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2021 Ram 1500 TRX’s Know & Go App Teaches Owners With Augmented Reality
The Know & Go app offers augmented reality to overlay instructions and explanations on certain features, notifications of undiscovered features, overviews on functionalities, how-to videos, and bookmarked feature-specific owner’s manual pages. For the augmented reality portion, the app uses your phone’s camera to overlay a description of whatever the lens is pointed at on the TRX. As the winner of FCA’s Pitch Night program in June, where the company solicits new ideas from its employees, the Know & Go app went from concept to market-ready in less than three months. More than 500 ideas were submitted for Pitch Night, which were reduced to 50 through employee online voting and then further reduced to 14 by leadership. The finalists received further coaching before p...
FUZZ Release Guitar-Laden Single ‘Spit’
FUZZ — the project consisting of Ty Segall, Chad Ubovich and Charles Moothart — will release their first album in five years next month. In July, the trio shared “Returning” and now, the second song from that upcoming collection has emerged. “Spit” is a smattering of guitars that channels vintage ’90s alt and classic garage rock (and all of the great aspects of both genres) and dirt-under -your-fingernails grit, which makes perfect sense since they had Steve Albini mix the album. The video for the clip was created by Moothart, who used his quarantine time wisely and learned how to make stop-motion videos. Here’s what Moothart had to say about the tune and clip: ‘Spit’ was written early in the process of working on III. When Ty and I first started working on this song, we didn’t know i...
Ikaya Feels It’s ‘Unfair’ for Her & Dexta Daps ‘to Be Blamed’ for Seemingly Crowded New York, New Jersey Concerts
Fans of Dexta Daps and Ikaya appeared to have a grand time on Sept. 26 and 27 at the reggae artists’ New York and New Jersey shows, dancing and singing along. But after videos of the seemingly crowded outdoor events surfaced on Instagram — while the coronavirus pandemic is ongoing — the criticism started rolling in. “The promoters, @dextadaps and all others directly responsible for the staging of this event during a deadly pandemic are a bunch of dummies,” an Instagram user commented on one of the videos from the Brooklyn performance. “Trust me, the city will hit you all with some hefty fines..not excluding possible jail time…” Now, Ikaya — the Jamaican reggae, R&B and dancehall singer who is featured on Daps’ song “Nose...
Machine Gun Kelly Packs on PDA With Megan Fox in ‘Drunk Face’ Video: Watch
Machine Gun Kelly showed off his relationship with Megan Fox in the music video for his song “Drunk Face,” released on Tuesday (Sept. 29). In the clip, which was filmed the day MGK’s new album Tickets to My Downfall was released, the rapper-turned-pop-punk-singer jets around in a private plane with Fox and his entourage in tow. “I’m still young, wasting my youth/ I’ll grow up next summer/ I’m back on that girl I quit/ I should’ve lost her number/ I’m overcompensating for heartbreak/ I swallowed a pill that was in a heart shape/ Her hands on my chest feeling my heart beat/ She’s spillin’ a drink all on my car seat,” he sings on the opening as he plants a kiss on Fox and she paints his nails. In a separate interview...
BTS Open Up About Politics, Grammy Goals in New Interview: ‘It’s a Dream’
BTS sat down with Variety magazine recently to talk about politics, how much they want to share with their ARMY and what their Grammy goals are. The interview found member Jin paying tribute to the fan gang that has elevated the seven-member K-pop superstars to the top of the pop heat, including helping to boost them to their first No. 1 hit on the Billboard Hot 100 singles tally with “Dynamite.” “Our goal is to try to show ourselves, expose ourselves to ARMY as much as possible,” Jin said. “There are a lot of platforms now.” That includes The Tonight Show, where the group is in the midst of a weeklong residency, which has so far included three performances and a hearty shoutout from superfan actor/wrestler John Cena. And though they don’t consider...
Demi Lovato Unveils Somber Ballad ‘Still Have Me’ Following Max Ehrlich Breakup: Listen
Channeling her feelings. Demi Lovato dropped a surprise new song on Wednesday (Sept. 30) in the wake of ending her engagement to Max Ehrich. Titled “Still Have Me,” the pop star released the emotive piano ballad in full via Twitter, writing, “Music is always there for me…” alongside a video of the track. (As of press time, the new release does not yet appear to be available on streaming services.) “Everything around me shattered/ All the highs are now just lows/ But it doesn’t even matter/ ‘Cause I’d rather be alone/ All my love disappeared and I’m layin’ right here while the silence is piercing/ And it hurts to breath/ I don’t have much but at least I still have me,” she croons before belting out the gospel-infu...
Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner Announces Memoir Release Date
Following her 2018 critically acclaimed essay in The New Yorker, Japanese Breakfast’s Michelle Zauner has announced that her upcoming memoir, Crying in H Mart, will be releasing on April 20, 2021. “My mother passed away almost six years ago and ever since, my life has felt folded in half, divided into a before and after her death, my identity and my family having been fractured in the wake of her loss,” she said in a statement about the forthcoming book. “I’ve spent the past six years processing grief in the best way I knew how-through creative work. I wrote two albums worth of material in an attempt to encapsulate all of that heavy darkness, confusion and loneliness, and then I spent another three years writing pages and pages to try and capture my mother’s brilliant character and spirit,...
Haim Perform ‘Gasoline’ in The Forum’s Parking Lot
After months of socially distant performances from their homes, Haim brought some live music to The Forum in Los Angeles — or close to it. Performing on Jimmy Kimmel Live last night (Sept. 29), Haim took fans to the parking lot of the LA venue. Set up in a line, Danielle swapped her guitar for a place at the drumkit and led the band in a live rendition of “Gasoline.” Accompanied by a piano player, the Haim sisters brought us a performance that we’ve been waiting for from the band. On the heels of their latest album’s release, they did get together to perform “Gasoline” altogether. They also got together to celebrate dropping Women in Music Pt. III with a livestream from a deli — the band’s initial live tour plan prior to the pandemic. The group also filmed their video for “Don’t Wanna” at ...
AC/DC Reunite With Brian Johnson, Phil Rudd and Cliff Williams
After several years away and a few weeks of teasing activity, AC/DC are back. Angus Young brought singer Brian Johnson, drummer Phil Rudd and bassist Cliff Williams back together for first the time since 2014 when the group released Rock or Bust. After that, Rudd was arrested for drug possession and attempting to hire a hitman. He ended up serving eight months in home detention but the hitman charge was dropped. Johnson left the band in 2016 after his hearing deteriorated to the point where the damage could become permanent. Axl Rose took over and finished out the tour, but it seems like Johnson is doing better now! As for Williams, he retired after the band’s final show of the Rock or Bust tour, saying that the band that was a “changed animal.” But, it seems like everything is all da...
New COVID-19 Restrictions Ban Festivals and Organized Gatherings in Paris, 11 Other French Cities
As France continues to grapple with the impact of COVID-19, Paris and 11 other French cities have instated new restrictions on organized gatherings. The new rules, which will be enforced for a minimum of 15 days, have been established in areas considered to be at “heightened” or “maximum” risk. According to The Guardian, starting yesterday, September 28th, “festive or recreational events including wedding receptions, festivals, organised gatherings in hired halls, and student parties” have been effectively banned. Cinemas, museums, and theatres can remain open as long as they operate with their own stringent rules in place. The report also notes that gatherings of over 1,000 people are now prohibited and no more than 10 people are permitte...
21 Savage & Metro Boomin Announce ‘Savage Mode 2’
Source: Prince Williams / Getty Seems like just yesterday 21 Savage was in danger of being deported after authorities arrested him and learned of his immigrant status, but luckily the Atlanta rapper is still here and on the cusp of releasing his first project in quite some time. 4 years after releasing the Metro Boomin helmed Savage Mode, 21 Savage has announced that he and Metro Boomin will once again be riding together and releasing Savage Mode 2 this October 2nd. Yesterday the website for the highly anticipated project dropped with none other than Morgan Freeman himself narrating the spooky Halloween themed trailer on the site. To get things really going a bunch of merchandise including a everyday attire, a book and even a face mask are available for purchase for hardcore fans of the co...
Rona Has The Last Laugh, Forces Dave Chappelle To Cancel Rest of Ohio Comedy Shows
Source: ALEX EDELMAN / Getty Dave Chappelle’s socially distanced comedy shows are no more thanks to Rona. Despite practicing all of the safety measures to ensure that guests, workers, and talent don’t catch the highly contagious virus, COVID-19 still found a way to shut down the Chappelle’s socially distanced shows. Page Six reports the remaining four shows have been canceled after one of the acts on the bill tested positive for the coronavirus. Per Page Six: “Page Six has learned that the comedy legend’s “Intimate Socially Distanced Affair” series in Yellow Springs, Ohio — which has seen performances by Chris Rock, David Letterman, Jon Stewart, Tiffany Haddish, Michael Che, Sarah Silverman, Louis CK, and Michelle Wolf, among others — was shut down hours before Friday’s installment because...
