entertainment blog
Grammys 2022: All of the Performances
The 2022 Grammy Awards took place last night (April 3) at MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Trevor Noah hosted the ceremony for the second year in a row. Among the many performers were Billie Eilish, BTS, Lady Gaga, Lil Nas X with Jack Harlow, Olivia Rodrigo, and Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak’s Silk Sonic. Read summaries of the performances—and where available, watch official video—below. Follow all of Pitchfork’s coverage of the 2022 Grammy Awards, including the live blog. Allison Russell Canadian artist, author, and activist Allison Russell scored Best Americana Album nomination for her album Outside Child, as well as two nominations for the single “Nightflyer.” She performed the track during the Premiere Ceremony, but did not take home any awards. Content This content can als...
Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols Drama Series Gets First Trailer: Watch
The first trailer for Danny Boyle’s Sex Pistols series, Pistol, is here. Check it out below. The six-part FX series, which is set to arrive on Hulu on May 31, dramatizes the group’s rise in the mid-1970s. In the trailer, news footage from the era highlights the band’s status as riotous pranksters and antagonists of the British institution, with Johnny Rotten (Anson Boon) and a wild-eyed Sid Vicious (Louis Partridge) at the helm. The book is based on Lonely Boy: Tales From a Sex Pistol, the 2017 memoir of guitarist Steve Jones, played in the series by Toby Wallace. Rounding out the cast are Christian Lees as Glen Matlock, Thomas Brodie-Sangster (The Queen’s Gambit) as manager Malcolm McLaren, Westworld’s Talulah Riley as fellow punk mastermind Vivienne Westwood, and Game of Thrones star Mai...
“Never Say Die Forever”: Iconic Record Label Disbands After 13 Years of Pioneering Bass Music
After 13 years of releasing pioneering dubstep and bass music, one of the most historic independent record labels in the electronic scene is shutting down for good. Never Say Die has unexpectedly announced its disbandment, revealing the tragic news in a statement disseminated by the label via its social media. “We’re immensely proud of everything the label has done to impact the genre the way it has, but the simple truth is that we’ve achieved everything we set out to do (and more) in this industry, and it’s time for the team to move onto other things,” reads the statement. “Our legacy lives on, and the catalogue will be available to stream forever.” The statement also notes that fans will still be able to stream Never Say Die’s catalog indefini...
Lauren Alaina Parts Ways With Longtime Record Label
Singer-songwriter Lauren Alaina has parted ways with her longtime record label home, Billboard has confirmed. Alaina first shared the news on social media, with a lengthy statement thanking UMG Nashville and Mercury Records for being her label home from the beginning of her career, after she came in second place on the 10th season of American Idol in 2011 (fellow country entertainer Scotty McCreery was the winner that season). “I want to thank the staff at Mercury Records and UMG Nashville for everything they have done for me over the last 11 years,” Alaina said. “They have been my label home since the day I walked off the American Idol stage as a really young, wide-eyed, eager 16-year-old kid. Now, at 27 years old I look back and see just how much I have changed and grown in to the woman ...
Yahritza y Su Esencia’s Debut Single ‘Soy El Único’ Flies to No. 1 on Hot Latin Songs, Top 20 on Hot 100
Yahritza y Su Esencia score their first No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot Latin Songs chart, as the band’s debut single “Soy El Único” opens in the top slot on the April 9-dated ranking. The band also earns its first Billboard Hot 100 entry as the song bows at No. 20. Fifteen-year-old lead singer Yahritza marks a historic feat, becoming the youngest Latin performer to enter the all-genre tally. “It is one of the greatest achievements in my young age and more than that, it is a reminder that we can all achieve our dreams.” Yahritza tells Billboard. “Soy El Único” trades places on Hot Latin Songs with Becky G and Karol G’s “Mamiii,” which slides to No. 2 after it banked six consecutive weeks in charge. The Mexican-American outfit, comprising 24-year-old Armando (or Mando) on guitar, 17-year-old bassi...
FKA Twigs Joins ‘The Crow’ Reboot
FKA Twigs, the British singer and dancer who is making inroads into acting, is co-starring in the reboot and re-imagining of The Crow, the supernatural revenge thriller being directed by Rupert Sanders. Bill Skarsgård, who played Pennywise the Clown in the It horror movies, is toplining the project, which has seen numerous iterations and close calls come and go amid years of development. Crow was an indie comic written and drawn by James O’Barr in the late 1980s that told the dark tale of a man and his fiancee who are assaulted and killed by a gang after the couple’s car breaks down. The man is resurrected by a crow and exacts vengeance on those who took his life and the life of his love. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Twigs is playing the gir...
Red Hot Chili Peppers Racing to U.K. No. 1 With ‘Unlimited Love’
Red Hot Chili Peppers are warming up for another U.K. No. 1. The Rock Hall inductees lead the midweek U.K. chart with Unlimited Love (via Warner Records), which is outselling its nearest rival, Ed Sheeran’s = (equals via Asylum), by almost 8-to-1, the OCC reports. Unlimited Love is the U.S. alternative rock outfit’s 12th studio album, and first with John Frusciante since he left the band in 2009. Should it bag the title, Unlimited Love will be the Chili Peppers’ fifth U.K. No. 1, and first since 2011’s I’m With You. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Also enjoying a lot of love with Brits this week is Swedish metal group Meshuggah, whose ninth studio album Immutable (Atomic Fire) blasts to No. 5 on the Official Chart Update. If it holds its positi...
The Recording Academy Faces Backlash for Calling Virgil Abloh a “Hip-Hop Fashion Designer”
Over the weekend, The Recording Academy paid tribute to the late Virgil Abloh with. However, they immediately faced backlash for labelling the prolific innovator as a “hip-hop fashion designer” during the Grammys “In Memoriam” segment. Abloh, who was the artistic director of menswear at Louis Vuitton and his own brand, Off-White, broke barriers across various industries and solidified himself as a multi-hyphenate. With a lengthy resumé, the designer had a long list of achievements that includes his collaborations with Nike, Ikea, creative direction for many of Kanye West‘s albums, as well as receiving a Master of Architecture at the Illinois Institute of Technology. The ceremony also made no mention of the fact that he was previously Grammy-nominated for Best Recording Package for his work...
Twitter Shocked By Bliss Nightclub Body Viewing For DMV Rapper Goonew
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Goonew / @goonew64 The DMV Hip-Hop was recently rocked by the news that local favorite Goonew was shot and killed in Prince George’s County, Md. last month. Over the weekend, images surfaced of a going home service at a nightclub with the embalmed body of the rapper available for viewing, causing ripples of shock throughout Twitter. Via social media, the body viewing funeral service for Goonwew was held at the Bliss nightclub in Washington, D.C., and featured a large crowd saluting the fallen rapper. Goonew was fashionably dressed as he often displayed via his social media feeds and was adorned with a king’s crown. According to reports from Goonew’s family, the rapper was shot in the back after being robbed of a watch while on the way to deliver a b...
Detox On The Way?: Twitter User Spots Dr. Dre’s Long-Awaited Album’s Tracklist On Whiteboard
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ronald Martinez / Getty April 1st has passed but is this a hoax? Or is Dr. Dre’s highly anticipated album, Detox, on the way? Eagled-eyed Twitter user @ranoutofmeds shared a series of photos featuring the legendary West Coast rappers Snoop Dogg and Dr. Dre in the studio cooking something up. But that’s not what really stood out in the photo. In the background on the whiteboard, the tracklisting for Dre’s mythical album Detox can be seen. Related Stories These photos come after Death Row’s new owner shared a photo of himself and Dre on Mar.31 in the studio with the caption “The chronic is bac home.” Snoop can be seen rocking the same sweatsuit with a Dr.Bombay NFT gorilla on it confirming those photos are from the same studio session. Detox’s existence has...
Cat’s Out The Bag: Doja Cat Joins JBL As A Global Brand Ambassador
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Jacob Webster / JBL Doja Cat, ahead of notching her Grammy Awards win for Best Pop Duo/Group Performance alongside SZA for the track “Kiss Me More,” another cat was let out of the bag. Via social media, the Planet Her star made a nod towards her new role as a global brand ambassador for audio tech brand JBL as only she can. Sporting a custom bejeweled JBL Clip 4 Bluetooth speaker on the red carpet, Doja Cat’s stunning evening attire was already enough to turn heads but the ante was upped to new levels via the glittery audio device. Related Stories Via a video posted on TikToko, Doja thrilled fans with a video showing off the custom Clip 4 while noshing on some food backstage as she was getting ready. The now-viral video garnered a flurry of responses from...
French Montana ft. Coi Leray & 42 Dugg “Push Start,” Lupe Fiasco “100 Chicagos” & More | Daily Visuals 4.4.22
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Alexander Tamargo / Getty It’s been a few months since French Montana dropped his fourth studio album, They Got Amnesia, but the Bronx rapper isn’t done dropping new visuals for the album cuts as there’s still money to be made. Coming through with some new visuals to the Coi Leray and 42 Dugg0assisted “Push Start,” the Mac with The Cheese finds himself on a subway cart surrounded by thick young ladies who twerk all around him and upside down before linking up with Dugg in a parking lot where booties continue to shake. Back in the Windy City, Lupe Fiasco keeps repping the city he loves, and for his clip to “100 Chicagos” Lupe rocks a Chicago Bulls jersey while dropping rhymes and waving his city’s flag. Wait, who’s number 15 jersey is Lupe rocking? Cliff P...
