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Beyoncé and Amazon Music Announce Club Renaissance in Los Angeles
Beyoncé and Amazon Music have come together to host an event titled “Club Renaissance, happening this weekend in Los Angeles. The event celebrates the multi-Grammy award-winning artist’s latest album. Amazon Music took to Twitter to showcase a poster in tandem with Beyoncé’s company, Parkwood stating that it “invites you to experience RENAISSANCE in spatial audio,” hinting at a high-fidelity listening session. On Thursday afternoon fans received an alert for a website called “Club Renaissance”, a link to the event and for tickets to be purchased. Variety reported that the tickets were sold out within minutes. The event is at an undisclosed location and taking place this Friday and Saturday night, starting at 9 p.m. local time. Tickets were made available to fans, with each limited to one t...
Rosalía Enlists Cardi B for Remix of “DESPECHÁ”
Rosalía has joined forces with Cardi B to deliver a remix of her latest solo single, “DESPECHÁ.” Clocking in at just under three minutes, the upbeat cut hears Cardi drop a lengthy first over the jumping keys and joyful drums. Meanwhile, Rosalía continues to sing about forgetting her old partner by dancing all her troubles away in a club. “DESPECHÁ” was initially debuted live during the artist’s global tour in support of her latest album, MOTOMAMI, and appeared in the deluxe edition. The record, which dropped earlier this March, marks Rosalía’s third studio album and won her Album of the Year, Best Alternative Music Album, Best Engineered Album and Best Recording Package at the Latin GRAMMY Awards, and also received a nomination for Best Latin Rock or Alternative Album at the GRAM...
The Weeknd Shares New Song “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” From Avatar Soundtrack: Stream
The long-awaited Avatar sequel The Way of Water hits theaters December 16th, and ahead of its release, The Weeknd has shared “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength),” the song he contributed to the film’s soundtrack. “You give me strength,” The Weeknd sings over an epic choral backing track. “I’m with you either way/ If I die, If I stay, give me strength/ I’m with you either way/ Nothing’s lost, no more pain/ You give me strength.” Listen to the single below. “Nothing Is Lost (You Give Me Strength)” follows The Weeknd’s January album Dawn FM. Next year, the artist will take his “After Hours Til Dawn” tour to the UK, Europe, Mexico, and South America, and tickets are on sale now via Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video He’s also gearing up t...
Inside the Chaos and Cameos of Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery
[Editor’s note: The following contains spoilers for Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery. Do not read until after watching!] “We wanted the whole thing to feel like a surprise party, where just one thing after another happens,” showrunner Krister Johnson says about the newly released Who Killed Santa? A Murderville Murder Mystery, a special episode of the Netflix improv comedy series where the chaos of Season 1, released last February, gets amplified to a whole new level. In the special, hard-nosed and mustachioed Detective Terry Seattle (Will Arnett) is joined by not one, not two, but three clueless celebrities as he attempts to solve a murder; there are additional guest stars sprinkled throughout the double-length episode, along with plenty of other surprises. Advertisement “Th...
Paramore’s Hayley Williams Says Watching Billie Eilish Is “Like Watching Me”
Hayley Williams of Paramore said that Billie Eilish reminds her of her younger self, telling SiriusXM’s Alt Nation that watching the young pop star is “like watching me.” Paramore emerged with 2005’s All We Know Is Falling when Williams was about 17 years old, a precocious start that mirrored Eilish’s own teenaged breakout. “We’ve spoken throughout the years since she kind of came onto the scene,” Williams said. “The first thing I experienced or I witnessed of her was ‘When the Party’s Over,’ that video. And then I watched an interview with her and I felt like there was something inside of me that was watching me — slash us — as teenagers doing interviews and navigating this world.” Advertisement Related Video Williams added, “She does it on a level we’ve never experien...
Henry Cavill to Roll the Dice on Warhammer 40,000 Series
Gallons of milk and state fair goldfish are not known for longevity, but even they last longer than Henry Cavill’s latest period of unemployment. The former Superman and The Witcher star has lined up his next project, according to The Hollywood Reporter, as Amazon’s Prime Video is in the final stages of negotiations for the rights to an adaptation of the popular tabletop strategy game Warhammer 40,000. Cavill left The Witcher at the end of October to return to Superman, but his tenure as the Man of Steel abruptly ended December 14th when new DC head James Gunn announced plans for a fresh origin story. While the deal for Warhammer 40,000 has not been finalized, Cavill is known to be a Warhammer fan and is expected to anch...
Ab-Soul Provides a Space to Heal With New Album ‘Herbert’
Ab-Soul is here and is honest in Herbert, his fifth studio album and first solo full-length release in six years. Clocking in at a little over one hour, the 18-track project is named after the Los Angeles by way of Carson, CA artist’s legal name — Herbert Anthony Stevens IV — as an ode to the vulnerability he displays in the record. With the help of Big Sean, Russ, Joey Bada$$, Jhené Aiko, SiR, Punch, Zacari, Fre$h, Ambré, ALEMEDA and Lance Skiiiwalker and production from the likes of Sounwave, DJ Premier, James Blake, Hit Boy, Boi 1da, DJ Dahi, Soulo takes off his gloves to present a brutal truth brought upon by “a series of unspeakable tragedies” and offers a sonic space of healing for others who have suffered through the same ordeals. “We’re all going through things, all of us,” Ab-Soul...
Wiz Khalifa Is George Clinton in Trailer for New Movie Spinning Gold: Watch
Wiz Khalifa will star as Parliament leader and funk icon George Clinton in a forthcoming film about Casablanca Records. Spinning Gold chronicles the rise of the label in the 1970s, following founder and producer Neil Bogart (played by Jeremy Jordan) as he signs artists who would go on to become icons of their era. The movie depicts the ascent of Donna Summer, Gladys Knight, the Isley Brothers, the Village People, Kiss, Bill Withers, and more. Watch the trailer below (via Complex). Spinning Gold hits theaters March 31. The film was written, directed, and produced by Neil Bogart’s son Timothy Scott Bogart. In addition to Khalifa, Spinning Gold will star Jason Derulo as Ron Isley, Chris Redd as the disc jockey Frankie Crocker, Michael Ian Black as Kiss manager Bill Aucoin, and other...
Rolling Loud Announces Expansion to Germany in 2023
Rolling Loud has officially announced another new destination in Europe, making its German debut next summer. Rolling Loud Germany has plans to take over Munich in July 2023, landing in Messe München as the festival franchise continues its global expansion. The German destination is now the third European festival under the Rolling Loud branch, following Rolling Loud Rotterdam and Rolling Loud Portugal. Rotterdam will happen on June 30 to July 1 while the Portugal festival will happen on July 5 to July 7. The Munich dates are immediately after from July 7 to July 9. 2023 appears to be a big year for Rolling Loud, as the festival makes its way to the Asian market with Rolling Loud Thailand on April 13-15. Earlier this month, Travis Scott is set to headline the Thailand festival. Rolling Lou...
Gucci Mane Rips Prison For Poor Conditions Where Pooh Shiesty Is Being Held
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Derek White / Getty Gucci Mane is calling out the correctional facility where Pooh Sheisty is being detained for its conditions on social media. The head of 1017 Records made his feelings known about the situation via social media on Wednesday. “We do not pay attention to how inmates in the US are treated!” Gucci began on Twitter, addressing President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris by their official handles and adding the hashtags #movepooh and #prisonreform. Related Stories The “So Icy” rapper went on to call out the conditions at the United States Penitentiary Pollock (USP Pollock) complex where Pooh Shiesty is incarcerated. “@PoohShiesty has been sent to a prison over 1500 miles from his home, 23 hr lockdown and given empty food trays,” Guc...
Elon Musk’s Twitter Bans Accounts Tracking His & Other Billionaire’s Private Jets
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty / Elon Musk Phony Stark, aka Elon Musk, is flexing his power as Chief Twit. Twitter has banned accounts that tracked his and other billionaires’ private jets. Spotted on CNBC, Twitter has suspended the account dedicated to tracking Elon Musk’s private jet. The account @ElonJet had half a million followers and was created by Florida college student Jack Sweeney who describes himself as a fan of Musk and SpaceX, the billionaires’ other company. He claims his fandom as his reason for creating the account. He even claims his dream car is a Tesla, this poor guy. Sweeney used publicly available flight data to track where the bored billionaire was going on the account until it was suspended Wednesday morning. “Well it appears @ElonJet is suspend...
R. Kelly’s Lawyers Say His Master Recording Were Stolen, Thieves Wanted $160K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: E. JASON WAMBSGANS / Getty The R. Kelly story continues to get peculiar. His legal team says a big chunk of his master recordings were stolen. As per Complex the Chicago, Illinois native has apparently take another huge loss in his career. TMZ reports that back in February a man named Keith Calbert, who is assumed to be one of the caretakers of the Kelly estate, filed a police report claiming hundreds of the disgraced crooner’s master recordings were stolen. According to the documentation the music was taken from a storage facility and is estimated to have a value of hundreds of millions of dollars. The man also says the originals in question were moved to California back in 2021 by two road managers. When asked to return them to Illinois they demand...
