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Latto Shares “It’s Givin” Video Featuring Cameos From Flo Milli, Chloë Bailey and More
Latto has dropped off the official music video for “It’s Givin,” from her most recent album, 777. The visual, directed by Chandler Lass, includes a slew of notable cameos from Flo Milli, Chloë and Halle Bailey, Angie Martinez, Ella Mai, Jordyn Woods, Tiffany “New York” Pollard, Reginae Carter, Tabitha Brown and more. Collectively, members of Latto’s featured posse perform technical choreography, engage in a series of intimate photoshoots and bring chaos to an otherwise bland office throughout the nearly-three-minute video. “It’s Givin” is among the standouts on Latto’s sophomore full-length release, 777, which debuted in March. The breakout record includes a number of high-profile features from the likes of Lil Wayne, Childish Gambino, 21 Savage, Lil Durk, Nardo Wi...
DJ Khaled Taps SZA and Future for “Beautiful” Music Video
DJ Khaled has delivered the official music video for “Beautiful,” featuring SZA and Future, off his freshly released record, GOD DID. Directed by Colin Tilley, the visual opens with a love-on-the-brain Khaled dropping compliments to a romantic interest. “When I look in your eyes, oh yeah, I see what God did… Oh, he believed in you, baby. Baby, you so beautiful,” he tells her. Later, Future and SZA take in some rays from a mirrored platform, and the We The Best producer joins the duo by the ocean for a slew of nighttime shots. “Beautiful” is the latest GOD DID track to receive a music video, following “Staying Alive,” featuring Drake and Lil Baby, “Keep Going,” with 21 Savage, Lil Durk and Roddy Ricch, and “Big Time,” featuring Future and Lil Baby, among others. The record, which ...
DJ Khaled Taps SZA and Future for “Beautiful” Music Video
DJ Khaled has delivered the official music video for “Beautiful,” featuring SZA and Future, off his freshly released record, GOD DID. Directed by Colin Tilley, the visual opens with a love-on-the-brain Khaled dropping compliments to a romantic interest. “When I look in your eyes, oh yeah, I see what God did… Oh, he believed in you, baby. Baby, you so beautiful,” he tells her. Later, Future and SZA take in some rays from a mirrored platform, and the We The Best producer joins the duo by the ocean for a slew of nighttime shots. “Beautiful” is the latest GOD DID track to receive a music video, following “Staying Alive,” featuring Drake and Lil Baby, “Keep Going,” with 21 Savage, Lil Durk and Roddy Ricch, and “Big Time,” featuring Future and Lil Baby, among others. The record, which ...
Michael Stipe Single Announced as First Commercially Available Bioplastic Record
R.E.M.’s Michael Stipe is gearing up to release his long-teased solo song “Future If Future.” The track will be issued on a split 12″ single with singer-songwriter Beatie Wolfe, but the disc will not be pressed on traditional polyvinyl chloride. Instead, the record will be the world’s first commercially available 12″ made from sustainable bioplastic. The split is being released on Bandcamp via the Brian Eno co-founded environmental charity EarthPercent and Evolution Music. It will be available for pre-order on Friday (September 2), in a limited run of 500 copies. Find images of the bioplastic 12″ below. Stipe teased the Eno-produced “Future If Future” back in 2018 in support of the March for Our Lives rally in Washington, D.C. The flip side of the new 12″ will inclu...
The National Remix Neu!’s “Im Glück”
The National have shared a remix of Neu!’s song “Im Glück.” The legendary Krautrock duo of Michael Rother and the late Klaus Dinger originally released the track on their 1972 self-titled LP. “Im Glück (The National Remix)” will appear on a tribute album featured in the forthcoming Neu! 50! box set—out September 23 via Grönland. Listen to the National’s version of the song below. Neu! 50! will include the band’s first three studio LPs—Neu!, Neu! 2!, and Neu! 75—as well as Neu! ’86 in the CD box. The tribute album will feature reworks from Mogwai, Idles, Hot Chip’s Alexis Taylor, Yann Tiersen, Guerilla Toss, and more. Back in June, Stephen Morris and Gabe Gurnsey shared a remix of the duo’s song “Hallogallo.” That same month, Neu! also reissued their debut album on cassette and picture disc...
Gorillaz Announce Album, Share New Song Featuring Tame Impala
Gorillaz have announced their new album: Cracker Island is out February 24, 2023, via Parlophone. The record includes the new song “New Gold,” featuring Tame Impala and Bootie Brown. Check it out below. Thundercat features on the Cracker Island title track. Additional guests on the album include Bad Bunny, Stevie Nicks, Beck, and Adeleye Omotayo. The album was recorded in London and Los Angeles earlier this year, and it’s produced by Greg Kurstin, Remi Kabaka Jr., and Gorillaz. Cracker Island follows the 2021 Meanwhile EP, the 2020 collection Song Machine: Season One – Strange Timez, and the June 2018 album The Now Now. The group’s Song Machine was filled with guests, including Robert Smith, Elton John, Schoolboy Q, Peter Hook, Slowthai, and more. Damon Albarn and Gorillaz are in the...
Emeralds Announce Reissue of Solar Bridge, Share Unreleased Song
Emeralds—the Ohio trio of John Elliott, Steve Hauschildt, and Mark McGuire—have announced a reissue of their 2008 debut Solar Bridge. The re-release arrives September 30 via Ghostly International. Today, Emeralds have shared the previously unreleased single “Photosphere” as a digital exclusive. Listen to that below. The forthcoming Solar Bridge reissue will also include expanded artwork and limited edition vinyl colorways. Recorded primarily with guitar and synthesizers, Solar Bridge is collection of sprawling Krautrock compositions. The record was originally issued on Hanson—an imprint run by Aaron Dilloway of Wolf Eyes. Emeralds became known for their immersive, improvised sets, and would go on to release a total of five albums before disbanding in 2013, including 2010’s Does It Lo...
The Killers Complete Their Quickest Climb to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay Chart With ‘Boy’
The Killers complete their quickest trip to No. 1 on Billboard‘s Alternative Airplay chart, as “Boy” rules the Sept. 10-dated survey. The song ascends to No. 1 in only its fourth week on the list. The band logged its previous fastest flight to the top with “Caution,” which led in its sixth week on the ranking in 2020. “Boy” wraps the fastest trip to No. 1 on Alternative Airplay in 2022 and the quickest since Twenty One Pilots‘ “Shy Away” needed just three frames in April-May 2021. The Killers now boast three Alternative Airplay No. 1s. Before “Boy,” “Caution” ended an almost 14-year wait after “When You Were Young” led in 2006. The band first appeared on the ranking in 2004, when “Somebody Told Me” peaked at No. 4, marking the act’s first of 13 top 10s. Concurrently, “Boy” rises to No. 1 o...
MAG Spends 10th Week at No. 1 on Hot 100 Producers Chart Thanks to Bad Bunny Hits
MAG spends a milestone 10th week at No. 1 on Billboard‘s Hot 100 Producers chart (dated Sept. 3), thanks to the continued success of songs on Bad Bunny’s latest LP, Un Verano Sin Ti. MAG (real name: Marco Borrero) reigns on the strength of six production credits on the Hot 100, all on songs recorded by Bad Bunny. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Here’s a recap: Rank, Artist Billing, Title (co-producers in addition to MAG) No. 9, Bad Bunny & Chencho Corleone, “Me Porto Bonito” (Lenex, Subelo Neo) No. 14, Bad Bunny, “Tití Me Preguntó” No. 25, Bad Bunny, “Moscow Mule” (Mick Coogan, Scotty Dittrich) No. 35, Bad Bunny, “Efecto” (Byrd) No. 61, Bad Bunny, “Después de La Playa” (Elikai) No. 87, Bad Bunny & Tony Dize, “La Corriente” (Sube...
Chlöe Delivers a Sultry Cover of an Adina Howard Classic for Spotify Singles
Chloe Bailey dropped a sultry cover of Adina Howard‘s “Freak Like Me” on Wednesday (Aug. 31) for her new Spotify Singles release. “I want a freak in the morning/ A freak in the evening, just like me/ I need a roughneck n—-/ That can satisfy me, just for me/ If you are that kind of man/ ‘Cause I’m that kind of girl/ I’ve got a freaky secret, everybody sing/ ‘Cause we don’t give a damn about a thing,” the elder half of Chloe X Halle coos on the chorus, slowing the swagger of the 1995 original down to a hypnotic swirl. The R&B staple served as Howard’s breakthrough debut single in January of ’95 and preceded the release of her debut album Do You Wanna Ride? the following month. Peaking at No. 2 on both the Billboard Hot 100 and the Hot R&B/Hip-Hop Songs chart, the bump-n-grind anthem ...
J Balvin Returns to WME After Leaving Three Months Ago
J Balvin has returned to his longtime agency WME, sources tell Billboard. The move follows a short stint with UTA that started in May. No reason was given for his departure from or return to WME. Balvin left WME for UTA in May after postponing his 25-date José tour. The move was surprising considering Balvin’s long and storied history with the agency. WME began booking Balvin when he still an emerging artist, and the agency played an integral role in his global touring and branding, securing early placements for him in major festivals. UTA never formally announced its deal with Balvin, but the agency has been growing its Latin roster and currently represents several high-profile Latin stars. Bad Bunny, Balvin’s Universal Music labelmate Karol G and Brazilian powerhouse Anitta are...
Watch a 6-Year-Old Music Prodigy Recreate Kaytranada and The Internet’s “Girl”
Miles Bonham, known as Miles Music Kid online, is not your everyday six-year-old. Bonham is a multi-instrumentalist, songwriter and music producer who seems to go viral with each video he uploads. Now, the pint-sized prodigy has shared his recreation of Kaytranada and The Internet’s track “Girl,” wherein he crafts the track’s intricate bass, drum programming and smooth trumpet melody. Before deciding how to recreate the instrument’s melody, he’s heard humming it. “Copy automation data,” Miles says as he shows the project’s volume automation. But he doesn’t stop there. He goes deeper and starts placing various effects, like Logic Pro’s Chromaverb reverb plugin, before going as far as sampling his own voice. He...
