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Choir of Young Believers’ Jannis Noya Makrigiannis Dies at 39
Jannis Noya Makrigiannis, the founder and core member of Choir of Young Believers, died late last month, a representative from Ghostly International confirms. The Copenhagen-based artist had been through a short period of illness, according to a statement. Makrigiannis was 39 years old. Formed in Copenhagen in the mid-2000s, Choir of Young Believers achieved swift acclaim in Denmark for Makrigiannis’ intimately orchestrated, ready-to-burst compositions, with influences ranging from Hank Williams to Prince. They found chart success in Denmark after a popular song sync for “Hollow Talk,” and remained popular even as Makrigiannis led the project further left field. “Music is the only thing I’ve thought about since I was 12 years old,” Makrigiannis told Soundvenue in 2016. “It’s the wildest sp...
Skrillex Taps PinkPantheress and Trippie Redd for New Song “Way Back”: Listen
Skrillex is back with another new new single. After teaming up with Fred Again.. and Flowdan for the song “Rumble” earlier this week, the dubstep veteran has released another collaborative single. “Way Back” includes guest contributions from PinkPantheress and Trippie Redd. Check it out below. Both singles arrive just days after Skrillex shared a short video teasing new music. The 42-second clip, which was posted to his official social media accounts on Sunday, January 1, included the caption “QFF/DGTC 23,” and appeared to contain audio from multiple new songs. Skrillex’s sole full-length solo album, Recess, was released in 2014. In 2021, he shared a string of collaborative singles, including “En Mi Curato” with Jay Cortez, “In da Getto” with Ja Balvin, “Too Bizarre” with Swae Lee, and “Bu...
Multiple People Shot and Injured During French Montana Video Shoot in Miami
Multiple people were shot and injured on Thursday night (January 5) during an apparent video shoot for French Montana, local outlets NBC 6 and CBS 4 report. According to the reports, the inciting altercation had started in a different location and ended with the shooting in the parking lot of a restaurant called the Licking, where Montana had been filming. In a statement to CNN, the Licking said, “We were not aware of a video being filmed and found out last [minute] French Montana was shooting a scene in the back parking lot. We have no idea what actually took place. The Licking restaurant has nothing to do with the incident and has given police the necessary footage requested.” According to a statement from Miami Dade Fire Rescue, 10 people were injured in the shooting and taken to the ho...
Stranger Things Cast Gets Huge Pay Bump Ahead of Final Season
The cast of Stranger Things has received a huge pay bump ahead of the show’s fifth and final season. According to Matthew Belloni of Puck News, as Stranger Things features 20 series regulars, Netflix created four separate tiers with which to negotiate. The first tier, comprised of adult actors Winona Ryder and David Harbour, will receive $9.5 million. The second tier, consisting of original kid actors Gaten Matarazzo, Caleb McLaughlin, Noah Schnapp, and Finn Wolfhard, as well as Sadie Sink, will earn just over $7 million. (For comparison, the kids made $25,000 per episode in season one.) Advertisement Related Video The third tier is made up of the older teen actors, such as Natalia Dyer, Maya Hawke, Charlie Heaton, and Joe Keery. They’ll each receive over $6 million for this upcoming seaso...
Every Arctic Monkeys Album Ranked From Worst to Best
This article originally ran in 2018 and has been updated. Welcome to Dissected, where we disassemble a band’s catalog, a director’s filmography, or some other critical pop-culture collection in the abstract. It’s exact science by way of a few beers. This time, we sort through the best and worst of Sheffield’s finest. Arctic Monkeys have enjoyed a two-decade reign as tastemakers and frontrunners of modern rock and roll. Their energetic guitars, indefatigable drums, and moody bass lines are what first caught our attention, but it was frontman Alex Turner’s writing that made us fall in love with them. Turner’s balance of poetic and picturesque meets blunt and brusque lyrics was a highlight from the first time we heard them as rowdy, North England teenagers. Thanks to the then-burgeoning world...
Brandi Carlile Covers Sheryl Crow’s “If It Makes You Happy” at ACL Hall of Fame: Exclusive
Austin City Limits held their 8th annual Hall of Fame ceremony last October, and now, those who weren’t lucky enough to make it to the studio can watch the event from home beginning January 7th. This go-around celebrated new inductee Sheryl Crow, and ahead of the broadcast, Consequence is exclusively premiering Brandi Carlile’s rendition of the crossover queen’s classic single “If It Makes You Happy.” “I feel like a lucky girl because I get to sing the most fun Sheryl Crow song ever,” Carlile tells the crowd as she kicks off the performances. With a chorus like that, it’s hard not to fully engage the crowd. As the night goes on, the broadcast will feature Brittney Spencer covering Crow’s “My Favorite Mistake” and Jason Isbell doing “Run, Baby, Run.” Then, Crow herself will hop on...
10 People Shot on Set of French Montana Music Video
10 people were shot on the set of a French Montana music video on January 6th in Miami Gardens, Florida, according to local outlet WSVN. Police and firefighters responded to reports of a shooting outside of the soul food restaurant The Licking just before 8:00 p.m. ET. According to Miami Gardens Police Department detective Diana Gourgu, guns were discharged at three different crime scenes, beginning at another undisclosed location and ending at The Licking. Representatives of The Licking said they were unaware that French Montana and another rapper, Rob49, had been filming a music video in their back parking lot until shortly before the incident. They added that they are cooperating with police. Advertisement Related Video Paramedics airlifted four of the victims to a nearby hosp...
VIDEO: Kizz Daniel – Rich Till I Die (RITD)
Nigerian music superstar Kizz Daniel unleashes the official music video for his highly anticipated song “Rich Till I Die (RITD“. Keeping up the success of last year, Kizz Daniel drops “Rich Till I Die (RITD” for his fans. He had teased this tune since last year and we have been waiting patiently for a release. A proper music video for the song has also be put out on YouTube for fans to watch. Kizz Daniel teamed up with Nigeria’s hottest cinematographer TG Omori for this one. The scenes are full of live and quite refreshing. The singer features his two sons in the clip. Watch and enjoy Kizz Daniel – “Rich Till I Die (RITD)” below. [embedded content]
Burna Boy, Asake to perform at Coachella 2023
Nigerian music superstars Burna Boy and his colleague Asake would be performing at the forthcoming Coachella 2023. The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival is returning this year and there is a stellar lineup of music stars. The newly published list of artistes for the music festival shows Asake and Burna Boy made the count. Asake would be performing on the first day and first weekend of the event while Burna Boy would be performing on the second day. This would be Burna Boy’s second time of rocking the Coachella stage at Indio California. Still on the list we spotted Ghanaian music star Black Sherif who would be performing on the same day as Asake. The headliners of Coachella this year are Justin Bieber, Bad Bunny and Frank Ocean. See the list below.
Westside Gunn “Super Kick Party,” Hit-Boy ft. Avelino “2 Certified” & More | Daily Visuals 1.4.23
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Johnny Nunez / Getty It’s been a few months since Westside Gunn dropped his latest project,10, and looking to carry some of that buzz over into the new year, the Buffalo bully dropped a new visual for one of the album’s standout cuts. Though he doesn’t make an appearance in his latest visual to “Super Kick Party,” Westside Gunn enlists the talents of the album’s cover model, Eastside Flip, who rocks and bops to the track from the comfort of his wheelchair before he goes on to drop some bars of his own. The video was lowkey entrancing. Meanwhile producer extraordinaire Hit-Boy gets back in the booth to lay it down and in his clip to “2 Certified” links up with Avelino and shows he’s got as many bars as he does beats to prove he ain’t a one trick pon...
HHW Gaming: According to Sony, The PlayStation 5 Jig Is Finally Over
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Future Publishing / Getty / PlayStation 5 Entertainment, Music The days of selling your kidneys and doing strange things for a PlayStation 5 are finally over. Allegedly. Wednesday, Jan.4, during the company’s CES presentation, Sony boss Jim Ryan declared the PlayStation 5 jig is finally over. “Everyone who wants a PS5 should have a much easier time finding one at retailers globally, starting from this point forward,” Ryan told CES attendees. Ryan also said that Sony sold over 30 million PlayStation 5 consoles. That’s 5 million more than what was initially reported in November. Are those consoles sitting in gamers’ entertainment systems is another question entirely. Acquiring a PlayStation 5 deserves a platinum trophy, as many gamers found out when ...
Yves Saint Laurent Is Releasing A Leftover To-Go Inspired Bag For $2K
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: YSL / YSL Just when you thought luxury fashion could not get any more irrational Yves Saint Laurent is about to release a leftover box inspired bag priced at around $2,000. As spotted on Hypebeast the French label is challenging the norm when it comes to accessory innovation. Officially billed as the “Take-Away Box In Vegetable-Tanned Leather,” this piece mirrors the standard shape of a to-go box you would get at chain restaurant (think Outback Steakhouse or Chili’s). Naturally the brand sought out to advance it with premium materials namely the calfskin leather and suede lining interior. As expected we get their signature logo placed boldly in the center for all the designer emblem feels. Related Stories While the Yves Saint Laurent “Take-Away Box” is su...
