LIFESTYLE
Somebody Built an Elaborate LEGO Rave With Strobe Lights, Turntables and Totems
After over a year devoid live shows, people have become quite creative when it comes to experiencing their favorite artists’ music. One fan went so far as to construct an entire rave out of LEGOs—headlined by Gorgon City. The duo gave a shoutout to the rave’s designer, Tyler Laabs, on their socials yesterday. The art piece features everything from strobe lights, costumed ravers, totems, and even vendors. He even included a guy on the verge of vomiting in a trashcan. Laabs also took it one step further by propping his phone, transforming it into a video screen to showcase Gorgon City’s most recent album, Olympia. “Gorgon City has been my favorite since getting into house music. Although I wanted to have this build done in time for the release o...
Nick Cannon Shares Touching Family Photos With All Seven of His Children
Nick Cannon is a proud dad in new photos of his blended family, featuring him with all seven of his children. Abby De La Rosa posted a series of professional shots of her and Cannon’s 1-month-old twin boys, Zion and Zillon, who look like they already know their way around a DJ board as they posed in matching black and white headphones. The next set of family photos show Cannon and De La Rosa cuddling their boys from either side and giving them sweet kisses on their cheeks. Meanwhile, Cannon took to his Instagram Story to share a special behind-the-scenes video of him placing the headphones on his sons’ ears, which he soundtracked with “Hey DJ” by The World’s Famous Supreme Team (a key sample in ex-wife’s Mariah Carey‘s 1997 No. ...
Steve Aoki Drops Merch Collaboration With Sanrio, Creators of Hello Kitty
With collaborations alongside Naruto, Inuyasha, and Street Fighter under his belt, Steve Aoki has worked hard to merge his brand with some of Japan’s biggest pop culture exports. Now, for his latest Dim Mak crossover he’s taken on something much cuter than the predecessors. The newest collab sees his label join forces with Sanrio, the makers of the iconic Hello Kitty character. Aoki shared some previews of some of the Sanrio-branded items on Twitter. Like the brand he’s collaborating with, much of the clothing is brightly colored and there are several tie-dye options available. Some feature just the cute characters from the brand while others blend worlds together with some designs featuring Aoki himself, transformed into Hello Kitty. All in all, there are ...
Beatport Publishes Report Exploring Mental Health and Electronic Music Culture
A new report exploring the correlation between mental health and the culture of electronic music has been published by Beatport. In collaboration with AFEM, Arigami, Silentmode, and How Mental, Beatport surveyed over 140 artists from around the globe to share their stories in the report, titled “Music Connects Us.” Together, they covered communication and outreach methods, and strategies for changing one’s mindset and controlling emotions. Among the artists surveyed in the report were Kaskade, LOUISAHHH, Junior Sanchez, Tom Middleton, and Sarah Story, among others. Some of the artists spoke out on their methods for getting their own mental health in check. “During these times, music became my best friend, the connection I needed to know I wasn...
Machine Gun Kelly Had a Megan Fox Poster Hanging in His High School Bedroom
MGK says he lived out his teenage “dream” at the 2021 Billboard Music Awards in May, but not just because he took home awards for top rock artist and top rock album with his Billboard 200-topping LP Tickets to My Downfall. It’s because of who he had on his arm. “You know what the dream was? It was exactly what happened to me [this weekend], which was go to an awards show, shut down the carpet, go onstage, accept an award,” he told Lowery shortly after the awards show. “It has nothing to do with the award. I saw a British GQ article that came out this morning that basically was like, ‘Despite the fact that BTS was there, The Weeknd was there, Drake was there, the talk of the show was [us].’ That overzealous, overconfident 15-year-old...
Little Mix Talk Pregnancy Struggles on ‘Heartbreak Anthem’ Video Set
Little Mix gave fans a “Heartbreak Anthem” with Galantis and David Guetta, but the pregnant members of the girl group felt a different kind of pain during the video shoot. In an official behind-the-scenes clip from the music video, Perrie Edwards and Leigh-Anne Pinnock — who are both pregnant — reveal how cumbersome pulling off the video was, especially the wardrobe and mechanical angel wings. “I’m literally living my childhood dream right now in this music video. The glitz, the glamour, the hair is so crazy, the outfits and the wings. We are going to be like creatures,” Edwards says in the video before thinking about how the glitz and glam might weigh on her throughout the shoot. “It’s just the start. We haven’t started filming yet. So ...
A$AP Rocky Named Artistic Director of Pacsun: Here’s What to Expect From the Partnership
In addition to the shoes, Pacsun says it tapped Rocky to help drive “a new wave of premium streetwear and style” to the LA-based multi-brand retailer, thanks to his influence in the fashion and entertainment space. “Our community of customers is looking for something unexpected, that elevates their daily experience and lets them express their personal style. Nobody bridges the gap between high fashion and streetwear like A$AP Rocky,” says Alfred Chang, co-CEO Pacsun, in a release. “We are proud to welcome him to the Pacsun family and energized about making his ideas a reality that can be shared (and worn) by millions and lead a global style conversation.” “This partnership is special to me because it’s a collaboration that combines my roots, ...
MK Unveils Flappy Bird-Style Web Game Based on New Song “Chemical”
MK‘s recent dance-pop single “Chemical” is the focal point of a new online game, Chemical Chase. The song’s bubbly harmonies found an unlikely mouthpiece in the official music video, which features a rugged, anthropomorphic Boxer singing along to every word and ear-flapping to the beat. The surreal face of the track has now made his reprise in Chemical Chase, a game in which players must strive to navigate the dog through a neon-washed cityscape. The game play is extremely similar to Flappy Bird, which many will recall was a game that suddenly vanished from the App Store and Google Play store near the height of its release in 2014. At the time, the game’s creator Dong Nguyen said he felt uneasy with his observations as to how addictive the game had become...
Gorgon City Launch Custom Line of Album-Themed Beer
Gorgon City are here to ruin your summer six-pack. You’ll get that pun in a moment. As if we didn’t drink enough during the pandemic, the renowned dance music duo have launched a custom line of beer to celebrate their new album Olympia. They teamed up with the Manchester-based brewing company ShinDigger to distribute the brew, a New England style IPA. The special NEIPA recipe was crafted using a home-brewing kit developed by Kye of Gorgon City, who is an avid home-brewer. For the teetotalers out there, a NEIPA—or New England India Pale Ale—is an unfiltered IPA or Double IPA with high hop levels and a cloudy appearance. Gorgon City and ShinDigger’s “Olympia 6%” beer. ShinDigger The collab marks the second time Gorgon City hav...
Rocket League Celebrates Monstercat’s 10th Anniversary With In-Game Music From Marshmello, Noisestorm, More
Monstercat, one of the most celebrated labels in modern-day electronic music, is celebrating its 10-year anniversary with a bevy of special releases across different platforms. Earlier in the month they dropped a monster compilation featuring some of the brand’s biggest songs and artists of the decade. As you may know, the label is no stranger to the video game world. They’ve been the soundtrack provider of the massive vehicular soccer video game Rocket League for quite some time now. In honor of this prolific partnership—and a decade of success—they’ve now debuted a special Monstercat 10 YR Fan Pack and free items for players to enjoy in-game. Anyone who logs in during the event will receive a free player banner and anthem. For those unfamiliar with the game, ...
Jaden Smith Launches ‘Moldable’ Earbuds Collab With Ultimate Ears
The new campaign video features Smith showing off the earbuds over his 2020 track “Endless Summer.” Even before this partnership, though, Smith says he was already using Ultimate Ears earbuds onstage and in the studio. “From my very first live performance to this day I have always relied on Ultimate Ears as a go-to tool,” he says, in a press release. “They allow me to concentrate on my craft and not worry about anything else getting in the way.” As part of the new collaboration, Ultimate Ears’ parent company Logitech will be supporting Smith’s 501CTHREE charity — a nonprofit built on the premise that everyone deserves access to clean water, healthy food and shelter. While details of this partnership have not been announced, Smith says he...
Study: EDM Fans Believe You Must Know at Least 12 Songs By an Artist Before Wearing Their Shirt
Do you still rock your favorite band t-shirt? Despite the moth-eaten cloth and beer stains, you know you do. And a new study conducted by RushOrderTees has confirmed it. The apparel company surveyed over 1,000 people to find out which music fans have the largest band shirt collections and the average value of those stockpiles, among other observations. What they found out wasn’t shocking: EDM fans love their merch. While the average music fan owns 11 band shirts, electronic music fans tied for the second-largest band shirt collection among all genres at a clip of 16 shirts. They also spent the least, forking over an average of $322 compared to fans of punk music, who led the pack at $597. That’s over $100 more than the next highest, fans of heavy metal. EDM fans spent an a...
