If you were lucky enough to attend a random rave thrown by Chase & Status‘ in late 2021, you might just be featured on the cover of their upcoming album. The legendary U.K. duo’s new album, What Came Before, appears to be borne out of a desire to capture the essence of rave energy and emotion in its rawest forms. Back in November, they hosted a rave in order to capture an image for the record’s cover, deciding to ban cellphones at the event. “We wanted to create an image that captured the very human compulsion to gather in a dark room and dance and sweat,” Chase & Status said in a press release shared with EDM.com by Casablanca Records. “Such scenes have a different weight to them after they were off the table for a...
From the very first notes of his sophomore album, DREAM SOUP, Mindchatter evokes an uneasy thematic contrast between the ego and the corporeal, identity and perception. “I forgot who I was. I wish that that would last, but now I’m back,” he croons over luscious bass beats on DREAM SOUP‘s opening track, “Human Shape.” A sample of a person’s heavy breathing lays beneath these lyrics, seemingly bracing themselves for what’s to come: “My skin is really clay. I mold myself to human shape for practicality,” Mindchatter moodily muses. It’s been just three years since Mindchatter released his debut single, “Trippy.” Now, with DREAM SOUP, out via Mind of a Genius, we see him all grown up, gently probing th...
If you’re unable to attend the Influencer Olympics Coachella 2022, don’t fret. The festival has got you covered with its 10th annual livestream. Coachella is now back after a brutal two-year hiatus, and fans can tune into the 2022 fest from the seat of their pants. Over the first weekend of Coachella (April 15-17), you’ll be able to watch three different streams, each of which will feature a slew of performances and artist interviews. The broadcasts kick off at 4PM PT (7PM ET) on Friday and run through Monday night. You can watch all three streams below. According to YouTube, the streams’ organizers are rolling out a number of new features this year. For the first time, the platform will feature Live Chat as part of the viewing experience on desktop and th...
Camila Cabello stopped by the Today show on Tuesday morning (April 12) to dish on the inspiration behind her new solo album Familia. When asked by host Carson Daly what she went into the album process hoping for, she replied with a laugh: “Better mental health. I really just wanted to be free. I wanted to feel joy in the studio, I wanted to be as transparent as possible, and I feel like so many of these songs. … That’s what I love about music. It’s like, I could talk to you about how I’m feeling all day long, but I feel like these songs really sound like how I was feeling on the days that I wrote them. The former Fifth Harmony member said she also approached the creation of her new studio set from a more grounded and self-aware place, telling Hoda Kotb, “Now I’m 25, and I think that … it’s...
After 20 seasons on E! with the show that made them Hollywood’s royal family, the Kardashians wrapped Keeping Up With the Kardashians in June 2021. But it wasn’t long before the family announced that they’d be giving onscreen access to their lives again, this time in a new Hulu show called The Kardashians. The first episode, which premieres on Thursday (April 14), catches fans up on what the superstar group has been up to in the past couple months — from Kylie Jenner’s pregnancy and Kourtney Kardashian’s budding romance with Travis Barker to Kim Kardashian’s divorce process from Kanye West. See below for the six biggest things we learned from the first episode of The Kardashians on Hulu. 1. Kylie kept her baby’s gender a secret even from her family The youngest KarJenner mad...
Veteran J-pop band BUMP OF CHICKEN digitally dropped its new single “Chronostasis” on Monday (April 11). “Chronostasis” is the theme of this year’s Detective Conan (Case Closed) movie, subtitled The Bride of Halloween. Set in Tokyo’s Shibuya area during the busy Halloween season, the 25th installment in the long-running franchise depicts clashes with the perpetrator of past serial bombings and a mysterious figure in disguise, and an unprecedented crisis that confronts the protagonist and his peers. The digital jacket artwork was designed by VERDY, who has been responsible for much of the four-man band’s artwork in recent years. It depicts an abstract clock inspired by the music. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news [flexi-common-toolbar] [fl...
Courtney Holt, Spotify’s head of talk partnerships, editorial and global markets, will transition to an advisory role next month as the audio giant prepares to divide his responsibilities across multiple executives, a person familiar with the matter told The Hollywood Reporter. Holt is expected to stay on as advisor for a year. In the meantime, his duties will be taken over by a team primarily led by Julie McNamara, Spotify’s head of U.S. studios and video, and Max Cutler, the head of new content initiatives and the founder of Parcast Studios. The transition has been underway for a few weeks, according to the person, and Spotify is not hiring a replacement for Holt’s position. “I want to give thanks to the incredible teams at @Spotify I was [lucky] enough to lead and interact with,” Holt t...