Purity Ring‘s Megan James and Corin Roddick describe their debut album, Shrines, as one with very strict rules. “All the drums sound a certain way, all the vocals sound a certain way, all the synths… we created a strict palate of things that sort of worked together and tried to make as many different kind of musical ideas within that palette,” Roddick tells Consequence. Indeed, Shrines — which celebrates its tenth anniversary today, July 20th — is an album that represents Purity Ring operating with only their essentials, forging a path that would later define the sound of modern pop, if only for a portion of the last decade. When you look at Purity Ring’s output following Shrines (2015’s Another Eternity, 2020’s WOMB, and most recently, their EP Graves, which ...
The 2022 KCON lineup is complete after some exciting late additions. The K-pop festival shared via social media that boy bands Stray Kids and P1Harmony will join the previously announced acts for a complete, 17-artist lineup for its 2022 iteration. Stray Kids will perform on the first day of concerts, on Saturday, Aug. 20, with P1Harmony added to Day 2 on Sunday, Aug. 21. The timing comes at exciting moments in both artists’ careers this week: Stray Kids just won Billboard‘s Fan Army Face-Off 2022 and will wrap the U.S. leg of their Maniac world tour in Anaheim tonight. Meanwhile, P1Harmony dropped their new Harmony: Zero In EP today, led by the rap-rock-pop hybrid single “Doom Du Doom.” Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Stray Kids and P1Har...
A wave of Latin artists gathered backstage at the Coliseo José Miguel Agrelot in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Wednesday (July 20) to talk all things Premios Juventud with Billboard. During the three-day rehearsals, artists such as Wisin y Yandel, CNCO and Goyo talked about their participation at the awards show, future projects, and more. The 2022 Premios Juventud is taking place Thursday (July 21) live from San Juan, Puerto Rico, for the first time ever. The awards show will be televised live on Univision and will be hosted by Danna Paola, Grupo Firme‘s Eduin Caz, Prince Royce, and television personality Clarissa Molina. Colombian superstars J Balvin and Karol G lead the pack with 11 nods each. They are followed by the nine-time nominee Rauw Alejandro and Farruko with eight. Below, check out...
Gunna has shared a new live performance video for his DS4EVER cut, “Missing Me.” The three-and-a-half-minute video sees the rapper sporting all-white outfit as he performs the track in front of a stunning oceanic backdrop, creating a calming atmosphere for the intimate performance. It ends with the camera quickly skimming through a handwritten note from Gunna, as he touches on how he honed his craft to have a better life and losing his freedom in regards to the RICO Act violation charges. The words “Protect Black Art” appear along with a QR code that leads to the petition helmed by Kevin Liles and Julie Greenwald. The video arrives about a month after Gunna shared his first statement since his arrest, “For now, I don’t have my freedom. But I am innocent. I am being falsely accused and will...
Climate change is here, and as France goes up in flames, Eddie Vedder, who just finished a concert near Paris, has been left unable to sing after “dust and smoke” from the wildfires damaged his voice. Because of that, Pearl Jam have been forced to cancel a July 20th concert in Vienna, Austria. “To all those who were anticipating a great Pearl Jam show tonight in Vienna, we were too,” the band wrote in a social media statement. “However, due to the extreme circumstances at the last outdoor site outside of Paris (heat, dust, and smoke from the fires) our singer Ed Vedder’s throat was left damaged. He has seen doctors and had treatment but as of yet, his vocal cords have not recovered.” The statement continued, “This is brutal news and horrible timing… for everyone involved. Those w...
Megan Thee Stallion has unveiled a release date for her and Future‘s upcoming collaboration, “Pressurelicious.” Thee Hot Girl took to Instagram to make the announcement, confirming that the joint will drop only July 22. “Hot Girls Up 10000000000000 points,” she wrote in the caption of her post, which showed the cover art of her wearing an all-over white face mask. The Houston rapper announced the collab in June in her Rolling Stone cover story and revealed that Future is one of her favorite rappers. “He just so f*cking ratchet!” she said. “He is unapologetically himself. I appreciate that about anybody who gets up and has to do anything in the public eye. Anybody who has to read about their life online every day and deal with so many energies and can put it out into their music and do...
JAY-Z‘s team supposedly gave Joe Budden a $250,000 USD price tag if he wanted the Roc Nation founder to appear on the “Pump It Up” Remix. During a recent appearance on the Flip Da Script Podcast, Budden explained that he was a young rapper who understood that it was an expensive price tag only for him and not Hov. ”I don’t think that was a big number, I think that was his number. ‘That’s my number to rap on this new artist’s remix.’ It was just big in my world, but it wasn’t a big number,” he said. “Listen, again, I’m super young in that moment. I wasn’t in the studio when [Jay and Budden’s A&R Skane] had the conversation. I knew that they had some type of relationship,” Budden added. “It was a Just Blaze beat and I was green behind the ears. I just thought that it would get done....
Nigerian singer Shehuaro dishes out a brand new single titled “Temper”. Shehu Uthman Haruna better known as Shehuaro has been present for a while in the music space with a good number of singles and now he returns with a fresh tune titled “Temper“. The new tune features Super Cool Cat boss Ice Prince who brings in his positive vibes to spice up the song. It is a follow-up to his recent single “Ayayayo“. Listen and share Shehuaro – “Temper” feat. Ice Prince below. https://www.naijamusic.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/Shehuaro_-_Temper_ft_Ice_Prince__NaijaMusic.com.ng.mp3 Download