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Red Hot Chili Peppers Release New Song “Tippa My Tongue”: Stream
Red Hot Chili Peppers are gearing up to release Return of the Dream Canteen, their second album of the year, and they’ve just previewed the project with the song “Tippa My Tongue.” Check it out below. Needless to say, 2022 has been eventful for the Chili Peppers. After reuniting with beloved on again-off again guitarist John Frusciante, they released Unlimited Love in April (and helped us ring in our digital cover story in the process). Now, their second album with Frusciante in 16 years, Return of the Dream Canteen, is out October 14th. The band is also in the midst of a massive tour that continues into next year. Read our review of their kickoff show in Denver, then grab tickets of your own over at Ticketmaster. Advertisement Related Video [embedded content]...
BLACKPINK Reveal New Song “Pink Venom”: Stream
BLACKPINK are back with “Pink Venom,” the first look at their upcoming album BORN PINK. Watch the song’s accompanying video below. BORN PINK arrives in full on September 16th. BLACKPINK’s last official full-length was their 2020 debut The Album, while they more recently shared the song “Ready for Love.” In October, the K-pop girl group will kick off a massive world tour (grab tickets here). Before then, check out our dream setlist for the “BORN PINK” outing. Advertisement Related Video Also make sure to check out FAN CHANT, Mary Siroky’s newsletter on all things K-pop. [embedded content] [flexi-common-toolbar] [flexi-form class=”flexi_form_style” title=”Submit to Flexi” name=”my_form” ajax=”true”][flexi-form-tag type=”post_tit...
Anitta Recruits Missy Elliott for New Song “Lobby”: Stream
Brazilian pop star Anitta has enlisted the help of Missy Elliott for a groovy new single called “Lobby.” It’s out today, along with an equally funky accompanying music video. Few things are timeless as a luxury hotel, but on “Lobby,” Anitta and Elliott aren’t as concerned with the hotel as they are with what they plan to do inside the hotel. “Kiss me from the roof to the lobby/ Your lips on my body,” Anitta sings in the chorus, and hopefully, we don’t have to explain to you what that serves as a euphemism for. Elliott chimes in for the second verse: “Missy and Anitta, we rolling up to the party/ That hottie, he can get the keys to my Bugatti,” she raps, calling to mind visions of lavish parties that, for most of us, will just have to live inside our imaginations. Backed by a...
Queens of the Stone Age’s Dean Fertita Announces Solo Album Tropical Gothclub
Dean Fertita is returning with a new solo album. The Queens of the Stone Age member will unveil Tropical Gothclub on November 4th via Third Man Records, and as a preview, he’s shared its lead single “Wheels Within Wheels” today. Known for his work in more garage rock-forward bands — QotSA, The Raconteurs, and The Dead Weather — Fertita has used Tropical Gothclub as his chance to branch out. After spending much of the pandemic recording demos with no clear goal or vision, the resulting final product exemplifies just how far his range spans. “Tropical Gothclub as a concept is futuristic nostalgia,” he says in a press release (are you there, Dua Lipa?). “Going through the seven stages of escapism, understanding the subliminal messages I’ve been sending and receiving to myself, ...
Beth Orton Announces Fall 2022 Tour Dates, Shares “Friday Night”: Stream
Beth Orton is gearing up to release a new album called Weather Alive. To support the release, she’s announced a Fall 2022 tour. She’s also shared a new single from the album called “Friday Night.” Hot off a run of European dates opening for Alanis Morissette, Orton’s upcoming tour marks her first string of headlining US shows in five years. She’ll first perform across the UK in August and October before heading over to North America in November, where she’ll perform in cities like Washington, D.C., Chicago, and Los Angeles. The tour wraps up November 22nd in Vancouver, and tickets go on sale Friday, August 19th via Ticketmaster. Orton recorded new single “Friday Night” with The Smile drummer Tom Skinner, multi-instrumentalist Shahzad Ismaily, and The Invisible bassist Tom Herbert. In a sta...
Maya Hawke Shares Smile-Inducing New Single “Sweet Tooth”: Stream
Maya Hawke has shared “Sweet Tooth,” the delectable second offering from her upcoming sophomore LP Moss. The single comes with an accompanying music video that was inspired by a dental emergency happening in realtime for the Stranger Things star. On “Sweet Tooth,” Hawke experiences the sweetness of unconditional love along with the unexpected stings from such a deep, emotional connection. Over a light, acoustic strum, she opens the tune with the lyrics, “Told my mother that I love her,” which is likely a dedication to her mother, actress Uma Thurman given the song’s first-person perspective. She gives further praise in the chorus, saying: “I’m grateful for everything you put me through/ It’s the only reason I’m any good to talk to,” before affectionately referring to the song’s subject as ...
Maya Hawke Shares Smile-Inducing New Single “Sweet Tooth”: Stream
Maya Hawke has shared “Sweet Tooth,” the delectable second offering from her upcoming sophomore LP Moss. The single comes with an accompanying music video that was inspired by a dental emergency happening in realtime for the Stranger Things star. On “Sweet Tooth,” Hawke experiences the sweetness of unconditional love along with the unexpected stings from such a deep, emotional connection. Over a light, acoustic strum, she opens the tune with the lyrics, “Told my mother that I love her,” which is likely a dedication to her mother, actress Uma Thurman given the song’s first-person perspective. She gives further praise in the chorus, saying: “I’m grateful for everything you put me through/ It’s the only reason I’m any good to talk to,” before affectionately referring to the song’s subject as ...
Nicki Minaj Is a “Super Freaky Girl” on New Single: Stream
Nicki Minaj has never been one to tone down her wild side, but today, she’s literally spelling it out for you. After teasing it on TikTok, the rapper has officially shared the new single “Super Freaky Girl” today, which prominently samples Rick James’ 1981 smash “Super Freak.” By the song’s title and, well, the fact that it’s Nicki Minaj, you can probably guess what “Super Freaky Girl” is about: “I can lick it, I can ride it/ While you slippin’ and sliding/ I can do all them little tricks and keep the dick up inside it,” she raps in the chorus (sorry, Mom and Dad) before giving us a spelling lesson. “He want a F-R-EEEEE-A-K.” There are a few humorous lines throughout the song, like: “Get me Rocky A$AP, word to Rih,” shouting out the new parents. And a personal favorite: “He said,...
The Game Begs Eminem to Notice Him on Love Letter/Diss Track “The Black Slim Shady”: Stream
They say imitation is the sincerest form of flattery, and The Game is doing everything short of bleaching his hair on the new 10-minute Eminem “diss” track “The Black Slim Shady.” The foremost Pick Me in hip-hop today has finally given up asking 50 Cent to reignite their mid-aughts feud. “Because 50 can’t rap, so I’ve gotta go a level up and challenge the better rapper,” he rationalized in an April interview on Fresh Pair, leaving out the part where 50 Cent was too busy building a TV empire to respond. “Nobody really takes shots at Eminem off this pre-conceived notion that he’s better than everybody. Well I want action, and I want it today.” You’d be forgiven for wondering what kind of “action” he’s looking for, especially after he added, “If you’re a ‘rap god,’ co...
Jessie Baylin Shares Origins of ’70s-Inspired Single “Time Is A Healer:” Exclusive
Origins is a recurring new music series giving artists the opportunity to share exclusive insights into their latest release. Today, Jessie Baylin shares the background of her vintage-inspired new single. Jessie Baylin is taking a journey to the past for her new music, in more ways than one. “Time Is A Healer,” the Nashville singer-songwriter’s new single, feels like it was pulled out of a 1970s daydream. It arrives ahead of a new album, titled Jersey Girl, which will be landing in full on September 23rd. Baylin was born and raised in New Jersey, but left as soon as she could; this album encompasses her experience unpacking her roots from her current vantage point. Related Video “Time Is A Healer” is a meditative, acoustic rock track that Baylin describes as the “rock outlier” o...
The Streets Shares New EP Brexit at Tiffany’s: Stream
UK hip-hop veteran Mike Skinner has returned with a new EP under his moniker The Streets. The three-song project is called Brexit at Tiffany’s, and it’s out now along with the title track’s music video. Brexit at Tiffany’s is a smorgasbord of Skinner’s sonic personas as The Streets. Opening track “3 Minutes to Midnight,” which features grime artist Manga Saint Hilare, is driven by a pulsing beat that mirrors the imminent anxiety of the track’s nihilistic, dystopian themes: “It’s three minutes to midnight on the doomsday clock/ Hold up your lighter, we’re all still alive.” Closer “Test of Time” is more melodic, switching off between a driving synth and a piano backdrop. But the Jazz Morley-featuring “Brexit at Tiffany’s” is the most somber, comparing the agony of a breakup to the ...
M.I.A. Skewers Influencer Culture on New Song “Popular”: Stream
M.I.A. takes on influencer culture with the release of her new single “Popular,” the latest preview of her upcoming album MATA. The track arrives with a creepy music video starring an “influencer-bot-in-training” fittingly named M.A.I. Over an uptempo dance beat propelled forward by tribal drums and celebratory horns, the British-Tamil artist sarcastically regurgitates empty phrases that often pour out of the mouths of influencers. “Love me like I love me,” she sings on the chorus. “Suddenly it’s about me/ You wanna be around me/ ‘Cause I love myself/ I’m living my best life.” In the music video, M.I.A. trains her robot counterpart by showing M.A.I. how to dance more fluidly and rap along to “Popular.” At one point, that means reducing the influencer bot’s screen time. By the end...
