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Chai Cover Wham!’s “Last Christmas”: Watch the Video
Chai got into the holiday spirit this year, releasing a cover of Wham!’s classic “Last Christmas” on Christmas Day. It arrived with a new music video starring the band. Watch it below. The band, who released their new album Wink earlier this year, join a stable of artists who have covered the iconic holiday song in recent years. Among those: Lucy Dacus recorded it in 2019 as part of her holiday covers series, Robyn performed it on BBC Radio 1 in 2018, Future Islands delivered a rendition in 2015, the xx shared a version in 2012, and Taylor Swift had a version of it in a 2007 holiday EP. Read Pitchfork’s list of “The 50 Best Holiday Songs of All Time.” Content This content can also be viewed on the site it originates from.
Gift God: Drake Spreads Holiday Cheer In Toronto By Handing Out Cash
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: MediaNews Group/Bay Area News via Getty Images / Getty Drake is known to show out with his generous side, and that was in full display on Christmas as he was spotted doling out cash to people on the street in Toronto, Canada. The “More Life” rapper was spotted out and about in the six by a fan, casually reclining in the backseat of his custom Mercedes Maybach while cruising through a Yorkville neighborhood. The area is a destination for upscale shoppers, old Victorian-era homes, and elite restaurants. The video shows Drake handing passerby, who recognized him, a stack of 20 Canadian dollars. The size of the stack of money suggests that it contained hundreds of dollars. The original caption on that fan-shot video read: “@Champagnepapi giving away racks for...
Surprise: Warner Bros. Blesses Us With New Trailer For ‘The Batman’ Featuring More Zoe Kravitz As Catwoman
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Warner Bros. / The Batman A surprise new trailer for The Batman is a great late Christmas present. Dubbed “The Bat and The Cat,” this latest trailer gives us our best look at the dynamic between Robert Pattinson’s Bruce Wayne/Batman and Zoe Kravitz’s Selina Kyle, aka Catwoman. It also gives us more insight into The Riddler’s diabolical plan for the Dark Knight and his beloved Gotham City. This surprising look at the highly-anticipated film opens up with Bruce Wayne speaking with Jayme Lawson’s Bella Reál. The mayoral candidate doesn’t bite her tongue when she accuses the recluse billionaire playboy of not doing enough for Gotham City. The irony is she has no idea he’s out here beating the daylight out of crooks and cleaning up the streets. Related Stories...
End of An Era: Twitter Salutes Issa Rae & ‘Insecure’s Cast Following Series Finale
HipHopWired Featured Video CLOSE Source: Raymond Liu / HBO It’s a wrap, and Insecure fans are in their feelings. After five glorious seasons, Insecure has come to an end. The day many fans were looking forward to and, at the same time, dreaded arrived on Sunday (Dec.27). The adventures of Issa Dee and her gang as they navigate all aspects of life reached its epic conclusion. When it comes to ending a popular series, it’s tough to stick the landing and please die-hard fans. You can ask the showrunners and writers of Game of Thrones about that. Fans didn’t know what to expect out of the half an hour dramedy, with the main focus being on how Issa’s life would shape out and who she would end up with. Warning spoilers ahead. Life turned out great for Issa, Molly, Kelli, miserable Kelli, an...
New Trailer For “Atlanta” Gives A Euro-Trippy Look At The Third Season
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: FX Network / Atlanta FX Fans of the FX series Atlanta got a real treat in time for the holidays as a new trailer for the show’s upcoming season was released over the weekend. The new trailer for the wildly popular show shows Paper Boi and Earn head to Europe, taking in what the music scene there offers along with the culture. But being as this is Atlanta, there’s a boatload of weirdness and moments that will make you do double-takes. This trailer shows Donald Glover, LaKeith Stanfield, Zazie Beetz, and Brian Tyree Henry making their return for the third season. Related Stories This second trailer seems to indicate that Paper Boi is in demand overseas. He’s thrown off more than once trekking through the European continent, with one scene of him having his ...
Swedish House Mafia Share Behind-The-Scenes Glimpse Into Haunting “Moth To A Flame” Music Video
Swedish House Mafia have uploaded a behind-the-scenes clip offering a glimpse into the creation of the music video for “Moth To A Flame,” the group’s massive 2021 collab with The Weeknd. The legendary dance music trio, comprising Axwell, Steve Angello and Sebastian Ingrosso, dropped the track back in October after weeks of cryptic teases. The eerie music video, Ingrosso said, is a commentary on the pitfalls of hedonism. The clip, which you can watch below, also features Alexander Wessely, a frequent creative collaborator of the group and the director of their “Moth To A Flame” music video. “The concept is based on us humans and our constant need and greed for more,” Ingrosso said of the video. “And that we sometimes ...
Ex-GREAT WHITE Singer JACK RUSSELL Says Documentary About Fatal Nightclub Fire Will Receive Premiere In February
Former GREAT WHITE singer Jack Russell, whose pyrotechnics ignited the deadly blaze on February 20, 2003 in Rhode Island, spoke to Tulsa Music Stream about the upcoming documentary about the infamous fire that killed a hundred people and injured hundreds more. “We’re supposed to have a premiere of it at the [legendary club] Whisky [A Go Go in West Hollywood] in February — an invitation-only thing,” Jack said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET). “I think it’s coming out on Reelz; I think they’re gonna put it out on Reelz. It’s not the way we initially wanted it to come out; we wanted it to be more of a movie. We took three years shooting this thing. I mean, it was a long time. A lot of footage — a lot of footage. I could have my whole biography don...
Hear Snippet Of New MEGADETH Song ‘Life In Hell’
Dave Mustaine has debuted a snippet of music from MEGADETH‘s upcoming sixteenth studio album. The MEGADETH leader, who turned 60 in September, shared the clip while filming a new video message on Cameo, which lets users hire celebrities to record brief, personalized video messages about virtually any topic. Addressing a fan named Gabe, Dave said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “I will play you something that’s been recorded already and is special. How would you like to hear a little bit of the new album? This is song two from side one. It’s called ‘Life In Hell’.” After playing the song snippet, Dave added: “There you go. A little special surprise for you, buddy. So I think that makes you the first person in the outside world — outside ...
OZZY OSBOURNE Announces First NFT Collection, ‘Cryptobatz’
Ozzy Osbourne has announced his first foray into the crypto industry with the launch of Cryptobatz, a collection of 9,666 non-fungible tokens. The collection is a nod to his infamous bat-biting incident. On January 20, 1982, Ozzy bit the head off a live bat during a concert at Veterans Memorial Auditorium in Des Moines, Iowa. He later claimed he thought it was a toy thrown to him by an audience member. Osbourne told Rolling Stone that he decided to launch his own NFTs after his wife and manager, Sharon Osbourne, talked him out of buying a Bored Ape. “I’ve been trying to get in on the NFT action for a while so when I asked Sharon for a Bored Ape for Christmas after several failed attempts of buying my own, and she said no, I decided to create my own,” Ozzy said. “Cry...
ANNIHILATOR’s JEFF WATERS Says It Took Him More Than Six Months To Get Over COVID-19: ‘I Got It Really Bad’
ANNIHILATOR leader Jeff Waters has opened up about his battle with COVID-19, saying that was left “terrified” and feared for his life for more than half a year. The 55-year-old guitarist/vocalist, who moved to the United Kingdom from his native Canada back in 2018, discussed his recent health issues in a new interview with Bringin’ It Backwards. He said (as transcribed by BLABBERMOUTH.NET): “When we went to this COVID disaster, I took stock of a few things because I got COVID, my wife got it and the kids got it. And I got it really bad because I am older, I was an ex-smoker. I don’t drink alcohol for three decades but I’m still not an exerciser. I didn’t drink a lot of water. I intook a lot of fast foods. “Basically what it was was the pandem...
J Balvin Clarifies That He’s Not Afro-Latino After Winning Afro-Latino Artist of the Year Award
J Balvin was named Afro-Latino Artist of the Year at the 2021 African Entertainment Awards this weekend, prompting responses from confused fans who noted that Balvin is not Afro-Latino. The award show posted the results to Instagram, prompting a slew of comments from bewildered viewers. “Is this a joke?” wrote one user. “El no es afro latino,” another user wrote, which translates in Spanish to “He’s not Afro-Latino.” The Colombian rapper, whose real name is José Álvaro Osorio Balvín, took to Instagram to address the situation. “I am not Afro-Latino,” he posted to his Instagram story in Spanish. “But thank you for giving me a place in the contribution to Afrobeat music and its movement.” The African Entertainment Awards later released a statement on social media, maintaining that J Balvin d...
Raveena Makes Music with Soft Power
For singer and songwriter Raveena Aurora (better known mononymously as Raveena), music has always felt like a way to transcend the limits of her everyday world. Growing up, the queer Indian American artist remembers “singing in the bathroom for hours and hours and hours a day” — a passion that eventually grew into her decision to pursue music professionally at the young age of 11. “I was pretty set on it, honestly. Since I was really young, I knew that there weren’t any other options for me,” she recalls. Explore Explore Raveena See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news In the time since, the now 28-year-old artist has come a long way. After her breakout Shanti EP captured audience’s attention with its dreamy soundscape and themes of self-love in 2017, her debut...
