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Elon Musk Unveils What Users Can Expect From His $8 Twitter Blue Subscription Service Nobody Wants
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: NurPhoto / Getty Faithful users of Twitter slammed Elon Musk for his terrible idea to monetize the social media network’s account verification system. The “Chief Twit” has unveiled his revamped Twitter Blue subscription service. Initially, Elon Musk seriously thought it was a good idea to charge Twitter users $20 to get a blue check and force those who already have the blue check next to pay that price to keep theirs. After some intense backlash, Musk, aka Phony Stark, revealed that Twitter would not charge users $20 but would up the Twitter Blue subscription price from $4.99 a month to $8. In a tweet announcing the price adjustment and trying to justify the ridiculous price hike, he wrote, “We need to pay the bills somehow. Twitter cannot rely entirely o...
Music Is the Drug: A Deep Dive Into Substance-Free Raving With “The Sober Raver”
From non-alcoholic cocktail bars to substance-free music festivals, there has never been an era for sober raving quite like this one. To most people, ecstasy, LSD and vodka Red Bulls are practically synonymous with the “EDM” acronym. But over the last few years, a cohort of sober concert-goers have slowly brought their lifestyle to the mainstream, like the organizers of a “detox” music festival in Colorado and Electric Forest’s Camp Traction Sober Group Camp, which caters to those who want to get high off the music alone. Chelsie Cahoon has partied hard—and sober—since her late teens. Now she owns a clothing brand called Music Is The Drug and hopes to continue bringing awareness and acceptance to all corners of dance music culture, one t-shirt...
Moore Kismet Announces Debut Headlining Performance In Los Angeles
What a moment for Moore Kismet, who has announced their debut headlining show in their hometown of Los Angeles. The young electronic music prodigy, who was named to EDM.com‘s Class of 2021, today revealed the upcoming concert, “UNIVERSE: A CELEBRATION OF GROWTH.” Scheduled for December 3rd at the famed Roxy Theatre, the show takes its name from Kismet’s scintillating debut album, UNIVERSE, a Grammy dark horse released back in June. Fans of Kismet can expect a “completely unparalleled experience” and a “myriad of special surprises,” according to the genre-bending unicorn. And it’s all going down on their 18th birthday. “ever since I started Moore Kismet, I always dreamed of taking this beautifully weird music I make to shows w...
Dance Music Represents More Than 25% of U.K. Top 10 Tracks In 2022
The results are in: the U.K. loves electronic dance music. In fact, they love dance music so much that it accounts for over 25% of the country’s Top 10 tracks this year, according to a new report from record industry trade group BPI. The report concluded that the genre is second only to pop music, which can arguably be categorized as dance these days. BPI’s report suggests that 26.1% of all tracks in the U.K. Singles Top 10 this year are considered dance music. This is an 80% increase from 2021. “Britain has always excelled at dance music, so it’s gratifying that the genre’s renaissance is powered in part by homegrown talent, including breakthrough artists LF System and Eliza Rose, who have both spent multiple weeks at number o...
19-Year-Old Woman Dies After Collapsing at Scotland’s Terminal V Festival: Report
Maya Nager, 19, has died after collapsing at Scotland’s Terminal V electronic music festival, Edinburgh Live reports. Nager’s cause of death has not yet been confirmed, but local reports state she “ingested a substance” hours before the event. She eventually collapsed on the festival’s grounds and was rushed to the Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh for treatment. Nager was pronounced dead on Monday morning. Authorities have now launched an investigation into her death. Maya Nager, 19, reportedly died after collapsing at Scotland’s Terminal V electronic music festival. Edinburgh Live/Alex Lawrie Scroll to Continue Recommended Articles “We were made aware of a 19-year-old woman taking unwell at an event in the Ingliston area of Edinburgh, ...
Everything But the Girl Announce First New Album in Over 20 Years
Everything But the Girl, the husband and wife pop duo who released 11 records between 1984 and 1999 before going on indefinite hiatus, have announced their first new album in over 20 years. Vocalist Tracey Thorn and multi-instrumentalist/producer Ben Watt broke the news on social media. “Just thought you’d like to know that Ben and I have made a new Everything But The Girl album,” Thorn wrote on Twitter. “It’ll be out next spring.” The band also created an Instagram account for the first time to add, “For our first post, we thought you’d like to know we’ve made a new Everything But The Girl album. It’ll be out next spring. Love, Ben and Tracey.” Check out those posts below. Advertisement Related Video Everything But the Girl made their name with jazz-inflected “sophisti-pop” before achievi...
The Cult’s Ian Astbury on Under the Midnight Sun, Gothic Futurism, and the Optics of Nostalgia
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Amazon Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Ian Astbury calls in to chat with Kyle Meredith about Under the Midnight Sun, The Cult’s latest album. Advertisement Related Video Astbury talks about coming up as a crooner during the post-punk era, journalists mistakenly lumping them in with hair metal, and living through the optics of nostalgia. The frontman also talks about some of the big influences on this album — including Brian Jones, William S. Burroughs, and Jack Kerouac — and also dives deep into the ecological and environmental moments that arrive throughout. We also get his takes on recent artists like Yves Tumor and how they’re part of...
Disney’s Live-Action Hercules Is “Experimental” Musical for Audiences “Trained by TikTok,” Says Joe Russo
Disney’s live-action Hercules remake will be a “more experimental” musical for audiences “trained by TikTok,” producer Joe Russo told Variety. He and his brother Anthony Russo are producing with Disney through their independent studio AGBO. “I think they’re excited to see what we can all bring to it in a way that isn’t just a reinterpretation of the animated film,” Joe said, explaining that the new Hercules would be “a little bit more experimental in tone, a little bit more experimental in execution.” The 1997 animated Hercules featured now-iconic song and dance numbers such as the Oscar-nominated “Go the Distance.” Russo said, “There are questions about how you translate it as a musical. Audiences today have been trained by TikTok, r...
Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel Announce Co-Headlining Concert in Arlington, Texas
Stevie Nicks and Billy Joel have announced a co-headlining concert, and in a strange twist of fate, it takes place not in New York or Los Angeles, but in Arlington, Texas. The gig goes down April 8th at the Dallas Cowboys’ AT&T Stadium. Nicks announced the concert on Instagram with an image advertising “Two Icons” in “One Night,” but her caption suggests the Nicks/Joel bill may extend to more than one show. “Excited to hit the road with the amazing Billy Joel in 2023,” she wrote, before teasing, “More soon!” Check out her post below. Tickets to Nicks and Joel’s Arlington concert go on sale Friday, November 11th at 10:00 a.m via Ticketmaster, with a Live Nation pre-sale code taking place Thursday, November 10th (using access code HEADLINE). Advertisement Related Video In addition to the...
Trey Songz Has Alleged Rape Lawsuit Dismissed
Trey Songz is no longer facing a lawsuit that accused him of rape, TMZ reports. When reached by Pitchfork, Songz’s attorney, Randall M. Awad, confirmed that the case has been dismissed. The complaint was initially filed in February by a woman (identified as Jane Doe) who claimed that the R&B singer assaulted her in 2016. Songz denied her accusations, and the suit was dismissed in July before being refiled with the same allegations. According to court documents viewed by Pitchfork, Songz’s legal team successfully argued that the statute of limitations for the woman’s claims expired in 2018, resulting in the suit’s dismissal. Pitchfork has reached out to Jane Doe’s attorneys for comment and additional information. If you or someone you know has been affected by sexual assault, we encoura...
My Morning Jacket Announce Circuital Reissue, Share Demo: Listen
My Morning Jacket have announced an expanded version of their sixth studio album, 2011’s Circuital. The reissue is due out December 9 via ATO. The 3xLP or 2xCD release includes 10 previously unreleased demos, and will arrive on vinyl in three color variants. The vinyl will include expanded, glow-in-the-dark artwork, a poster, prints of photos taken during the recording sessions, and more. Today, the band has shared a previously unreleased, stripped-down demo of the title track. Listen to “Circuital (First Band Demo)” below. “Every record is like a time machine and we all keep changing and changing,” songwriter Jim James said in a statement. “I’ve come to see myself as a kind of older sibling to the younger version of me, so it’s almost like I become two beings when I sing a song from the o...
Black Panther: Wakanda Forever Soundtrack Detailed: Rihanna, Tems, Burna Boy, Future, and More
The new Marvel movie Black Panther: Wakanda Forever is coming soon. Ahead of the film’s theatrical release, Roc Nation Records, Def Jam Recordings, and Hollywood Records have shared the details of the soundtrack album. In addition to the Rihanna single “Lift Me Up,” the soundtrack features Future, Burna Boy, Tems, Stormzy, Fireboy DML, Ckay, E-40, PinkPantheress, Rema, and more. Find the tracklist below. Director Ryan Coogler, composer Ludwig Göransson, Archie Davis (chief creative officer at Def Jam), and Dave Jordan produced the Black Panther: Wakanda Forever soundtrack album. “Ryan and I talked about the importance of creating an immersive journey of sound and voice,” Göransson said in a statement. “If we used a song in the film, we wanted it to be the entire song, and to be connected t...
