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Fans Pick Beyonce’s ‘Black Is King’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
Music fans voted in a poll published Friday (July 31) on Billboard, choosing Beyoncé‘s stunning new visual album on Disney+ as their favorite new music release from the past week. Set to the music of Bey’s stellar The Lion King: The Gift album, released in 2019, Black Is King is a gorgeous, visually inventive piece of storytelling, exploring the themes of Black legacy and generational learning through the thin veil of The Lion King’s story. Black Is King brought in 76% of the vote this week, beating out new music by Billie Eilish, Sam Smith, A$AP Ferg, Dan + Shay and others. {“nid”:”9427689″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Every Performance From Beyonce's 'Black Is King,' Ranked: Critic's Picks&#...
The Best Fan Reactions to Taylor Swift’s ‘Folklore’ Hitting No. 1 on the Billboard 200
Before Taylor Swift’s Folklore officially topped the Billboard 200, fans were waiting with bated breath for the numbers to come in. Swifties did their research and predicted that Swift’s seventh studio album might break some records. “Turn notifications on now!” one fan account alerted. Indeed, Folklore stood on its tallest tiptoes, spinning straight to No. 1. It debuted on the Billboard 200 albums chart with 846,000 equivalent album units earned in the U.S. in the week ending July 30, according to Nielsen Music/MRC Data. {“nid”:”9428290″,”type”:”post”,”title”:”Taylor Swift Achieves Seventh No. 1 Album on Billboard 200 Chart & Biggest Week of 2020 With 'Folklore'”,”relative_p...
Alicia Keys & Swizz Beatz Celebrate 10-Year Anniversary: ‘So True and Real and Genuine’
Alicia Keys and Swizz Beatz have spent the weekend sharing their anniversary bliss on social media. The couple, who got married 10 years ago, gushed about their decade of love and marveled at how quickly the time has passed. “My love, you are my dream come true!!” Keys wrote to her husband on Saturday (Aug. 1). “You always make me smile. You make me laugh and think and grow and dream and reach and stretch and I am in awe of our love! 10 joiiiwwnnntttttttzzzzzzz!!!!!! It’s so fast bc it’s so much fun! and so true and real and genuine! I adore you!!! Here’s to so much more of the greatness we create together!!! Deeply appreciating and loving every moment.” “Feels like 10 weeks,” Swizz commented on her post. “Wow wow wow! Let’s Keep going Queen Love y...
Watch Hayley Williams Plays ‘Simmer’ on Her Back Porch
Hayley Williams has been gifting us with all sorts of covers during quarantine, but on Sunday the Paramore singer decided to use the latest installment of her “self-serenade” Instagram series to play a stripped-down version of one of her own solo songs — “Simmer” — on her back porch. “this song came out 6 hundred years ago, b.c. (corona) but i still love it and it keeps evolving. ‘SIMMER,’” she captioned the video. “thanks for listening to me sing to myself all these months. i have really enjoyed sharing lil glimpses into my solitude like this. hope you’re stayin safe and allowing yourself some peace in your own solitude.” She then gave a shout out to her adorable dog that makes a cameo in the clip: “oh yeah, Alf says ...
Insomniac Officially Pulls the Plug On EDC Las Vegas, Announces 2021 Dates
EDC Las Vegas is the latest major festival brand to bite the bullet due to the impact of COVID-19. Insomniac has officially pulled the plug on the 2020 edition of EDC Las Vegas due to the impact of COVID-19. Insomniac boss Pasquale Rotella took to Instagram to share the solemn news. “Some have questioned why we haven’t postponed yet & I want to let you know what we’ve been up to,” Rotella wrote. “The team & I have spent the last several months working to create a plan that would allow us to produce a safe event for you. We wanted to implement a free two-step testing program, one test at home before traveling to Las Vegas & another test at the venue when you arrived, in addition to many other enhanced safety protocols. Unfortunately, we just lear...
Iconic Electronica and Funk Musician Thundercat Says He Has a Full Album with Mac Miller
“It exist.” Prolific electronica and jazz fusion musician Thundercat dropped a Twitter bomb on Friday, July 31st with a simple two-word tweet about the late hip-hop star Mac Miller. After a fan tweeted, “Imagine if [Thundercat] and [Mac Miller] did an entire album together,” the Grammy Award-winning record producer replied with a succinct yet far from ambiguous confirmation. “It exist,” he wrote. The tweet flung Twitter headlong into a fever pitch, of course, as a legion of users replied in the thread and asked him to release the music. It wasn’t long before Thundercat, who dedicated his April 2020 It Is What It Is LP to Miller’s memory, followed up with a response to extinguish the babel. “Everything isn’t meant to be put out like...
Nile Rodgers, The 1975, Lily Allen and More Sign Open Letter Combating Hate in the Music Industry
More than 700 members of the UK music industry, including artists, managers, record label execs, agents, songwriters and producers, have joined forces and signed an open letter vowing to combat hate. “In recent months through a series of events and incidents, the anti-black racists and antisemites, plus those who advocate islamophobia, xenophobia, homophobia and transphobia, have repeatedly demonstrated that they clearly want us all to fail,” the letter reads. “Whether it be systemic racism and racial inequality highlighted by continued police brutality in America or anti-Jewish racism promulgated through online attacks, the result is the same: suspicion, hatred and division. We are at our worst when we attack one another.” “All forms of racism have the same r...
Tekashi 6ix9ine Off House Arrest, Shoots Music Video In Brooklyn
Source: @JustInMyView / R1 Digital Tekashi 6ix9ine is finally off house arrest. Naturally, rap music’s most infamous snitch used the new free time to shoot a music video. Apparently, the tattle tale was in Brooklyn bright early to shoot the clip, and avoid anyone looking for the fade. Reports TMZ: We got this vid of Tekashi out in Brooklyn Sunday, bright and early (7:30 AM) …. alongside some super wild rides. It’s no surprise … a few security guards were patrolling the area, along with a massive entourage. Security was blocking several streets, stopping drivers from coming through. It’s pretty clear they had permits to shoot the video … otherwise, cops would have shut it down. The cars are crazy — 2 colorful Lambos, an orange McLaren, a yellow Dodg...
Noname Shades Beyoncé, Says ‘Black Is King’ Is “Draped In Capitalism”
Source: PYMCA / Getty No matter what, there’s always going to be someone, and plenty more, who are unsatisfied. Rapper Noname decided to shade Beyoncé for her new film Black Is King, claiming it’s “draped in capitalism.” we love an african aesthetic draped in capitalism. hope we remember the blk folks on the continent whose daily lives are impacted by u.s imperialism. if we can uplift the imagery i hope we can uplift those who will never be able to access it. black liberation is a global struggle — (@noname) July 31, 2020 Before you ask, whether sincerely or for slander purpose, Noname is a Chicago rapper and activist. She got into a tiff with J. Cole recently and held her own, and lately, she’s gotten more press for her Twitter feed than her music. No s...
HHW Gaming: Human Things’ Genki Portable Nintendo Switch Dock Now Available
Source: Genki / Genki Covert Dock The ability to pair your Nintendo Switch with any TV without having to bring the dock is now a reality. Human Things’ portable Genki Covert Dock, which was one of the most funded gaming hardware projects on Kickstarter last year, is now available for purchase. The pocket-sized peripheral does it all. It not only takes the place of the Switch docking accessory by pairing Nintendo Switch with any TV that has a USB-C port, but it will also charge the hybrid gaming console as well as any other device. Source: Genki / Genki Covert Dock That’s not all it does either, other key features include: 90% smaller than the native Switch Dock and 22% smaller than native Switch charger The first-ever charger with built-in HDMI display, allowing the Switch to o...
Lana Del Rey Recites ‘Salamander’ Poem in Candid Video
Lana Del Rey released the digital audio version of her poetry collection, Violet Bent Backwards Over the Grass, on July 28 and over the weekend shared a candid video for one of its entries via social media. In the grainy clip, the singer-songwriter recites an abridged version of “Salamander” while collaborator Jack Antonoff’s sparse instrumentation plays in the background. “Get out of my blood, salamander,” she reads from a manuscript. “I can’t seem to blow off enough steam to get you out of my head/ Soul cycle you to death, run you out of my blood to San Pedro/ And yet, everywhere I go, it seems there you are/ And there I am.” Watch Del Rey recite “Salamander” below. pic.twitter.com/Mir1RIVVdD — Lana Del Rey (@LanaDelRey) August 1, 2020 Violet Bent Back...
Jane’s Addiction Play First Public Performance in Three Years For Lollapalooza Livestream
Jane’s Addiction reunited for their first public performance in three years Saturday night as part of Lollapalooza’s Lolla2020 livestream. Frontman Perry Farrell, guitarist Dave Navarro, bassist Chris Chaney, and drummer Stephen Perkins took over a remote sound stage for a calming rendition of “I Would For You” and electric “Stop.” Though the band shared a stage, the members made sure to keep their distance, with a clear partition between Perkins and the rest of the group. Watch Jane’s Addiction’s set below. Farrell’s been busy during Lollapalooza weekend. Aside from this reunion, he also got his band Porno For Pyros back together for the first time in 24 years during a backyard performance of “Pets” and “Kimberly Aust...
