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The Weeknd's fourth single "Red Terror" from his sixth album Hurry Up Tomorrow receives an eerie music video just a couple of days after its release. In the Eddie Alcazar-directed set of visuals, The Weeknd is portrayed as a mouthless child who appears to be chased by monsters through an ominous forest as he tries to shed his original form. As The Weeknd gears up to rollout the final plans for his album under the current stage name, the "Red Terror" music video seems apt as the artist works towards shedding "The Weeknd" skin to be come Abel again. In a claymation video, the visuals draw fans in with its goriness and comes after singles like "Timeless" featuring Playboi Carti as well as the Anitta-assisted "São Paulo." Prior to the release of the album, The Weeknd spoke to Variety about ste...

Tyler, the Creator is not quite done with CHROMAKOPIA. Dropping a surprise teaser for his upcoming music video for "Sticky," the eclectic artist reveals a minute-long trailer in sepia tone.The teaser shows Tyler, the Creator in a football huddle as he portrays the signature St. Chroma character that has been made popular during this rollout. As his character seems to get ready for a boxing match while hanging out with Jasper and Taco. The video cuts in and out to him being the marching band leader and ends with a shot of Tyler lying on the hood of a car. The ending was the only part in color, contrasting the known sepia tone. At the time of writing, Tyler has not officially revealed the release date for the full video but the new teaser visuals have kept fans on their toes. Some fans have ...

Ezra Collective trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is the latest artist to pay homage to jazz legend Chet Baker as part of the forthcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined tribute album, as his version of "Speak Low" recently released. Initially composed by Kurt Weill — a composer who was mostly known for his stage works, which include "Mack the Knife" — in 1943 for a Broadway musical titled One Touch of Venus, "Speak Low" became a jazz standard in the following years. It's been covered by vocal artists like Billie Holiday and Tony Bennett to genre-bending creatives like Eumir Deodato and jazz icons like the trio of Sonny Clark, Donald Byrd and John Coltrane. However, Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan performed one of its most famous iterations, and it's that iteration that Ogunjobi is putting his spin on for Chet ...

Ezra Collective trumpeter Ife Ogunjobi is the latest artist to pay homage to jazz legend Chet Baker as part of the forthcoming Chet Baker Re:Imagined tribute album, as his version of "Speak Low" recently released. Initially composed by Kurt Weill — a composer who was mostly known for his stage works, which include "Mack the Knife" — in 1943 for a Broadway musical titled One Touch of Venus, "Speak Low" became a jazz standard in the following years. It's been covered by vocal artists like Billie Holiday and Tony Bennett to genre-bending creatives like Eumir Deodato and jazz icons like the trio of Sonny Clark, Donald Byrd and John Coltrane. However, Chet Baker and Gerry Mulligan performed one of its most famous iterations, and it's that iteration that Ogunjobi is putting his spin on for Chet ...

Its easy to forget how old FearDorian is. The man behind the beats of many underground hip-hop artists including Yhapojj, Babyxsosa, RiTchie and Myaap, at just 18 years old, is quickly gaining creds and rising within the rap general consciousness. Initially focusing on solely producing, Dorian released his first "rap" project on which he spits on every song last year. Following up the self-titled, well-received LP is Dorian's sophomore studio project Leaving Home which once again reminds us the young talent can hold his own in the constantly shifting music scene.The 15-track album – entitled self-written and self-produced – comes riddled with rock, punk and trap influences throughout its just-under half-hour run. Predominantly a solo effort from Dorian, the album features contributions fro...

Today, The Weeknd unveiled his Hurry Up Tomorrow album, marking the final album in his trilogy spanning After Hours, Dawn FM and, now, the penultimate chapter. As we all still wrap up early listens of the lengthy release, the musician has announced he'll be embarking on an extensive North American stadium tour in support of the entire trilogy.The After Hours Til Dawn 2025 Tour kicks off on May 9, and sees The Weeknd bring along album contributors Playboi Carti for support and Mike Dean as a special guest. The tour will then make stops in Chicago, Denver, Las Vegas, Vancouver, Toronto, Miami, Atlanta and a handful of other major cities. Closing out the run will be a September 3 show at the San Antonio, Texas Alamodome. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Abel (@theweeknd)...

skaiwater has shared their first single of 2025, which also marks their first single since the release of their communally acclaimed #gigi album. The album dropped back in June, putting the UK artist on the radar of many after it began raking in high reviews. Now, the emerging rapper has unveiled their first release since last summer's album: a true-to-form offering dubbed "pop."The just-under three-minute track is a solo effort from skai, who also handles the production alongside Elkan and anca trio plus one. Defined by the young rapper's signature staccato delivery and sleek yet frenetic production style, "pop" further strengthens skai's genre-blurring vision, heavily informed by their experience as a nonbinary individual."Pop out with me, it’s okay (It's okay; phew) / Yeah, pop out with...

After unveiling joint single "Bad Choices" earlier in the month, Larry June, The Alchemist and 2 Chainz have returned as a unit once again to drop off yet another collaborative cut. Entitled "I Been," the cut comes accompanied by some more good news: the trio has a collaborative album just around the corner.Life Is Beautiful – a joint venture between the producer and two rappers – is due out at the beginning of February, and is confirmed to include "Bad Choices" and "I Been."Each of the three artists took to Instagram to share the below album trailer, backed by the new "I Been" as footage of the trio working in the studio flashes on the screen admist picturesque clips from cities around the world. View this post on Instagram A post shared by Alchemist (@alanthechemist)In addition...