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The Smashing Pumpkins Play “Today” on Corden: Watch
The Smashing Pumpkins were the latest musical guest on The Late Late Show With James Corden. The band took the stage to play “Today,” the standout single from the 1993 album Siamese Dream. Check it out below. Last month, it was announced that James Corden will step away from The Late Late Show in 2023 after eight years of hosting. “I never want this show to overstay its welcome in any way. I always want to love making it,” Corden remarked. “And I really think in a year from now that will be a good time to move on and see what else might be out there.” Earlier this week, the Smashing Pumpkins announced a North American tour, which kicks off this fall. The band shared its last album, Cyr, in 2020. Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Kendrick Lamar Announces 2022 Tour
Kendrick Lamar performed in February at the 2022 Super Bowl halftime show alongside Dr. Dre, Eminem, Snoop Dogg, and Mary J. Blige. The program was part of Roc Nation’s production deal with the NFL, overseen by Jay-Z. Lamar will perform headlining slots at this year’s Glastonbury festival as well as Rolling Loud Miami. Check out “5 Takeaways From Kendrick Lamar’s New Album Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers” on the Pitch. 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. Kendrick Lamar: The Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers Tour Kendrick Lamar: 07-19 Oklahoma City, OK – Paycom Center07-21 Austin, TX – Moody Center07-22 Houston, TX – Toyota Center07-23 ...
Leikeli47 Drops Third Album ‘Shape Up,’ Taps Runway Icon Miss Alexander J for Single “Jay Walk”
Leikeli47 has released her third studio album, Shape Up, executive produced by Harold Lilly. Following 2017’s Wash & Set and 2018’s Acrylic, the album is the final installment of her “Beauty Series” trilogy and the first full-length project that she’s put out in four years. The rapper shared her first single off of the LP in February. In an accompanying music video for the single, entitled “BITM,” Leikeli and others pay tribute to the New York ballroom scene with a montage of them vogueing. Additional songs on the 14-track album include the previously-released “Chitty Bang” and the rhythmic “Secret Service.” On “Jay Walk,” Leikeli collaborated with American runway icon Miss J Alexander, who chimes in between the rapper’s spitfire bars to offer instructions for the catwalk, command...
Lil Yachty and yvngxchris Take Over an LA House Party in New “DAMN HOMIE” Video
17-year-old rapper yvngxchris has tapped Lil Yachty for a new cut, “DAMN HOMIE,” along with a party-packed music video, directed by Elan Bia under his creative imprint No Soap. The visual sees Yachty, who dons the Bode sunset crochet top, and yungxchris, who opts for a clean ensemble with statement-making leather pants, hop out of a Cadillac Escalade and enter an elusive house party in Los Angeles. Inside, yvngxchris instantly sprays a girl with a water gun, while onlookers dance to the opening bars of his first verse and Yachty posts up at the DJ booth. Captivating the venue’s attention, yvngxchris raps, “Now I’m rockin’ the Belacartes with the Rick / Yeah, my money be flippin’, twerkin’, do a split.” Lil Boat then takes the mic for the third verse: “Do it myself, no assist (On God) ...
Charles Barkley To Talk NBA G.O.A.T.’s in New Documentary ‘The Great Debate’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: TNT / TNT Over the years Charles Barkley has proven that he doesn’t care about how people react to his hot takes, he’s going to give you his opinion whether it hurts your feelings or not and for that we love him. Now the NBA legend will be teaming up with TNT for a new program in which he discusses the NBA’s “G.O.A.T”‘s and who he feels is deserving of that title in the upcoming documentary, The Great Debate. According to Deadline, Sir Charles will be breaking down his own “unique” take on the concept of “Greatest of All-Time” and if you’ve followed his NBA commentary over the years you know he’s going to be upsetting many of his fellow legends and some of today’s superstars. Still, Charles Barkley couldn’t be happier with the project regardless of the fe...
Kid Cudi Hints At Releasing New Music On Twitter
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Ray Tamarra / Getty Kid Cudi has been highly active lately on various fronts, but it has been a minute since he’s released his own music. One moment on his social media account, however, suggests that could soon change. The “Day And Night” rapper stoked the interest of his fans on Twitter on Wednesday (May 11th) as he dropped a video clip. The eleven-second clip is from 2019, and it shows Cudi nodding his head along to a track. The caption to the tweet asks the question: “Should I drop this?” The snippet of music is one of a bunch that Cudi has on his social media profiles, but this new tweet could be the artist testing the waters. The immediate response from those viewing the tweet was all in favor of him releasing the full track. Kid Cudi hasn’t been la...
Christopher Walken Is the Emperor in Dune: Part Two
The casting process for Denis Villeneuve‘s next movie seems to be Dune just fine: Christopher Walken will lord over Part Two as the ruler of the universe himself, the Padishah Emperor Shaddam Corrino IV, The Hollywood Reporter notes. The Emperor didn’t appear in the 2021 movie Dune, which covered the first half of Frank Herbert’s classic novel. But his actions were felt from the first moments, which picked up with his assigning Duke Leto Atreides (Oscar Isaac) to the spice-rich desert planet Arrakis. Duke Leto brought his family along, including his son Paul (Timothée Chalamet). Joining Walken in Part Two will be Florence Pugh, who was already cast as the Emperor’s daughter Princess Irulan, and Austin Butler, who will portray the heir ...
Arcade Fire Perform Two Songs Promoting First Image of Milky Way’s Black Hole: Watch
Our galaxy the Milky Way spins around Sagittarius A*, a supermassive, space-time shredding black hole that weighs as much as 4.5 million suns. Today the Event Horizon Telescope team presented the first ever image of Sagittarius A*, and the black hole nerds of Arcade Fire were on hand to trumpet this landmark scientific achievement. Frontman Win Butler and his bandmate and wife Régine Chassagne have long been fascinated by these gravitational phenomena. On the cover of their new album WE, superimposed with a picture of an eye, Arcade Fire placed one of the most famous images in astronomy: a fluorescent orange donut surrounding a dark nothing. It was the first ever image of a black hole: a snapshot of the chonker at the heart of the M87 galaxy 55 million lightyears from Earth, pres...
Adam Driver and Forest Whitaker Lead Cast of Francis Ford Coppola’s Megalopolis
Francis Ford Coppola has announced the cast for his long-gestating film Megalopolis, including Adam Driver, Forest Whitaker, Nathalie Emmanuel, and more. Jon Voight and Laurence Fishburne are also attached to the director’s dream final project. The latter actor began his career with Coppola’s 1979 classic Apocalypse Now opposite Marlon Brando, Robert Duvall, and Martin Sheen. Although he was 14 when the film began, production took so long that he was 18 by the time it was released in theaters. Coppola is self-financing the film and per Deadline, the story is described as follows: “The fate of Rome haunts a modern world unable to solve its own social problems in this epic story of political ambition, genius, and conflicting interests.” Production on the film is set to begin later this fall....
Dune Rats Premiere Video for New Song “Melted Into Two”: Stream
Australia’s Dune Rats have unveiled a romantic video for their new song “Melted Into Two,” which is premiering exclusively via Heavy Consequence. The tune will appear on the band’s upcoming album, Real Rare Whale, arriving on July 29th. Fun is the name of the game for this punk trio, and “Melted Into Two” perfectly captures their upbeat vibe. The band’s sing-along power pop is driven by earnest vocals and big garage-rock chords in the vein of Ty Segall and Redd Kross. Considering Dune Rats propensity for tongue-in-cheek shenanigans, the video for “Melted Into Two” is actually quite adorable. It follows a real-life couple — Kell and Ellie — who’ve fallen in love. Advertisement Related Video “The clip was a product of Dunies witnessing a real life love story unfold between Brett’s sister Kel...
The Chainsmokers’ New Studio Album ‘So Far So Good’ Is Here: Stream It Now
The Chainsmokers are back with their first new album in three years, So Far So Good. Out today (May 13) via Disruptor Records/Columbia Records, the 13-track album — the duo’s fourth studio LP — follows its already out singles “High,” “iPad” and “Riptide.” It also follows the duo’s 2019 LP, World War Joy. But as The Chainsmokers’ Drew Taggart and Alex Pall recently told Billboard, this new project was made under vastly different circumstances than much of their past work. Whereas the duo often built albums while on the road, releasing one track at a time between tour stops, at the end of 2019 they announced they were going on an extended hiatus to give themselves real time to focus on music. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news This creative ...
Kendrick Lamar Addresses Drake and Ye’s Reconciliation on ‘Father Time’: ‘I Was Slightly Confused’
When Drake and Kanye West (now Ye) buried the hatchet, some saw it as the moment hell froze over. Others were just downright confused. Kendrick Lamar falls in the latter camp. At the stroke of midnight, Lamar dropped his latest studio album Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers, the followup to 2017’s Damn. On album track “Father Time,” featuring Sampha, the Los Angles native takes a good hard look at himself and explores the long-ingrained “daddy issues” that’ve both fueled him and held him back. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news How so? “When Kanye got back with Drake, I was slightly confused,” he raps. “Guess I’m not as mature as I think, got some healin’ to do.” He wasn’t the only one confused by it all. Drizzy and Ye kept hip-hop’s heavyweight f...
