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Build Your Own Electric Rivian R1S SUV and R1T Pickup—the Configurators Are Now Live
Better late than never, right? Rivian is finally taking reservations for its sleekly styled electric pickup and SUV, and after a weeklong period during which only reservation holders for the R1S and R1T electric SUV and pickup could access the automaker’s online configurator tool, you, too, can now virtually build your dream Rivian R1S and R1T. The first thing you’ll notice when you visit Rivian’s build-your-own tool is that the limited-production R1S and R1T Launch Editions models are sold out. These variants were scheduled to arrive in the middle of next year—June for the R1T and August for the R1S. Launch Editions come with upgrades like special badging and a unique army green (aptly named Launch Green) paint option. If you didn’t get your hands on a Launch Editi...
Who Needs Baby Yoda When You Can Have a Baby Bugatti II?
Way back in 1926, Bugatti Automobiles founder Ettore Bugatti gifted his 4-year-old son a unique birthday present: a half-scale version of Bugatti’s Type 35 race car, which won the Grand Prix World Championship in the very same year. The one-off kiddie car was nicknamed the Bugatti “Baby”, and Ettore’s VIP clients soon asked him to make one for their own children. Some 500 Bugatti Baby kid cars were built and sold by the time production ended in 1936, making them very rare and expensive collectibles for well-heeled Bugatti fanatics today. But now, you can buy a brand-new Bugatti Baby II kiddie car to go along with that Bugatti Chiron Pur Sport or Super Sport 300+ you have on order. Oh, to be a (wealthy) kid again. Bugatti Baby II Prices and Specifications Three diffe...
Flume, Madeon, Disclosure, More Receive 2021 Grammy Award Nominations: See the Full List
The Recording Academy has announced the official nominations for the 63rd annual Grammy Awards. It is a big day for the EDM scene, as a slew of artists received well-deserved nods for their spectacular work this past year. Up for the award of Best Dance Recording are Diplo and SIDEPIECE for their collaborative hit “On My Mind,” Disclosure for the duo’s Aminé and Slowthai-assisted Energy cut “My High,” Flume and Toro y Moi for “The Difference,” Jayda G for her single “Both of Us,” and KAYTRANADA for “10%.” Canadian production prodigy KAYTRANADA is also a nominee for the Grammy Award for Best New Artist. He received a nod in the category of Best Dance/Electronic Album...
Renowned Electronic Music Producer i_o Has Died
Renowned electronic music producer i_o has tragically died at the age of 30. According to an announcement shared on his Instagram account, i_o passed away yesterday, November 23rd, 2020. “This extremely talented spirit taught us that even if nothing matters, you can still lead with love,” the post reads. “Garrett’s truth and soul lives on through the music he shared.” View the full announcement below. At the time of this article’s publishing, i_o’s cause of death has not yet been publicly revealed. The techno and deep house producer recently celebrated his signing to Armada Music, one of the most prestigious dance music record labels in the industry, as well as the launch of his own Label 444 imprint. He has also dropped many songs on dea...
The Weeknd Rips ‘Corrupt’ Grammys After Award Show Snub
Another year, another Grammys controversy. Now that the entire internet has spent the better portion of the day discussing all the ways in which The Weeknd was snubbed by the Grammys, the artist himself chimed in with his thoughts on the matter. “The Grammys remain corrupt. You owe me, my fans and the industry transparency…” he tweeted on Tuesday evening. Although his accusations of direct corruption are difficult to verify, the Canadian singer is certainly justified in his vitriol. In what was such a glaring mishap that Macklemore trended on Twitter for much of the afternoon due to fans remembering the time he beat Kendrick Lamar to win Best Rap Album in 2014, The Weeknd’s After Hours was seemingly absent from the nominees released today despite being one of the year’s bigg...
Reggaeton Star Bad Bunny Tests Positive For La Rona, Misses AMA Awards
Source: Kevin Winter / Getty If you need another reminder that this pandemic is here for an extended stay look no further. One of Reggaeton’s top names has tested positive. As spotted on Deadline Bad Bunny is the latest celebrity to contract the Coronavirus. He was originally scheduled to perform at last weekend’s American Music Awards telecast but never made it to the stage. The organizers did not explain his absence in real time leaving many fans disappointed and quite befuddled. On Monday, November 23 his management team confirmed his medical condition to as why he never made it. Nevertheless he still had a big night with wins for Favorite Male Artist – Latino and Favorite Latin Album – Latino which he accepted from his Los Angeles home. While it is unclear how he is holding up via...
Meg Thee Stallion Went Hard On ‘Good News,’ But It’s Only A Glimpse Into What She’s Capable Of
Source: Apple Music / Apple Music Let’s go back to Good News Friday (Nov. 20) and it’s time to listen to the album we’ve all been patiently waiting for. My coworkers, men, can’t stop talking about Meg Thee Stallion‘s official debut. Upon pressing play, you’ll understand immediately that although Good News can be a polarizing project, it definitively positions Black women as a community of power in every bar uttered. Hot Girl Meg has given us the indisputable commandments of a bad b*tch, putting f*ck boys all over the nation on notice. As a Black woman, myself, I feel captivated by the Houston Hottie for countless reasons. Women who look like us are always stereotyped, disrespected, and pigeonholed — and historically, Black women of Meg’s height and size have been mocked even more so. But M...
Noah Cyrus on Scoring Best New Artist Grammy Nomination: ‘I’ve Idolized the Show Since I Was Little’
Cyrus says the news felt even more special coming from her mom, who has always been her biggest fan; at the beginning of the year, Tish even wrote in her intentions book that Noah would win a Grammy. Cyrus immediately after called her dad and the rest of the family, wiping away tears each time she relived the news. “I’ve watched the show since I was a little girl and I’ve idolized the show since I was a little girl,” she says. “I’ve always known the importance, the weight and the honor that it holds to be nominated for or to receive a Grammy. This is something I’ve talked about since the day that I started as an artist. I remember being 15 in my manager’s office talking about the Grammys and everybody being like, ‘That’s so far away.’” Cyrus, now 20 and with over 940 million on-demand care...
7 Things the 2021 Grammy Nominations Got Right in the Dance Categories – And 3 Things They Got Wrong
Celebrating Experimentation: Baauer, Kaytranada, Madeon and Arca aren’t necessarily the flashiest artists in the scene, but all four veteran producers (and first-time nominees) are revered in the cooler and somewhat more experimental realms of the dance world. While best dance album nominees in years past have been linked by a sort of overall tone or genre, this year the Grammys are simply rewarding slightly offbeat, critically well received albums that reflect where each artist is at on their own personal trajectory rather than where the dance scene is as a whole. And while Disclosure just gets nominated every time they release something, it’s mostly because they deserve to be. Jayda G: The dance/electronic categories have long had a gender inequality issue, with almost exclus...
Justin Bieber Says ‘Changes’ Getting Pop Grammy Nod Instead of R&B ‘Feels Weird’
Justin Bieber is setting the record straight on which genre Changes belongs to after his fifth album received a Grammy nomination Tuesday (Nov. 24) for best pop vocal album. He wrote a short letter to the Recording Academy on Instagram the day nominations for the 2021 Grammys were revealed, stating how his mission to make an R&B album was not honored properly by being placed in this category. “To the Grammys I am flattered to be acknowledged and appreciated for my artistry. I am very meticulous and intentional about my music. With that being said I set out to make an R&B album. Changes was and is an R&B album,” he started. “It is not being acknowledged as an R&B album which is very strange to me. I grew up admiring R&B music and wis...
Elton John Teams Up With TikTok For Special World AIDS Day Campaign
First, the new partnership will roll out an “HIV/AIDS Education & Awareness Quiz,” aimed at helping TikTok users learn more about the disease. Then, on World AIDS Day itself, John will be throwing a virtual special live via TikTok, featuring stars like Sam Smith, Rina Sawayama, and more. “I’m excited to recognize World AIDS Day with TikTok and my Foundation this year to celebrate progress that we’ve made and mark what we can do collectively to end the AIDS epidemic,” John said in a statement released with the news. “HIV may seem a disease of the past, especially with COVID-19 in the headlines, but it still affects everyone. We all need to care about HIV and end the discrimination around this disease. There’s a great line-up for our TikTok Live to bre...
Arab Strap Announce First Album Since 2005, Share First Song ‘Compersion Pt. 1′
For fans of Scottish indie duo Arab Strap, today brings arguably the best news since the group reunited in 2016. The band will release their seventh studio album (and first since 2005’s The Last Romance), As Days Get Dark on March 5, 2021 via Rock Action Records. “It’s about hopelessness and darkness,” the band’s Aidan Moffat said in a statement of the album. “But in a fun way.” The announcement comes alongside the release of the new single, “Compersion Pt. 1″ and the speculative announcement of a Fall 2021 tour throughout the UK (assuming things are open again by then, which is starting to seem more and more like a fantasy in its own right). Of “Compersion Pt. 1,” Moffat says that it “depicts a quest to find the ever-elusive unicorn; to bond fluidly – and safely! – with th...
