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Fans Choose Doja Cat’s ‘Planet Her’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Doja Cat dropped her third studio album on Friday, following up her breakthrough project Hot Pink, which featured her Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “Say So.” The project was led by the SZA collaboration “Kiss Me More,” which is already a top five hit on the Hot 100. The next single is “You Right,” featuring The Weeknd. See the full poll results below: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Returns to No. 1 on Billboard 200 Albums Chart
Sour is the second album in 2021 to earn in excess of 100,000 units in each of its first five weeks, following Morgan Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album, which also collected 100,000-plus weeks in its first five frames (charts dated Jan. 23 – Feb. 20). (It’s worth noting that Dangerous had 30 tracks aiding its SEA and TEA units, while Sour only has 11.) Polo G’s Hall of Fame falls 1-2 in its second week on the Billboard 200 with 65,000 equivalent album units (down 54%). Lil Baby and Lil Durk’s former leader The Voice of the Heroes former rises 4-3 with 57,000 (down 21%). Migos’ Culture III dips 2-4 with 54,000 units (down 58%). Wallen’s Dangerous: The Double Album is a non-mover at No. 5 with 49,000 units (down 2%). Singer-songwriter H.E.R. collects her first top 10 album on the Billboar...
Ed Sheeran Teases Taylor Swift Surprise, Confirms Re-Recorded ‘Everything Has Changed’
“I’ve already recorded it,” Sheeran revealed on the U.K. radio chart show, in reply to the inquiry about “Everything Has Changed.” And then Sheeran added, “Taylor’s got a few surprises in store for you, I’ll say that.” Before Red was originally released in 2012, the pair both implied there was at least one more as-yet-unheard song from their Red-era session. That summer, Sheeran told Rolling Stone that the pair “wrote two tunes, actually, one on the record [Red] and another that’s still out in the ether somewhere.” Billboard recently predicted that Red (Taylor’s Version), slated to include 30 tracks, might feature that Swift/Sheeran collaboration from the vault. Watch Sheeran share the Swift news in the interview clip ...
Sony Music Japan Launches Hub for Remixes of Anime and Video Game Theme Songs
EDM and video games go together like peanut butter and jelly—and their relationship is about to get a whole lot cozier with the newly rebranded “Sakura Chill Beats” YouTube channel. Launched this month by Sony Music Japan, the first-of-its-kind project will be a hub for official electronic remixes of anime and video game theme songs, with new selections available every Saturday at 1AM PT (4AM ET). The first track released on Sakura Chill Beats was RetroVision‘s remix of “Ashiato -Footprints-” by the peggies, out June 19th. Bright and upbeat, the original song was the ending theme of the anime television show My Hero Academia. RetroVision transformed the indie rock anthem into an electronic banger with soaring synths and a scintillating future h...
Jon Hassell, Famed Avant-Garde Composer, Dies at 84
Jon Hassell, the influential composer and trumpet player who pioneered the “fourth world” has died at the age of 84. His family confirmed the news of his death in a statement on his social media platforms. “After a little more than a year of fighting through health complications, Jon died peacefully in the early morning hours of natural causes,” Hassell’s family wrote. In April 2020, a GoFundMe page was set up to help the composer and, as his family said in the statement of his death, the donations “will allow the tremendous personal archive of his music, much unreleased, to be preserved and shared with the world for years to come.” The Fourth World was described by Hassell as “a unified primitive/futuristic sound combining features of world ethnic styles with advanced electronic technique...
Nandi Bushell and Arctic Monkeys Drummer Matt Helders Have a New ‘Jam’ on The Way
In the past year or so, Nandi Bushell has captured the hearts and minds of both major rock stars and rock fans with her outstanding takes on classics. The 11-year-old though has a lot more to come, especially if her latest collaboration is to be released in the near future. In an Instagram Story posted on Saturday, Bushell revealed that Arctic Monkeys drummer Matt Helders paid her a visit and that the two have a “jam” and “interview” on the way. What that means, who knows, but it should be noted that Bushell previously covered Arctic Monkeys’ “Brianstorm” last year. After a flurry of activity at the beginning of the year, Bushell has been quiet in recent weeks. However, she did post a cover of Linkin Park’s “Numb,” which, of course, the band approved of. She also took on Slipknot’s “...
Bruce Springsteen Jokes About DWI Arrest: “An Act So Heinous That it Offended the Entire Fuckin’ United States!”
Bruce Springsteen took the stage at the New York’s St. James Theatre on Saturday night to kick off a new run of his Tony Award-winning production, Springsteen on Broadway. During the show, as Rolling Stone points out, Springsteen addressed his November 2020 DWI arrest, which was subsequently dismissed during a virtual court appearance earlier this year. “I didn’t wake up one morning, get on my motorcycle and say, ‘I think I’ll drive to jail,’” Springsteen joked. “And then I had to go to Zoom Court! My case was the United States of America vs. Bruce Springsteen. That’s always comfortable to hear, that the entire nation is aligned against you!” As previously reported, Springsteen was stopped by a park ranger at the Gateway National Recreation Area in Sandy Hook, New Jersey o...
T.I. Asks Judge To Toss Sabrina Peterson Defamation Suit
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Bernard Smalls for iOne Digital / Bernard Smalls iOne Digital T.I., and his wife Tiny, have been mired in controversy after ex-associate Sabrina Peterson accused the couple of holding her at gunpoint and other salacious claims. The Atlanta rapper has always denied any wrongdoing and is now asking a judge to toss the defamation case she filed against him. Per TMZ, in the paperwork Tip filed in answer to her lawsuit, he claims her reputation is so already so tarnished that he couldn’t possibly have inflicted further harm upon it. Well damn. Reports TMZ: As we first told you, in her suit filed earlier this year, Peterson claims T.I. and Tiny smeared her good name with public statements and social media posts in the wake of her allegation against T.I. Th...
Struggle Rapper Tekashi 6ix9ine’s Father Is Homeless, Wants Hook Up
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital While the infamous Tekashi 6ix9ine has been classlessly trolling rappers, his father has allegedly been homeless. The Brooklyn rapper’s dear old dad recently revealed he could use a helping hand from his son since’s been living in a shelter. According to Page Six, Daniel Hernandez, who has the same name as his rainbow-colored hair wearing son, has been living in a shelter for a couple of years. However, his son hasn’t offered him a dime in financial support, which he is hoping to get. Good luck with that. “Because I don’t have an apartment, he doesn’t know that I’m in the shelter,” the elder Hernandez, 60, told Page Six. “Now he’s going to know I’ve been here for, what, two years already?” Surprisingly, Tekashi isn’t totally in ...
Young M.A. Checks Herself Into Rehab
HipHopWired Featured Video Source: Joseph Okpako / Getty Young M.A. is seeking help. The Brooklyn rapper, born Katorah Kasanova Marrero, has reportedly checked herself into rehab. In a now-deleted Instagram Story, the “Ooouuu” rapper said she was seeking professional help with an addiction. “Bouta lose this addiction…omw to rehab,” she wrote before further adding, “MAB I’ll be back.” There is no word on what exactly she is in rehab for. In her music and interviews, she has discussed her love for marijuana and alcohol. Earlier in the week, she posted some prayerful words as she powers through. “Loving God, I pray that you will comfort me in my suffering, lend skill to the hands of my healers, and bless the means used for my cure. Give me such confidence in the power of your grace, that even...
Hotly Anticipated Chevy Corvette C8 Z06 Delayed Years
In the meantime, GMAuthority says we can expect more special-edition models spun off the regular-grade C8 to satiate buyers looking for a little something extra from the Corvette. Other special Vettes, we assume, also will be pushed back; those would include the Corvette ZR1, a plug-in hybrid, an electric model, and even the hypercar-challenging Zora. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
Latin Pride: Esteman on How Coming Out Marked a ‘Before & After’ In His Career
How did the decision to come out impact your art? I feel like there is a before and after in my career when I decide to come out to my fans. It’s as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders and, in a way, I was able to connect with them even more via my music. Before I told them, I already had a special bond with the people that followed me but in the moment that my album Amor Libre was released and I decide to share all these personal stories and show an unfiltered side of me, my music became more valuable and powerful. Without planning this, I think more people started listening to my songs. Did you have any LGBTQ+ idols growing up? Elton John, Freddie Mercury and Miguel Bosé. And then there was Madonna, Gloria Estefan and Cher who aren’t part of the community but are LGB...
