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Brandi Carlile to Return With In These Silent Days, Shares First Single ‘Right on Time’
It’s been a while since we last heard from Brandi Carlile, three years to be exact. Now, the singer-songwriter is back in a big way. Carlile will be releasing In These Silent Days on Oct. 1 via Low Country Sound/Elektra. She’ll team up with producers Dave Cobb and Shooter Jennings, who also helmed her 2018 Grammy-winning breakthrough By the Way, I Forgive You. The first single, a piano-driven ballad called “Right on Time,” can be heard below. The video for the song was directed by Friends/Scream/Ace Ventura: Pet Detective star Courteney Cox, no stranger to music videos herself. [embedded content] Carlile crafted the 10 songs that comprise In These Silent Days with longtime co-conspirators Tim and Phil Hanseroth. The songs were written while Carlile was quarant...
HHW Gaming: Gucci x 100 Thieves Team Up For Limited $2,500 Gaming-Punched Backpack
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Gucci / 100 Thieves The worlds of high fashion and gaming collide once again with this latest collaboration. Gucci has unveiled its limited-edition capsule collection in collaboration with the Drake co-owned Los Angeles-based eSports gaming and lifestyle brand 100 Thieves. Source: Gucci / 100 Thieves The collection features a numbered series of 200 backpacks from Gucci’s sustainable Off The Grid collection that features accessories and ready-to-wear pieces. This extremely limited and expensive backpack geared towards gamers, we think, comes in bright red, features three pockets and a round leather patch featuring the 100 Thieves logo. “The collaboration draws on the shared values of Gucci and 100 Thieves, both companies passionately believe in diversity a...
Remy Ma Tapped To Host New VH1 Series ‘My True Crime Story’
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: VH1 / VH1 Remy Ma is adding a new talent to her resume after being tapped by VH-1 for a new crime show. According to published reports, Remy Ma is slated to host VH1’s new crime series, “My True Crime Story”, which will take a look at some of the “most headline-making crimes” and “their rise, fall, and redemption” according to the show’s bio. The 8 episode crime series will take viewers on a wild ride as they dive deep into cases involving million-dollar jewelry heists, bank robberies, and drug trafficking amongst other heinous crimes. Remy, who had her own true crime story resulting in a six-year prison stint stemming from a 2008 incident where she allegedly shot a friend in the abdomen during an argument, revealed in 2014 about her difficult ...
Drake’s OVO Air Force 1 Is For The Lovers
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @levibentlee / Instagram Drizzy’s latest album, Certified Lover Boy has still yet to get a confirmed release date or even a first single released, but already we’ve gotten pics of what his upcoming OVO Air Force 1 exclusives will look like and while they seem like some average white-on-white 1’s, the devil’s in the details. Featuring little hearts on the bottom sole instead of the average stars Air Force 1’s tend to boast, the silhouette also replaces the customary “Air” logo on the side heel of the sole with “Love You Forever” in script. Not bad for the hardcore Drake fan who want to show their allegiance to the King of The North. Though rumors have the kicks dropping this Fall, no official word yet on when the sneakers will drop or if they even will. Do...
Immediate Future of Las Vegas Nightlife Uncertain After Casinos Reestablish Mask Mandate
Every Las Vegas gambler’s poker face just got much stronger after a trio of major casinos reestablished mask mandates. After the Southern Nevada Health District (SNHD) announced new guidelines urging individuals to wear masks regardless of their vaccination status, The Venetian, Palazzo and Sands Expo & Convention Center announced policy changes requiring employees to wear face coverings amid a surge of COVID-19 infections in Clark County. The news arrives on the heels of a bleak report issued by the White House COVID-19 Response Team last week, which singled out Las Vegas as the worst city in the nation in terms of COVID-19 transmission among metro areas with more than one million people. According to local CBS affiliate KLAS-TV, Clark County—by far Nevada’s larg...
Brandi Carlile Announces New Album In These Silent Days, Shares “Right on Time”: Stream
Brandi Carlile has announced a new studio album called In These Silent Days, and shared the lead single, “Right on Time”. Written and recorded by Carlile while in quarantine with her longtime bandmates Tim and Phil Hanseroth, the album found inspiration from her recent memoir, Broken Horses, leading to 10 tracks that arose from “a time of deep and personal reckoning.” As Carlile explained in a statement, “There’s plenty reflection… but mostly it’s a celebration. This album is what drama mixed with joy sounds like. It’s resistance and gratitude, righteous anger and radical forgiveness. It’s the sound of these silent days.” Along with the Hanseroth brothers, the album features a guest appearance from Lucius’ Jess Wolfe and Holly Laessig on the track “You and Me on the Rock.” Advert...
Yola Thunders Through “Stand for Myself” on Colbert: Watch
Here’s a morning pick-me-up stronger than a double espresso: Yola swung by Colbert and delivered a towering performance of her new single “Stand for Myself.” This self-empowerment anthem was advertised as being accompanied by Late Show bandleader Jon Batiste. While video evidence suggests he was indeed playing the piano, you’d have to tear your eyes away from Yola to notice him. That’s no easy feat; she commanded the stage in a dress as bright and red as the dawn, as her gale-force vocals swept up and down the register. By the end, the camera panned out to show the audience giving a standing ovation. Check out Yola’s “Stand for Myself” below. The track appears on her upcoming album of the same name, with Stand for Myself dropping July 30th on Easy Eye Sound. Earlie...
Slash and Epiphone Launch New Collection of Electric and Acoustic Guitars
Slash and Epiphone have launched a new collection of electric and acoustic guitars, continuing the Guns N’ Roses guitarist’s ongoing partnership with Gibson Brands. Epiphone’s Slash Collection follows last year’s Gibson collection, but offers the guitars at a more accessible price point. Epiphone prides itself as being known as “the leading accessible guitar brand For Every Stage,” and the new axes are ideal for beginners or seasoned vets. The new line introduces two electric guitars and five variants: the Epiphone Slash Les Paul Standard (finished in Appetite Burst, November Burst, Anaconda Burst, and Vermillion Burst) and the Slash “Victoria” Les Paul Standard Goldtop in Gold. The acoustic Epiphone Slash J-45 (in Vermillion Burst and November Burst) rounds out the Epiphone collection. Al...
Offset Describes His Baller First Date With Cardi B on ‘Kimmel’: ‘I Went Big’
Offset dropped by Jimmy Kimmel Live! on Tuesday night (July 20) to talk marriage, elaborate gifts and first dates with guest host Anthony Anderson. Jumping right into it, the Black-ish star asked the Migos rapper to describe the first time he went out with wife Cardi B and, as you can imagine, it was a story. “Our first date I went big,” said Offset, who came out looking like a rock star in black leather pants and matching jacket, graphic tee, shades and, of course, a neck shining with chains that included a giant one with his stage name in diamonds. “I wanted to do something that was not normally done. I wanted to have fun.” So, of course, he took Cardi to the Super Bowl. Now, he couldn’t remember what number Bowl it was, but he knew his team the Atlanta Falc...
Chance The Rapper Talks Bringing Secret Concert ‘Magnificent Coloring World’ to Big Screen
The concert film will celebrate the five-year anniversary of Coloring Book. Chance could have gone the streaming service route, but he elected to pitch his concert film idea to AMC Theatres a few months ago with hopes of immersing moviegoers into his full concert experience. “There’s just something different about going to see something in theaters, instead of watching it in your bed or whatever,” he said. “I always knew that I wanted this to be experienced in a group and on a huge screen with crazy surround sound.” Chance led the film’s editing process and self-distributed the film through his House of Kicks umbrella, which reimagines music, film and virtual experiences. His partnership with the theater chain marks the first time a music artist has independently distributed a fi...
Kris Wu Dumped By Multiple Brands Over Sex Complaint
The woman told NetEase that when she was 17, Wu encouraged her to drink too much at a party and she woke up in his bed. “I hate it so much that my teeth itch,” she was quoted as saying. “I hate myself even more, hate it so much that I want to commit suicide.” The woman said other women told her Wu seduced them, sometimes when they were under 18, with promises of jobs and other opportunities. There was no indication any were under China’s age of consent of 14 or that Wu faces accusations of criminal misconduct. “Get out of China,” said a comment left under Wu’s social media post. Wu, known in Chinese as Wu Yifan, grew up in Guangzhou in southern China and in Vancouver, British Columbia. He performed with EXO in 2012-14 and then launched a solo career. As an actor, he appeared in 2017′s XXX:...
Mila Kunis Persuaded Ashton Kutcher to Sell Ticket for Space Travel: “Not a Smart Family Decision”
Although we certainly can’t imagine why anyone would feel the urge to flee planet Earth at a time like this, outer space has been a hot commodity lately. Just last week, Virgin founder Richard Branson took a suborbital trip on Virgin Galactic’s space plane, making him the first billionaire to leave Earth aboard his own spacecraft. Ashton Kutcher was set to be one of the company’s first commercial passengers, but per the advice of his wife Mila Kunis, he sold his ticket. Via Cheddar News, Kutcher purchased a ticket in 2012 that granted him access to one of Virgin Galactic’s flights. But a lot can change in nine years that could affect a person’s decision to leave Earth. In 2015 the actor married Kunis — his That ‘70s Show co-star — and they now have two children together. “When I ...
