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10 Oscar Music Rules That May Surprise You
Last month’s announcement that the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences is reducing the number of songs from a film that may be submitted for Oscar consideration (from five to three) prompted us to take a deep dive into the Oscar rulebook in the music categories. The Oscars have had music categories every year since 1934, when the stylish “The Continental” (performed by Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers) won best original song and One Night of Love won for scoring. In the early years, there was no explicit rule that a song had to be written for the film in which it was featured. The poignant ballad “The Last Time I Saw Paris,” which Jerome Kern and Oscar Hammerstein II wrote in response to the Nazi takeover of Paris in June 1940, was a hit for Kate Smith that year — the year before t...
BTS Partners With YouTube for #MyBTStory Fan Challenge
BTS have come up with a new way for ARMY to share their memories with the boy band, and it’s all happening on YouTube. On Monday (June 6), the K-pop idols announced their new fan initiative #MyBTStory, which officially launches this Friday in an exclusive partnership with the streaming hub’s YouTube Shorts. “Dear ARMY, For nine years you have been our greatest champions,” the septet wrote in a letter posted to YouTube’s official blog. “As we embark on the journey to our tenth year as a band, we want to remember and celebrate all the special moments we’ve had together so far. Beginning this Saturday, we want to ask you to share your BTS stories with us, and each other, on YouTube Shorts.” Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news The note continue...
Here’s Why Baz Luhrmann Didn’t Cast Harry Styles in ‘Elvis’
Harry Styles is so hot right now. His third studio album Harry’s House is No. 1 on the Billboard 200, and its lead single “As It Was” is the best-seller on both sides of the Atlantic, and around the globe. So Styles, with his effortless style, great hair, adoring fanbase and growing list of movie credits would have been a natural to play Elvis Presley in Baz Luhrmann’s new biopic, Elvis? Well, no. The Australian director reckons audiences would struggle to see past the Brit. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “Harry is a really talented actor,” Luhrmann tells Fitzy & Wippa, the breakfast radio team at Sydney’s Nova. “I would work on something with him…” but “the real issue with Harry is, he’s Harry Styles. He’s already an icon.” There’s n...
Rocklahoma Festival 2022 Lineup: Korn, Shinedown, FFDP, Evanescence, Megadeth, and More
The lineup for the 2022 Rocklahoma festival has been announced, and features Korn, Shinedown and Five Finger Death Punch as headliners. The three-day fest takes place September 2nd-4th in Pryor, Oklahoma, and also boasts such acts as Evanescence, Megadeth, Cypress Hill, and more. For most of its run, Rocklahoma took place in May, but last year moved to Labor Day weekend as events shifted around due to the pandemic. For its 15th incarnation this year, it’s sticking to September, calling itself “America’s biggest Labor Day Weekend Party.” Weekend passes go on sale this Friday (June 10) via the festival’s website at discounted Phase 1 pricing. Beginning June 17th, prices will go up, and continue to do so in the following weeks. Advertisement Related Video Joining the aforementioned bands on t...
Skylar Grey Had to Sell Her Entire Catalog to Finance Her Divorce
Skylar Grey is the songwriter behind such hit singles as as Eminem and Rihanna’s “Love the Way You Lie” and Diddy’s “Coming Home.” Recently, she was forced to sell the rights to his entire musical catalog in order to finance her divorce from ex-husband, Elliott Taylor. “Since 2017 I was going through a divorce and lawsuit, that was just wrecking me emotionally and financially,” Grey told Variety, explaining that her radio silence in recent years was due to the legal dispute. “This past year, 2021, we finally resolved it, settled, I had to sell my catalog in order to afford the settlement, which was very sad in a way, because those songs like ‘Love the Way You Lie’ and Coming Home,’ those are my babies. But at the same time, nobody can tell me I didn’t write those songs just ’cause I don’t ...
Julian Casablancas Sells Stake in The Strokes Catalog to Primary Wave Music
Julian Casablancas has sold a stake in the catalog of The Strokes to Primary Wave Music. According to Billboard, the band’s frontman gave up a portion of his share of publishing and a full share of master ownership of The Strokes’ catalog, including his written songs like “Last Night,” “Reptilia,” “You Only Live Once” and “Someday.” Primary Wave will be in charge of marketing and branding services, along with licensing and synch opportunities for Casablancas, but will not cover his solo material nor his material with his second band, The Voidz. “Primary Wave is thrilled to partner with Julian Casablancas for his works in The Strokes,” Primary Wave Music’s David Weitzman said in a statement. “Julian’s extraordinary talents as a songwriter, singer, and leader infuse the magic that is The Str...
Johnny Depp Announces He Is Working on a New Album With Jeff Beck
One day after Johnny Depp was awarded $10.4 million in damages in the Amber Heard defamation trial, the actor showed no signs of rest and is on to his next project. Depp announced that he would be releasing an upcoming album with Jeff Beck. Beck broke news during a performance with Depp on stage on June 2 in Gateshead, England. When talking about Depp, he said, “I met this guy five years ago and we’ve never stopped laughing since. We actually made an album. I don’t know how it happened. It will be out in July.” In the past, Beck and Depp have shared the stage numerous times in the U.K., making the most recent performance unsurprising. Throughout Beck’s tour, Depp has joined him on the guitar to cover several classic hits including Marvin Gaye’s “What’s Going On” and Jimi Hendrix’s “Little ...
Benny The Butcher Hops on Kendrick Lamar’s “We Cry Together” for “Welcome to the States”
Benny The Butcher has released a brand new track entitled “Welcome to the States,” which hears him hop on The Alchemist‘s beat for Kendrick Lamar‘s Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers cut “We Cry Together.” The Black Soprano Family founder’s brutally honest bars touch on racism and gun violence in America, while the song’s accompanying monochromatic music video includes clips of KKK marches, the recent mass shooting in his home of Buffalo, New York, protests and politicians. At the end, he urges his listeners to support the community of Buffalo and make a donation to the Buffalo 5/14 Survivors Fund. In addition, Benny The Butcher is releasing a T-shirt for the Buffalo Survivors Fund that remembers the 10 victims from the May 14 shooting at the Tops Friendly Markets in Buffalo. Priced at $40 ...
Post Malone Announces ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ Listening Experience
Following the release of Twelve Carat Toothache, Post Malone is now gearing up to share a special listening experience for his project. Taking to Instagram, the artist shared a teaser revealing the upcoming event exclusive Rotation on Amazon Music. The teaser clip shows a special red-lit set simply comprised of a raised platform with a desk and case surrounded by closed caption cameras. Other scenes showcase Post Malone enjoying the sonics of his fourth studio album with a seated audience in attendance. The special listening experience took place June 2, a day before the actual release of Twelve Carat Toothache, and served as the first listening for close Friends & Family. Check out the teaser for Post Malone’s upcoming Twelve Carat Toothache listening experience exclusive to Rotation ...
Fontaines D.C. Announce Fall 2022 US Tour, Share “Roman Holiday” Video: Watch
Fontaines D.C. fans who missed out on their recently wrapped North American tour now have a chance to catch the Irish rockers during newly announced Fall 2022 dates across the US. The fall run kicks off on September 16th in San Diego with subsequent stops in cities including Los Angeles, Austin, Atlanta, Nashville, and Baltimore. It closes out in Boston on October 6th, after which the group will head out on the UK and Ireland leg of their trek. See Fontaines D.C.’s full touring itinerary below. Tickets to the new dates go on sale to the general public on Friday, June 10th at 10:00 a.m. local time; grab yours here. Advertisement Related Video Alongside the announcement, Fontaines D.C. shared the ’70s heist-inspired music video for “Roman Holiday,” the fourth single off their April LP, Skint...
Becky G to Perform at Major League Baseball’s All-Star Saturday Extra Innings Concert
Becky G is stepping up to the plate on July 16, as it was announced on Monday (June 6) that she’ll be performing at Major League Baseball’s MGM Rewards All-Star Saturday Extra Innings concert. Becky’s freshly released album Esquemas, the follow-up to her debut set Mala Santa, scored the artist her first No. 1 — and first entry — on Billboard’s Latin Pop Albums. It concurrently debuted at No. 5 on Top Latin Albums, Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news Additionally, MLB revealed the rest of their star-studded lineup of events for its first-ever All-Star Saturday during All-Star Week at Los Angeles’s Dodger Stadium, including the SiriusXM All-Star Futures Game and the 2022 MGM Rewards All-Star Celebrity Softball Game. The first wave of sta...
Benny the Butcher Raising Money for Buffalo Shooting Victims With ‘Welcome to the States’ Song
Set to the instrumental of Kendrick Lamar and Taylour Page’s chilling “We Cry Together,” in a new song and video, Buffalo, New York, native Benny the Butcher calls out the societal ills that led to the May 14 racism-fueled shooting at his hometown Tops Friendly Markets grocery store. Explore Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news An 18-year-old attacker shot and killed 10 victims, all of whom were Black. While the shooting was the second deadliest this year, some celebrities — including Dave Chappelle and Buffalo Bills players — decried the insufficient attention and press coverage around the attack. On “Welcome to the States,” Benny calls out the hateful ideologies behind mass shootings like Buffalo’s, and the inaction of government officials to brin...
