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Ghost’s Tobias Forge Talks Arena Rock, Jack the Ripper, and the Band’s Next Album
Ghost are the rare band that formed in the past 15 years to graduate to arena headliners. In fact, the Swedish metal act is about to embark on its latest massive tour, playing North American arenas with support from Mastodon and Spiritbox. The outing kicks off Friday (August 26th) in San Diego, and runs through a September 23rd show in Green Bay, Wisconsin, with tickets available via Ticketmaster. The new run follows up an early 2022 US tour that saw Ghost co-headlining with Volbeat, and playing their first shows since the COVID-19 pandemic shut down the concert industry. Heavy Consequence caught up with Ghost mastermind Tobias Forge (aka Papa Emeritus IV) to discuss the band’s return to the road, their latest album, IMPERA (released in March of this year), and whether the wheels are alrea...
Moses Sumney Announces Musical Hiatus, Shares Cover of Björk’s “Come to Me”: Stream
Moses Sumney has spent the past two years promoting his stellar 2020 album græ, and now it’s time for him to take a hiatus from music as he focuses on other projects. Before he moves on for the time being, however, the musician is gearing up to release a live concert film called A Performance in V Acts, which will debut in full on Wednesday, August 31st via YouTube. As a preview, Sumney has shared a cover of Björk’s “Come to Me” from his October 31st, 2021 performance at the Ford Theater in Los Angeles. Rocking a suit jacket with ornate ruffles and a skirt, the artist stripped down the 1993 track to primarily a bassline and a smattering of synths. After inducing goosebumps with his vocals, Sumney entered the crowd midway through the performance and made audience members swoon as ...
Tegan and Sara Share Lovelorn Ballad “Faded Like a Feeling”: Stream
Tegan and Sara are returning this fall with their 10th studio album Crybaby. To help tide you over until its October 21st release, the duo have shared another new single today called “Faded Like a Feeling” along with an accompanying music video. Especially by Tegan and Sara’s standards, “Faded Like a Feeling” is a delicate, somber ballad, driven by a spare acoustic guitar instrumental. It documents the natural ebbs and flows of relationships, and the mysterious occurrence of someone you once held dearly becoming a perfect stranger. “When we met I worried that/ You and me sparked too easy/ Did me in with your grief/ We grew into something heavy,” goes the first verse. “Little while, we lost touch/ I feel like a stranger/ I ran out on your love/ Hoping you don’t blame me.” Advertis...
K Trap Gears up for Mixtape Release With New Single “Spoilt”
Hot on the heels of his last single “Busy,” and only seven months after his collaborative mixtape with Blade Brown, Lambeth-born K Trap is back with a new song entitled “Spoilt.” The record also comes with news of a new project aptly dubbed The Last Whip II, a long-awaited follow-up to 2017’s first edition. For “Spoilt,” the Remedee and Nathaniel London-produced track is rough-and-ready U.K. drill. Coming as a rowdy anthem destined for the mosh pits, the lyrical substance touches on putting in the work, reaping the rewards, and not associating yourself with enemies. The accompanying visuals directed by Romael, are just as lively as the audio as the clean-cut edit takes us on a late-night tour of K Trap’s home of Gipsy Hill, London. You can watch th...
Lil Tjay Shares First Update Since Shooting and Hospitalization in June
Lil Tjay has shared the first update on his health since his shooting and hospitalization in June. Taking to Instagram, the young rapper first took a moment to share his gratitude to his fans for all the messages he’s received since the incident. “I’m just checking in with y’all. I just wanna say thanks for the love, thanks for the support. I been looking at the DMs, the comments and everything else and I feel love,” he said in the video, where he can be seen wearing a neck brace. “Seven shots — it was tough, you know? Most people don’t survive it, but I’m here. Here for a reason, and new music coming soon. We’re gonna come back stronger than ever. Love y’all.” The 21-year-old immediately went through surgery after getting shot in New Jersey in late June, and although a report stated that ...
Fabolous ft. Jim Jones “Rich Hustle,” Gucci Mane ft. BigDogWalk & Peewee Longway “Gelati” & More | Daily Visuals 8.23.22
HipHopWired Featured Video For the past year Fabolous, Jim Jones and Maino have shared their hilarious workout bromance on social media for all to enjoy but now Fab and Jim have finally gotten out the gym and into the studio to lay down some bars for their day-one fans to bop to. Linking up for the visuals to “Rich Hustle,” Fabolous heads out to Harlem to get his Bentley handwashed before popping bottles and flossing ridiculous amounts of ice with Jim Jones at Dyckman Park as a basketball game is played for the crowd in attendance. Down South, Gucci Mane calls on BigWalkDog and Peewee Longway to meet him at the hangout spot to get things turnt and stunt with reasonable amounts of ice for his latest clip to “Gelati.” Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Hotboii, Stefflong...
‘I Don’t Care’: Suspect In 2016 Kim Kardashian Robbery Has No Remorse
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Marc Piasecki / Getty One of the armed robbery suspects accused of robbing Kim Kardashian in Paris in 2016 says he doesn’t feel an ounce of remorse for apparently taking “Keeping Up With the Kardashians” to mean “Hold up the Kardashians at gunpoint.” Yunice Abbas essentially told Vice News that Kardashian was just begging to be robbed after being flashy on social media and treating luxury items like they were disposable trinkets. (Never mind the fact that those trinkets are valuable enough to feed a poor family for who knows how long.) Related Stories “I saw one of her shows where she threw her diamond in the pool in that episode of ‘Keeping Up with the Kardashians.’ I thought, ‘She’s got a lot of money. This lady doesn’t care at all,’ ” Abbas told Vice N...
K-Pop Breakouts IVE Sample a ’70s Disco Classic on New Single ‘After Like’
As the Korean music industry continuously finds new ways to connect to larger musical conversations, a girl group leading the next generation of K-pop is throwing it back to a ’70s disco anthem for their latest single. After entering the scene in December last year, IVE have already sent their first two singles, “Eleven” and “Love Dive,” to multiple Billboard charts: at Nos. 2 and 1, respectively, on the Billboard Korea K-Pop Hot 100, top 10 of World Digital Song Sales, and entries on the Billboard Global 200. The quickly rising group’s latest single “After Like” not only seems primed to land them another hit but expand to even more fans with a clever sample use. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “After Like” is IVE’s new single that incorporates...
Do You Get Deja Vu? Olivia Rodrigo Performs With Billy Joel at Madison Square Garden
Olivia Rodrigo introduced the person she wrote “Deja Vu” about to Billy Joel‘s music — and now she’s singing onstage with the “Piano Man” himself. The 19-year-old pop star surprised fans when she joined Joel onstage during his Madison Square Garden concert in New York City on Wednesday night (Aug. 24) to perform back-to-back songs: “Deja Vu” and Joel’s “Uptown Girl,” the song she references in her 2021 top five Billboard Hot 100 hit. “Hey, guys!” Rodrigo said to the crowd as they screamed wildly. “Thank you so much for having me, Billy. I’m such a huge fan. And, uh, I kind of wrote this next song about you,” she said before launching into “Deja Vu.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Fans will recognize the reference to Joel’s 1983 hit in Rodrigo’...
Echosmith Talks ‘Cool Kids’ Resurgence & Going Viral on TikTok
Ever since TikTok has taken over the world, the popular social media app has helped lead new songs to lofty debuts on the Billboard Hot 100 and breathe new life into the hit songs of yesteryear. Almost a decade ago — eight years, to be exact — Echosmith rose to a Hot 100 career-high of No. 13 with their breakout hit “Cool Kids.” Now, in 2022, the song is experiencing a notable resurgence thanks to a new sped-up version of the track. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news On TikTok, users soundtrack video montages of their personal evolutions with the speedier version of the tune. More than 1.3 million videos have been made to the updated version of “Cool Kids,” led by TikTok heavyweights such as Addison Rae. In an interview with Billboard News...
Nelly Furtado Leads Lineup For Australia’s Beyond The Valley Festival
Nelly Furtado will make her comeback to the stage with a one-off New Year’s Eve festival performance in the land Down Under. The “I’m Like a Bird” singer is booked to perform at Beyond The Valley, a popular camping fest set in rural Victoria, and produced by independent promoter Untitled Group. The event is set for Dec. 28 to Jan. 1, 2023 at Barunah Plains, Hesse, with a lineup including Denzel Curry, Diplo, Kaytranada, Bicep, Benee, Aitch, Lime Cordiale, Charlotte De Witte and many others. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Booking Furtado is a coup for organizers and ticketholders, who’ll get the chance to see the Canadian-born artist perform a full set for the first time in over five years. Furtado’s career took flight in 2001 with “I’m Like A ...
Lil Tjay Says He Survived “7 Shots” in First Statement Since Hospitalization
New York rapper and singer Lil Tjay has made his first public statement since he was shot in Edgewater, New Jersey in June, as Stereogum points out. Tjay posted a video to his official Instagram account earlier today, where he stated that he survived “seven shots” sustained in the incident. “I just want to say thanks for the love,” Tjay said in the clip. “Seven shots, it was tough, you know. Most people don’t survive it, but I’m here for a reason. New music coming soon, we’re going to come back stronger than ever.” Pitchfork has reached out to Lil Tjay’s representatives for further information. The 21-year-old artist and a 22-year-old man named Antoine Boyd were shot on June 22 at a local shopping plaza called 14 The Promenade, as TMZ, CBS New York, and NJ Advance Media for NJ.com reported...
