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Kaytranada and Joyce Wrice Team Up for R&B Anthem “Iced Tea”
Following the release of her debut LP Overgrown, San Diego singer Joyce Wrice has returned with a new single produced by Kaytranada. Entitled “Iced Tea,” the single is a groovy laidback jam arriving just in time for spring. “It’s been exactly a year since the release of my debut album Overgrown and I couldn’t be more excited to share with the world another collaboration with Kaytranada,” Wrice said. “”Iced Tea” is a fun dance record where I’m stepping into my divine feminine with the hopes to empower women to be free and stand their ground.” The two artists previously worked together on a track called “Kaytra’s Interlude” off of Overgrown. Last year, Kaytranada released his own EP, Intimidated, with features from H.E.R., Thundercat and Mach-Hommy. This Friday, March 18, Wrice will embark o...
Big Bang Reportedly Filmed a Music Video for Its Upcoming Comeback Single
Big Bang has reportedly finished filming a music video that will debut as part of their highly-anticipated comeback project. YG Entertainment, the K-pop boyband’s label, told South Korean media outlet that all four members of the band had wrapped up a music video shoot for a forthcoming new single. “Big Bang’s G-Dragon, Taeyang, T.O.P and Daesung recently completed filming the music video for their new song,” the statement read, translated by Soompi. “Big Bang’s comeback preparations are progressing smoothly. We will inform you of the release date as well as further details on the new song soon.” The song will arrive as Big Bang’s first release in about four years, following 2018’s “Flower Road.” YG Entertainment teased in February that the band would be releasing new music sometime t...
Joe Jonas Becomes a Bridgerton In New Tanqueray Commercial: Watch
Look out Lady Whistledown, there’s a new Bridgerton in town. On Wednesday (March 16), Joe Jonas transformed himself into the latest member of the aristocratic Netflix family in a charming ad for Tanqueray Gin. “Welcome to ‘How to T-Time Like a Bridgerton.’ I’m Joseph Jonas the First,” the pop star says in the clip as he strides down a grand staircase in a Regency-era tailcoat, cravat and modern-day sneakers. “I know what you might be thinking, I’m a Jonas, not a Bridgerton. While that might be true, the internet has been kind enough to point out that I do look like one. And I feel like I’m getting the hang of it.” Explore Explore Joe Jonas See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news From there, the “Dancing Feet” singer gets a few lessons in how to be a proper nin...
Elements Festival Announces Headliners Kaskade, Rezz and Fisher – And a New Location
Elements Music and Arts Festival, the Northeast’s only car camping and dance music festival, will feature Kaskade, Nicole Moudaber, Shermanology and Gene Farris this year along with returning favorites Fisher, Zeds Dead, J. Worra, Liquid Stranger, Sofi Tukker, Rezz and TroyBoi The final lineup will feature more than 100 artists spanning every genre of dance music The self-sustaining August 19-22 festival is leaving Lake Como, Penn., for a new home this year at the Pocono Raceway in Long Pond, Penn. The new site will provide built-in spaces for food, water, parking, car camping and safety infrastructure. Ben May, president of Pocono Raceway, said the event was “the perfect complement to our mission of providing exciting experiences and lifelong memories at a beautiful and sustain...
Tasha Cobbs Leonard’s ‘Gotta Believe’ Tops Gospel Airplay Chart
Tasha Cobbs Leonard posts her fifth (and third in succession) No. 1 on Billboard‘s Gospel Airplay chart with “Gotta Believe.” The song increased by 21% in plays in the tracking week ending March 13, according to MRC Data. Cobbs Leonard penned her new leader solo. The coronation also follows her March 9 announcement that she and her husband, producer Kenneth Leonard, have adopted a baby boy, Asher Amaris Leonard. “I wrote ‘Gotta Believe’ as a testament of God’s faithfulness through a difficult time on our fertility journey,” Cobbs Leonard tells Billboard. “For this song to be the most-played song at gospel radio the same week we finalized adoption of my precious new baby is amazing! I am so grateful.” [embedded content] “Gotta Believe” follows Cobbs Leonard’s “In Spite of Me,” which reigned...
Fifth Harmony Wrestled Back The Power Of Having A Voice
By Larisha Paul An eponymous album marks a major moment in an artist’s career. For women, owning one’s work, body, and artistry can be especially powerful, even political. Throughout Women’s History Month, MTV News is highlighting some of these iconic statements from some of the biggest artists on the globe. This is Self-Titled. The cards were stacked against Fifth Harmony from the beginning. From the time that Normani, Lauren Jauregui, Ally Brooke, Dinah Jane, and Camila Cabello were wrangled into a girl group by Simon Cowell like a gender-swapped One Direction after auditioning as soloists on The X Factor in 2012, any intention of each member establishing distinct identities as performers had been thwarted. Even if only momentarily, the presence of Fifth Harmony as key ...
Lil Durk Recruits Future for “Petty Too” and “AHHH HA” on ‘Fallon’
Lil Durk on Tuesday evening performed a medley of two 7220 tracks with Future on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon. Durk began with a rendition of “Petty Too” alongside Future, whose entrance was well-received with rounds of applause, before Durk gave a fiery performance of “AHHH HA.” The performance marked Lil Durk’s first headlining performance as a musical guest on the late-night talk show, though he did make a guest appearance during Pooh Shiesty’s “Back In Blood” performance on the show in April of last year. Last month, Durk performed “Lost Kings” alongside 2 Chainz on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert, off the Atlanta rapper’s latest effort, Dope Don’t Sell Itself. Lil Durk’s seventh studio album, 7220, which was released last Friday, is projected to earn t...
Keith Richards Marvels At Having “10 Times More Wind” After Quitting Smoking
Maybe Keith Richards didn’t sell his soul to the devil after all. The Rolling Stones guitarist, infamous for surviving decades of hard drug use, recently revealed that he quit smoking after 55 years. “It’s funny, I don’t think about it much anymore,” Richards, 78, told CBS Sunday Morning. “Sometimes, you know, a bell rings and something inside says, ‘Hey pal, enough.’ I just put the hammer on it.” Richards — who allegedly snorted his own father’s ashes mixed with cocaine — has put down many of his party habits over the years. He quit heroin in 1978, and stopped doing cocaine in 2006. In 2018, he told Rolling Stone that he even cut his drinking way down to the occasional beer or glass of wine. Speaking with CBS, the artist said he stopped smoking two years ago with the help of nicotine patc...
Nova Twins Share the Origins of New Single “Cleopatra”: Exclusive
Origins presents musicians with a platform to explore all the inspirations for their latest release. Today, Nova Twins break down “Cleopatra,” the new single from their upcoming album, Supernova. “Genre-defying” is an oft-used descriptor for any artist that incorporates multiple sounds into their music, but for Nova Twins, pushing boundaries comes naturally. Both from multicultural backgrounds, singer-guitarist Amy Love and bassist Georgia South have earned critical acclaim in the UK for combining punk, metal, hip-hop, R&B, and pop influences. For the latest preview from their upcoming sophomore album Supernova, Nova Twins have shared the new single “Cleopatra.” Combining heavy guitar riffs with tribal drums and a rapped delivery, the track embodies female empowerment. “I’m a samu...
Charli XCX’s 10 Best Songs
It’s been over 10 years since Charlotte Emma Atichinson — known to most of the world as Charli XCX — released her first official collection of music, all culminating with a song that launched her career into the expansive pantheon of pop music: Icona Pop’s “I Love It.” The pop hit was a prototype for what Charli wanted to explore on her solo albums, and her 2013 debut True Romance added a moody, nostalgic palate to the mix. Yet, Charli didn’t stop there; since True Romance, each Charli XCX album has been a bold, ambitious, and highly distinctive work, playing always to her strengths as a songwriter and her deeply expressive voice. The term “future pop” was thrown around a lot around 2013, particularly with other indie pop artists like Grimes and Purity Ring, who added a modern, experimenta...
Wisin & Yandel’s ‘Recordar’ Hits No. 1 on Latin Airplay Chart
Wisin & Yandel secure their 15th No. 1 on Billboard’s Latin Airplay chart as “Recordar” rallies 13-1 on the March 19-dated survey. It’s the second-biggest jump to lead the all-Latin genre tally in 2022 so far after another song where Wisin is also a collaborator: “Emojis de Corazones” (Wisin, Jhay Cortez, Ozuna, featuring Los Legendarios) rose 11-1 on the Jan. 8-dated list. “Recordar” was released Dec. 2 via Sony Music Latin/WK. It leads with a 56% increase in audience impressions, to 8.8 million, earned in the U.S. in the week ending March 13, according to MRC Data. It’s the biggest gain of the week in terms of audience, a 31% improvement to be exact, ahead of Banda Los Sebastianes de Saul Plata’s “Modo Incógnito,” which lifts 41-24 with a 25% surge, the week’s second-greatest gain. T...
Ed Sheeran Remembers Getting Baked With The Game: ‘I Was Out’
Ed Sheeran is many things in the pop music world, a “super busker” (with some acting chops) who can fill stadiums around the world with little more than a mic, guitar, some effects pedals and a collection of original songs. One thing he’s not, is a pot head. Speaking with Fitzy & Wippa for Australia’s commercial radio network Nova, Sheeran recounted a slightly embarrassing moment back in the day, when he partied with The Game. Explore See latest videos, charts and news See latest videos, charts and news “I remember I was in the studio once in, like 2013. I was doing some records with The Game and he took me to Compton,” Sheeran says. “And we were in studio and we probably made like 13, 14 songs. And towards the end of the session his boys come in and they’re sort of like, it starts bei...
