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Apple Music Launches Concert Livestream Series, Kicking Off With Harry Styles
Apple Music is launching a new concert series, Apple Music Live. Available to subscribers across 167 countries for free, the series will see some of the music industry’s leading artists take the stage. Describing the series, Apple Music said that it’s designed to “give the biggest stars in music the biggest possible platform to flaunt how they connect with audiences and how their songs translate to live performance.” The series is indicative of a greater trend, in which artists are broadcasting their concerts to reach listeners who can’t physically attend in person. In December, Kanye and Drake’s Free Larry Hoover Benefit Concert was livestreamed on Amazon Prime, becoming its most-watched stream in history. Last month, YouTube streamed the tenth iteration of Coachella. For its first concer...
Vic Mensa & Chance The Rapper “Wraith,” Ne-Yo “Don’t Love Me” & More | Daily Visuals 5.16.22
HipHopWired Featured Video It’s been a hot minute since we’ve heard from Chance The Rapper and Vic Mensa, much less on the same track, but today the two Chicagoans reunite for the love of the game and of course the Windy City. In their visuals to “Wraith,” Vic Mensa and Chance The Rapper kick it from the recording studio to an department store where they convince an employee to turn up with them while they record this video. Hopefully he didn’t get into trouble for participating in the visual. On the R&B side, Ne-Yo comes out of hibernation to drop some new baby makin’ music and in his black-and-white clip to “Don’t Love Me” shows that even relationships that look great on the surface also deal with some kind of struggle underneath it all. Check out the rest of today’s drops and some j...
$kinny, Swizz Beatz & French Montana “Salam,” Beanie Man “Blessings Pon Blessings” & More | Daily Visuals 5.17.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For a while now Swizz Beatz has been keeping himself busy setting up Verzuz battles for the culture (dropped the ball on that last one though), so if any artist is lucky enough to get some music from the Hip-Hop legend you know he gonna deliver. Blessing $kinny with some new work, Swizz Beatz and French Montana join the kid in the visuals to “Salam” where the three men turn up in the desert with some thick young women who look like they’re ready to make some wishes come true. From the middle east to Jamaica, Beanie Man gets back on his grizzly and in his latest clip to “Blessings Pon Blessings” enjoys the natural beauty of his home and makes viewers want to visit the island and blaze some ganja. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Fredo Bang, ...
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Spike Lee Drops Nike 50th Anniversary Short Film [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Nike / NIke Nike has been changing the game and keeping us fresh for the past 50 years and to celebrate the half-century mark one of their day one’s, Spike Lee has directed a short film paying homage to the swoosh brand. Source: Nike / NIke Dubbed Seen It All, the Spike Lee joint features the legendary director reprise his Mars Blackmon persona while revisiting some classic Nike commercials and showcasing some of sports biggest superstars over the past few decades including Tiger Woods, Bo Jackson and of course, Michael Jordan. Sitting across up and coming star Indigo Hubbard-Salk, Spike (or Mars rather) talks about all the sports events and moments he’s witnessed over his lifetime while Indigo counters with talk of some of today’s up and coming sports le...
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Big Bronx Energy: Remy Ma Honored With Street In Her Name [Video]
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TV ONE / TV One One of New York City’s greatest talents has received a special distinction. Remy Ma has been honored with a street in her name. As per Vibe Magazine the “All The Way Up” rapper is now officially in the Big Apple history books. Earlier this week a ceremony was held to unveil the newest addition to the Bronx Walk Of Fame on Saturday, May 14. Hosted by Bronx Borough President Vanessa L. Gibson and Deputy President Janet Peguero Remy was joined by her husband Papoose, longtime friend Fat Joe and some of her family. Related Stories She took to social media to share her appreciation. “Today I was given my own street sign in The Bronx!” Remy Ma wrote. “I’ve come so far from the girl that used to take the 6 train and ride the Bx22 bus. I’ve h...
The Eric Andre Show Returning with Natasha Lyonne, Jon Hamm, and More
Adult Swim has announced its Season 6 pickup of The Eric Andre Show. The latest installment will feature our 2020 Comedian of the Year hosting a lineup of guests led by Natasha Lyonne and Jon Hamm. Set to premiere on Adult Swim and HBO Max in 2023, the new season will include other celebrities like Jaleel White, Blac Chyna, Raven-Symoné, Daymond John, and Meagan Good. “Season 666” will also feature musicians like Rico Nasty, Waka Flocka Flame, Tinashe, Cypress Hill, and Lil Yachty, with more names to be unveiled in the future. A press release describes the season as “a fresh era of radical deconstruction and self-examination.” With Andre now ripped, oiled up, tanned, and ponytailed, viewers can expect more intense street bits and in-studio hijinks meant to throw celebrities off their ...
The Marvel Cinematic Universe’s 10 Greatest Needle Drops
This article is part of Consequence‘s Marvel Pop Culture Week, examining all the ways in which the MCU invokes our world’s pop culture and creates its own. Here, we’re taking a look at the MCU’s best needle drops. As of May 2022, there are 28 films in the Marvel Cinematic Universe (excluding the six upcoming projects, multiple television shows, and the “One Shot” series). From Jon Favreau’s experiment with Iron Man in 2008 to Sam Raimi’s grand return to superhero flicks with this year’s Doctor Strange in the Multiverse of Madness, there are now hours upon hours of quippy dialogue, Stan Lee cameos, and epic CGI battles to satisfy our hunger for adventure. And as much as Kevin Feige deserves credit for overseeing the direction of the MCU, building such a massive, beloved body of work takes a...
Angel Olsen Shares New Piano Ballad “Through the Fires”: Stream
Angel Olsen is back with “Through the Fires,” a sentimental piano ballad billed as the “centerpiece” of her upcoming album, Big Time. Listen to the single below. Olsen keeps her voice low in “Through the Fires,” letting sweeping strings do the talking as she learns to let go of all earthly desires. In a press release, she called the song “the centerpiece statement of this record. It’s a song I wrote to remind myself that this life is temporary, the past is not something to dwell on, that it’s important to keep moving, keep searching for the people that are also searching, and to notice the moments that are lighter and bigger than whatever trouble I’ve encountered.” The track comes with an equally delicate music video shot by Angela Ricciardi, in which Olsen unwinds in a creek, surroun...
Downton Abbey: A New Era Delivers Exactly the Sort of Period Drama Fans Crave
The Pitch: It may have been a few years since the last one, but never mind that; it’s time for the newest episode of Downton Abbey! Yes, all your favorite characters are back as the clock chimes on the year 1928, and the good folks of this lovely English countryside continue to puzzle over the encroachment of the modern world. First automobiles, then the telephone, and now — moving pictures! What is a stately English manor and its staff and residents to do?!? The above is this writer’s best efforts to inject some extra drama into a description of Downton Abbey: A New Era, the second theatrically-released installment continuing the saga of the wildly popular ITV/PBS period drama. But also, that’s really not necessary. While this isn’t something unique to Downton, it has always been a franch...
Braxe + Falcon Detail EP, Share New Song “Elevation”: Listen
Back in March, the French house producers Alan Braxe and DJ Falcon came together to release two singles under the banner Braxe + Falcon. The musicians have now released another new single and shared the details of their debut EP. The new song is called “Elevation” and it’ll appear on the duo’s Step by Step EP, which comes out digitally on June 24 via the Domino imprint Smugglers Way. Listen to “Elevation,” featuring Los Angeles musician Sunni Colón, below. Alan Braxe is well known as one of the three members of Stardust, the trio whose lone single, “Music Sounds Better With You,” is a staple of the French house genre. The other two Stardust members were singer Benjamin Diamond and Daft Punk’s Thomas Bangalter. DJ Falcon has also worked with Bangalter, co-writing and co-producing “Contact,”...
She & Him Announce Brian Wilson Covers Album Melt Away, Share New Video for “Darlin’”: Watch
She & Him, the duo of Zooey Deschanel and M. Ward, have announced a new album of Brian Wilson and Beach Boys covers. Melt Away: A Tribute to Brian Wilson is out July 22 via Fantasy and it features Wilson himself on their version of “Do It Again.” First up is their rendition of “Darlin’” off 1967’s Wild Honey; watch the video below. The duo will also head out on tour singing these songs. “In the spring of 2020, we started a list of our favorite Brian songs—a very long list,” the duo said in a statement. “We chose songs without any regard to their chart performance. The obscure ones hit us just as hard as the more popular songs—and all are ripe for re-imagining, re-interpreting, and re-inventing. Brian writes songs of beauty and loneliness and vulnerability better than anyone—and by sequ...
Soccer Mommy Adds U.S. Tour Dates, Shares Video for New Song “Bones”: Watch
Soccer Mommy has announced a U.S. tour. After some previously scheduled dates, her latest run will kick off in October. Sophie Allison has also shared the latest single from her new album Sometimes Forever. It’s called “Bones” and it arrives with a new video from Her Smell director Alex Ross Perry. Watch it below. “‘Bones’ is a song about struggling with the parts of yourself that you don’t like in a relationship,” Allison said in a statement. “It’s about wanting to become better for someone and feeling like you’re standing in your own way.” Sometimes Forever is out on June 24 via Loma Vista. The follow-up to 2020’s Color Theory includes the previously shared singles “Shotgun” and “Unholy Affliction.” Read Pitchfork’s new feature “Soccer Mommy Slays Her Demons.” All products featured on Pi...
