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Yungblud Reveals Release Date for Sophomore Album ‘Weird!’: ‘Embrace the Strange’
The set from the rising U.K. star is slated to arrive Nov. 13 via Interscope Records. Yungblud announced his forthcoming sophomore album, Weird!, on Thursday morning (Sept. 17) via social media. “WEIRD! the album will be released on friday 13th of november,” the rising star wrote on Instagram. “I cannot wait for you to fall into this world with me. together let’s re define what it means to be ‘different’. embrace the strange. never settle for being anything less than 100% who you are, even if that’s 15 different people all at the same time.” The slideshow posted by the U.K. singer-songwriter reveals the album cover art, which features Yungblud inhabiting seven distinct, gender-bending characters leaning against a bright blue wall of corrugated metal, as ...
Netflix’s Song Exploder Will Feature R.E.M., Alicia Keys and More
Since 2014, Hrishikesh Hirway has been sitting down with musicians to talk about how they imagined and created their biggest hits on the Song Exploder podcast. Now, Hirway and Oscar-winning filmmaker Morgan Neville have turned the podcast into a docuseries that will premiere on Netflix next month. In the trailer released today (Sept. 17), Alicia Keys will break down “3 Hour Drive;” Lin-Manuel Miranda will talk about the birth of “Wait for It,” from the award-winning Broadway hit Hamilton; Ty Dolla $ign will discuss the inspiration behind “LA” and Michael Stipe will talk about the R.E.M. hit “Losing My Religion.” “‘Losing My Religion’ was kind of a mistake,” Stipe said in the trailer. “The fact that it became what it became is still puzzling to all of us.” The R.E.M. singer a...
Prince’s Estate Shares Previously Unreleased Song ‘I Need a Man’
We’re less than 10 days away from the release of the massive Sign O’ the Times box set that features over 60 previously unheard songs from Prince’s vault. Whether or not he wanted them released is one thing, but over the past month or so, a bunch of them from this collection have surfaced. The latest from that batch is “I Need a Man.” At just over five-and-a-half minutes, the funked-up, jazzy tune sounds like it could have and should have been at home on Sign O’ the Times. The song was recorded at the Washington Avenue Warehouse on Jan. 22, 1987, months before his Paisley Park Studios would be completed. Fun fact: the song was one of four that Prince offered to Bonnie Raitt. The tune was originally written for Vanity 6 predecessors The Hookers in August 1981, which...
Teyana Taylor “1800-One-Night,” Janelle Monae “Turntables” & More | Daily Visuals 9.16.20
Source: Def Jam / Def Jam Teyana Taylor’s never been a shy one when it comes to flaunting her toned physical degree but in her latest visuals the songstress shows minimal skin and still turns in a sensual and seductive performance. For her latest video to “1800-One-Night,” Spike Tee gets her Girl 6 on and becomes a phone sex operator because how else is she supposed to make paper during a rampant pandemic? She can’t exactly do shows right now. We wonder if Iman Shumpert is her number one customer? Janelle Monae meanwhile gets into the protest mindset and for her clip to “Turntables” takes on white supremacy in AmeriKKKa and calls for the people to take to the streets and make their voices heard while raising their fists. Check out the rest of today’s drops including work from Peso Peso, Ki...
Foot Locker Partners With Rock The Vote, Customers Will Be Able To Register To Vote In Stores
Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker Today (Sept. 17), Foot Locker, Inc. announced that it is partnering with Rock The Vote. If you can work a sneaker app, you can certainly figure out if you’re registered to vote, right? Source: Foot Locker / Foot Locker The team-up means more than 2,000 Foot Locker, Champs Sports and Footaction brick and mortar stores will be transformed into voting registration hubs. A sneaker destination is definitely one place to catch Gen Z consumers, and others as well. Starting next week and on time for “National Voter Registration Day” (September 22), if you step foot into a U.S. retail location in the Foot Locker family you will have access to a digital hub that lets you access to information like checking your voter registration status or ever registering to vote i...
Cardi B Deads Rumors Her Divorce Is Result Of Offset Impregnating Another Woman
Source: Bernard Smalls / @PhotosByBeanz Cardi B shocked (but didn’t necessarily surprise) the Hip-Hop world when she filed for divorce of her husband of three years, Offset. With all kinds of rumors flying around from Cardi having caught Offset cheating on her (again) to the Migos rapper having put a bun in another woman’s oven, Cardi has decided to break her silence and address the reason behind the couple’s split with her confidant, vlogger Lovely TI. Speaking for Cardi (kinda), LT deaded rumors that Offset had added a new baby mama to his stable and explained that Cardi and Offset simply grew apart like anyone else who might’ve rushed into a marriage. Revealing that Cardi told her she was upset about the baby rumors and actually called Offset to confront him about it (he denies it), TI ...
Elton John to Release Massive Career-Spanning Jewel Box
Sir Elton John is getting a massive, career-spanning box set appropriately titled Jewel Box. The set, which encapsulates his entire career from 1965-2019, features 148 personally-curated songs by John. The collection includes the previously unreleased 1969 tune “Sing Me No Sad Songs,” along with other rarities from 1965-1971 and lesser-known B-sides. The set will be released in numerous formats, including an eight-CD box with accompanying hardcover book of photos and commentary by John; a four-LP set; a three-LP set and a two-LP version. The collection, which lands Nov. 13th through UMe, will also come out as a digital download and via streaming services. “To delve back through every period of my career in such detail for Jewel Box has been an absolute pleasure,” J...
Ford Teases Its Extra Off-Road-Ready Bronco “Warthog”
There’s no telling if the Warthog name is truly heading to the Bronco, as the application only deems it for, “Land motor vehicles, namely, passenger automobiles, pick-up trucks, sport utility vehicles.” That’s an admittedly broad list of possible applications. Nevertheless, internet forums have circulated the possibility of the top-dog Bronco model donning the “Warthog” name for some time now. Although Bronco fans aren’t product planners, the fact they’ve been predicting a name that the Blue Oval only just got around to trademarking does lend credit to the possibility of a future Bronco model bearing the Warthog name. Adding fuel to the fire is a recent photo put out by Ford on its social media channels. The image shows a camouflaged Bronco &...
The Unlikely but Plausible Way the Suzuki Jimny Could Come to the U.S.
The Suzuki Jimny is the tiny four-wheel-drive SUV that we absolutely love, and maybe even more than we really should. Automotive writers and critics have gone wild about it, but by any dispassionate analysis, the little Jimny sales case—where it likely wears a high price in a niche segment—is marginal in this country. If the sales justified homologating it here, wouldn’t someone find a way to do it? Suzuki might be gone as a seller of passenger vehicles in America, but surely there’s a partnership possibility with a company that remains in our market. Hey, wait a minute, there is! Toyota owns a stake in Suzuki. A small one to be sure, but a real one. And with the introduction of the Ford Bronco and the subsequent elevation of the dearly departed FJ Cruiser into the realm of a m...
Nine Can’t-Miss Moments From the 2020 ACM Awards
On Wednesday night (Sept. 16), the Academy of Country Music finally got to hold its long-delayed awards ceremony. Postponed from the original April 5 date after the pandemic sent everyone into lockdown, the 2020 edition of the ACM Awards moved to Nashville for the first time, adjusted to social distancing and no audience and still managed to pull of a show that had plenty of striking moments—including a tie for the coveted entertainer of the year. There were none of the usual cutaways to the audience or shots of Taylor Swift singing along to every song with gusto. Instead, a raft of top names performed from three iconic Nashville venues: the Grand Ole Opry House, Ryman Auditorium, and the Bluebird Cafe, while Keith Urban hosted live from the Grand Ole Opry. Here are some of the top moments...
‘The Mandalorian’ & ‘Watchmen’ Win Big on Night 3 of Creative Arts Emmys
Are these shows now the front-runners to win on Sunday for outstanding drama series and outstanding limited series? Are you watching The Mandalorian on Disney + and/or Watchmen on HBO? Lots of Emmy voters are. These shows won five and four awards, respectively on Night 3 of the Creative Arts Emmys. Both shows are in the running to win more awards at Sunday’s Emmy Awards broadcast on ABC. The Mandalorian is a contender for outstanding drama series; Watchmen, for outstanding limited series. Other shows that were saluted on Night 3, albeit with just award each, include The Crown, Succession, Stranger Things and The Handmaid’s Tale, all of which are also nominated for outstanding drama series; and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel, which is nominated for outstanding comedy series. Read the tea leaves ...
Bogota Music Market: 5 Takeaways From Henry Cárdenas’ Inspiring Chat
On the third day (Sept. 16) of the Bogotá Music Market, Billboard‘s Leila Cobo sat down with Henry Cárdenas, owner and president of event and concert promotion firm Cardenas Marketing Network (CMN) for the weekly daily “inspiring” conversation. During the chat, the pair talked about the impact the COVID-19-imposed lockdown has had on the live industry, when shows are likely to resume again and how he met his longtime friend and business partner Marc Anthony. Cárdenas was part of a number of panelists featured on BOmm’s first all-digital edition with programming that includes 20 panels, workshops and showcases running through Sept. 18. The full program and viewing instructions can be accessed here. Below, find five takeaways from the nearly one-hour ch...
