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The xx’s Oliver Sim Releases Debut Solo Song “Romance With a Memory”: Listen
Oliver Sim, the bassist and vocalist of the xx, has released his first solo single: “Romance With a Memory” was produced by Sim’s bandmate Jamie xx and comes with a video starring Charity Kase, HoSo Terra Toma, and Gena Marvin. Watch below. In a statement, Sim said: I’m thrilled, excited, ecstatic, overcaffeinated and overjoyed to be sharing “Romance with a Memory” with you all. Terrifyingly, this is the first song I’ve ever released under my own name, I really hope you all enjoy it. Produced by my dear older brother Jamie xx. I’ve also made a compilation of some of my favourite monsters, killers and queers getting down. I hope both the music and monsters make you feel as happy as they make me—I cannot tell you how much joy it brings me to watch a ghoul having a good time. P.S. still very ...
9 Nintendo Switch Games You Can Buy on Sale for Mario Day
All products and services featured are independently chosen by editors. However, Billboard may receive a commission on orders placed through its retail links, and the retailer may receive certain auditable data for accounting purposes. March 10 marks National Mario Day, a celebration of the beloved, overall-wearing video game character who has been around for over 40 years. Mario Day started in 2016, but the character of Mario was first introduced in the Donkey Kong arcade game in 1981. Video game designer Shigeru Miyamoto created Mario after he was unable to secure licensing rights to use Popeye. The character was originally called Jumpman before the name change, but according to other reports, he was also named “Ossan” (a Japenese word for “middle-aged guy”). The Mario known and loved by...
Jussie Smollett Sentenced to 150 Days in Jail for Staged Attack
Jussie Smollett was sentenced Thursday (March 10) to 150 days in jail for lying to police about a racist and homophobic attack that the former Empire actor orchestrated himself. Cook County Judge James Linn sentenced Smollett to 30 months of felony probation, including 150 days in the county jail. Linn denied a request to suspend Smollett’s sentence and ordered he be placed in custody immediately. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Smollett was also ordered to pay $120,106 in restitution. Smollett loudly proclaimed his innocence after the sentence. “I am innocent. I could have said I am guilty a long time ago,” Smollett shouted as sheriff’s deputies led him out of the courtroom, capping an hourslong sentencing hearing. Ahead of his sentencing, Smollett declined to make a statement ...
‘Encanto’ Completes 11-Week Climb to No. 1 on Australia’s Albums Chart
Encanto works its magic on the Australian albums chart, as the original soundtrack rises to No. 1 in its eleventh week. The tie-in with the hit Disney animated film of the same name, Encanto (via (Walt Disney/Universal) earns its first ARIA Chart crown, with three songs from it impacting the singles survey: “We Don’t Talk About Bruno” (No. 8), “Surface Pressure” (No. 22) and “The Family Madrigal” (No. 50). Encanto completes its climb after debuting at No. 29 at the start of January, before lifting into the Top Ten for the first time in its second week, and staying there ever since. ARIA Award-winning singer and songwriter Missy Higgins lands the highest new entry on the national chart this week with Total Control (Eleven/EMI), new at No. 3 The mini-album is her first set of new material si...
Benee Enters The 1,000,000,000 List With ‘Supalonely’
Benee is welcomed into The 1,000,000,000 List. The New Zealand artist (real name Stella Rose Bennett) and her collaborator Josh Fountain gain entry to the club for 1 billion plays of “Supalonely,” a Top 40 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 following its release in 2019. The alt-pop breakup song caught fire on TikTok, where it became a dance challenge, and promptly made the leap to commercial radio and the mainstream charts. As NZ entered its first level-4 lockdown in 2020, “Supalonely” took fight, and Benee’s career soared. She went on to perform the song virtually on The Tonight Show with feature vocalist, New York singer-songwriter Gus Dapperton; and collected a slew of awards, including the 2020 APRA Silver Scroll Award for “Glitter,” four Tuis at the Aotearoa Music Awards, and her first BMI...
Charlie Hickey Announces Debut Album Nervous at Night, Shares Title Track: Stream
Fast-rising indie pop star Charlie Hickey has announced his long-awaited debut album, Nervous at Night. The Pasadena-based musician will release the LP on May 20th via Phoebe Bridgers’ Saddest Factory Records, and as a preview, he’s shared the record’s dreamy title track today, along with an accompanying music video. At just 21, Hickey knows he doesn’t quite have everything in life figured out yet. On Nervous at Night, he details the limbo stage between blissful adolescence and the looming fears of full-blown adulthood. With Bridgers assisting on the record alongside fellow musicians Marshall Vore, Harrison Whitford, Christian Lee Hutson, and Mason Stoops, Nervous at Night is a documentation of personal growth that’s wise beyond Hickey’s years. In line with the album’s theme...
The Dropout Creator Liz Meriwether Took on the Elizabeth Holmes Story With a Writers’ Room Full of Lizes
The Dropout creator Elizabeth (or Liz) Meriwether is pretty open about how, before taking on the story of famed entrepreneur-turned-fraudster Elizabeth Holmes for the Hulu limited series, she didn’t know too much about the world of entrepreneurs, or science. “It was totally new for me,” she tells Consequence in a phone interview. “I had to really learn a lot.” Holmes first became a famous figure as an anomaly in the Silicon Valley tech sphere: a young, conventionally attractive female innovator, whose big ideas for a blood-testing device that could lead to a massive uptick in early detection of medical issues led to magazine covers as well as hundreds of millions of dollars in investment funds. However, her innovative ideas turned out to be based on lies and deception, leading to the end o...
Michelle Zauner Shares Update on Crying in H Mart Movie: Exclusive
Michelle Zauner has shared an update about the process of turning her hit memoir Crying in H Mart into a movie. Speaking exclusively to Consequence around the launch of the Fender Player Plus Meteora on Wednesday (March 9th), Zauner, who performs as Japanese Breakfast, revealed that she’s knee-deep in the process of writing the film’s script. “So I actually just finished the first draft of the screenplay,” Zauner told Consequence by phone. “My producers really like it, so hopefully the revision process won’t be too brutal. And yeah, hopefully that will come out sometime in the next couple years. I’m just playing a lot of festivals and being back on the road, and Crying in H Mart the movie [will arrive] maybe sometime in the next few years.” Advertisement Related Video The movie adaptation ...
Human Resources Review: An Overly Raunchy, Occasionally Thoughtful Big Mouth Spin-Off
The Pitch: Five seasons into the Netflix animated comedy Big Mouth comes Human Resources, a spin-off dedicated to exploring the workplace antics of Big Mouth’s hormone monsters. Not only does the show feature familiar Big Mouth hormone monsters Maury (voiced by Nick Kroll) and Connie (voiced by Maya Rudolph), as well as The Shame Wizard (voiced by David Thewlis), Love Bugs, and Anxiety Mosquitos, Human Resources also introduces dozens of new characters, including a “Logic Rock” named Pete (voiced by Randall Park), Petra the Ambition Gremlin (voiced by Rosie Perez), and many other fantastical creatures that represent the complex emotions of human beings. Rather than dwell on the pubescent confusion of adolescence, the creatures of Human Resources serve humans of all ages, and throughout the...
Best New Tracks: Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa, Benny The Butcher and More
As the week in music comes to a close, HYPEBEAST has rounded up the best projects for the latest installment of Best New Tracks. This week’s list is led by releases from Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa and Benny The Butcher, who dropped the collaborative track “Sweetest Pie” and the album Tana Talk 4 respectively. Also joining this selection are offerings from Pink Siifu, Lucky Daye, Shenseea, Tanna Leone, Aya Nakamura x Damso, Omar Apollo, tobi lou and redveil. Megan Thee Stallion x Dua Lipa – “Sweetest Pie” [embedded content] Megan Thee Stallion and Dua Lipa team up for the sugary collab, “Sweetest Pie.” The track is produced by OG Parker, Romano and Platinum Library, and arrives a month after Dua Lipa kicked off her massive North American tour, which will also see Megan Th...
Original KISS Members ACE FREHLEY And PETER CRISS To Perform Together At CREATURES FEST In May
Original KISS members Ace Frehley and Peter Criss will perform together at this year’s Creatures Fest, set to take place May 27-29 at Nashville’s Sonesta Nashville Airport Hotel. Also scheduled to appear at the event are former KISS guitarists Bruce Kulick and Vinnie Vincent. According to Creatures Fest promoter Neil Davis, Criss will join Frehley on stage during the guitarist’s May 27 set to play a few tracks. “They both spoke, said they were excited about being at Creatures Fest; they were excited about seeing you, the fans,” Davis said. “And they talked, and they just thought that what would be great for the fans, for all of us, is if they got together and played some songs during Ace‘s set.” Vincent is scheduled to perform on night two of...
See Trailer For ‘Metal Lords’, A Heavy Metal Coming-Of-Age Film From Co-Creator Of ‘Game Of Thrones’
“Game Of Thrones” co-creator D.B. Weiss has teamed up with RAGE AGAINST THE MACHINE guitarist Tom Morello for a scripted movie titled “Metal Lords”, to be released on April 8 via Netflix. With Weiss as writer-producer and the Morello serving as executive music producer, “Metal Lords” follows two kids who want to start a heavy metal band in a high school where exactly two kids care about heavy metal. Hunter (Adrian Greensmith) is a diehard metal fan who knows his history and can shred. His dream in life is to win at the upcoming “Battle Of The Bands”. He enlists his best friend Kevin (Jaeden Martell) to man the drums. But with schoolmates more interested in Bieber than BLACK SABBATH, finding a bassist is a struggle. Until Kevin overhears Emily...
