, April 22. See the album trailer below. The new album will include Pusha T’s February single “Diet Coke,” which was co-produced by Kanye West and 88-Keys. The record also features the Jay-Z and Pharrell Williams collaboration “Neck & Wrist.” It’s Almost Dry, according to a press release, is produced entire by West and Williams. Pusha T has indicated that It’s Almost Dry is his final release for Def Jam Recordings; at the end of January, he posted photos of a signed contract to that end. The fulfillment also means that Pusha T now has full ownership of his master recordings. Steven Victor, Pusha T’s manager, confirmed to Complex that P...
Kendrick Lamar Announces Long-Awaited Fifth Album ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’
Five years after the release of DAMN., Kendrick Lamar has announced a new LP. His fifth studio album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers is out on May 13. The 34-year-old rapper tweeted out a new link to his Oklama website. The site features two clickable folders: an untitled black one and a yellow one titled “nu thoughts.” The black folder contains a memo, on pgLang letterhead announcing the release, signed “from the desk of oklama.” The yellow folder leads to a longer message from August 2021 where Lamar refers to the project as his “final TDE album” and expresses his gratitude for being a part of the label over the past 17 years: “I spend most of my days with fleeting thoughts. Writing. Listening. And collecting old Beach cruisers. The morning rides keep me on a hill of silence. I go mont...
Lauryn Hill Urges California Lawmakers To Pass The FAIR Act In Latest Instagram Post
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Theo Wargo / Getty Lauryn Hill is always late, but her push for this one bill is on time. The often reclusive rapper/singer has been quite vocal on Instagram when it comes to pushing California lawmakers to pass the FAIR Act, a labor law that would significantly affect the length of artists could be under contract. The Free Artists from Industry Restrictions Act was first introduced last year by California State Assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez and called for artist or label contracts in California to be limited to seven years. Hill is one of the bill’s most prominent supporters and has shared three Instagram posts urging for its passing. In her most recent post, she wrote: Related Stories We would love to believe that businesses at the highest level are alw...
Colin Kaepernick Says He’s Ready To Play Backup QB If Need Be To Get Back In NFL
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jaime Crawford / Getty It’s been five years since Colin Kaepernick was last employed by an NFL team and while most would admit that he’s probably still better than many starting quarterbacks in the league today, the apparent blackballing of the player turned activist doesn’t seem to be letting up anytime soon. Still the 34-year-old isn’t giving up hope of one day getting back in the league and according to TMZ he’s even willing to take the role of backup quarterback if that’s what it takes to take the field again. Recently the Super Bowl playing QB had an in-depth interview with OG NFL stars Chad Johnson, Adam “Pacman” Jones, Brandon Marshall for an episode of I AM ATHLETE and in it stated that he wouldn’t mind playing the bench for a team so long as...
Good As Hell: Lizzo Slays Her ‘SNL’ Hosting Debut
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NBC / Getty Superstar singer and rapper Lizzo capped off a week to remember as she pulled off double duty by hosting SNL in addition to being the musical guest. The Grammy Award-winning artist kicked off the latest episode of Saturday Night Live’s 47th season with a hilarious opening monologue. It was her second appearance on the show after appearing as a musical guest in 2019 performing her hit singles “Truth Hurts” and “Good As Hell” from her debut album Cuz I Love You. Decked out in a shimmery blue dress, she starts off by saying that she’s set on breaking the record for the most times the word “b—-h” has ever been said on television. She then shares that she’s reluctant to do so since her mother doesn’t like her cussing “but now I’m rich, so she’s lik...
Kendrick Lamar New Album Drops In May, Rap Twitter Is Ecstatic
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Allen J. Schaben / Getty This is not a drill. Compton rapper Kendrick Lamar will be dropping a new album in May. K. Dot dropped a tweeted that soon enough set Rap Twitter on fighter. The link to his oklama.com site sent fans to a statement from the offices of pgLang from Mr. Lamar with some details we’ve surely been checking for (in response to a stray tweet prematurely announcing his retirement, no less). Basically, Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers, Kendrick Lamar’s new album, will be dropping on May 13. What more is there to say? Actually, Twitter has plenty considering Kendrick Lamar’s album is easily the most anticipated new album of 2022 in Hip-Hop, and across all genres. His last album, DAMN, was released back in 2017 and it will be his fifth...
Jack Harlow Flies ‘First Class’ to No. 1 on Billboard Hot 100
Jack Harlow‘s “First Class” takes flight in style, debuting at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100 songs chart. The single starts as Harlow’s second Hot 100 leader and first on his own, as well as his first to debut at No. 1, after Lil Nas X’s “Industry Baby,” with Harlow, ascended to the summit for a week in October 2021. “First Class” – which interpolates Fergie’s 2007 two-week Hot 100 No. 1 “Glamorous,” featuring Ludacris – soars in with the biggest streaming week tallied this year. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The track also marks the second song to debut at No. 1 on the Hot 100 in 2022; Harry Styles’ “As It Was” bounded in on top a week earlier, with the year’s previous best weekly streaming total, and ranks at No. 2 in its second we...
Rosalia to Embark on 2022 ‘Motomami’ World Tour: See The Dates
Rosalía is hitting the road this year, unveiling the dates of her first-ever global tour on Monday (April 18). Named after her third studio album, Motomami, the Spanish powerhouse will visit fans in a tour across 15 countries, and has already confirmed 46 shows set to kick off July 6 at Recinto Ferial de Almeria in Almería, Spain. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The “Saoko” singer is set to make pit stops in Barcelona, Mexico City, São Paulo, Buenos Aires, London, New York, Los Angeles, Miami, Amsterdam, and Toronto, to name a few, before finalizing on Dec. 18 at the Accor Arena in Paris, France. During her Motomami world trek, presented by Live Nation, Rosalía will not only perform songs from her new album but also from her 2018 Latin ...
