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Jungkook Covers Harry Styles’ “Falling”: Stream
Jungkook just dropped a surprise for ARMY and Harries alike: a solo cover of Harry Styles’ “Falling.” Stream the track below. Uploaded to the official BANGTANTV YouTube channel, the cover is a faithful recreation of the Fine Line standout, as the BTS member croons, “What am I now? What am I now?/ What if I’m someone I don’t want around?/ I’m falling again, I’m falling again, I’m falling/ What if I’m down? What if I’m out?/ What if I’m someone you won’t talk about?/ I’m falling again, I’m falling again, I’m falling.” Jungkook’s take on the former One Direction-er’s 2019 single arrives on the heels of BTS’ own Permission to Dance on Stage virtual concert, which the K-pop idols livestreamed from Seoul earlier this week. Advertisement Related Video Meanwhile, Styles is busy regaling the countr...
‘It’s Made People More Paranoid’: How Artists and Writers Are Covering Their Bases in the Post-’Blurred Lines’ Era of Interpolations
Some of these include HookTheory, a database which breaks down melodies, or the Music Copyright Infringement Resource (MCIR), which compiles music copyright cases from the mid 20th century onwards, both from the U.S. and some foreign territories. Though musicologists employ various online databases, today these options are still rudimentary and are only used to supplement the musicologist’s expertise. Creating a truly accurate tool would necessitate more advanced artificial intelligence than is currently available. In music, there are two separate copyrightable elements: the sound recording and the underlying composition itself. For sound recording copyright disputes, it is much more straightforward: if an artist copied and pasted a portion of a sound recording (“sampling”) into a ne...
‘Easy’ Money: Adele’s Return Lifts Her Entire Streaming Catalog
Yet Adele’s blockbuster return has been different than her peers’ major debuts in one significant way: her one new song is causing all her older songs — yes, all of them — to dramatically surge on streaming platforms as well. As “Easy On Me” crowns the Hot 100 in its first full week of release (the single debuted at No. 68 on last week’s chart based solely on its first five hours of availability), listeners have also flocked to her old albums. For the week ending Oct. 21, the total U.S. on-demand streams for Adele’s 2008 album 19, 2011’s 21 and 2015’s 25 increased a whopping 93% to 11.34 million streams, 79% to 25.86 million and 93% to 33.39 million, respectively, compared to the prior week, according to MRC Data. Multiple songs earned even greater streaming i...
See Lady Gaga Dressed to Kill as Patrizia in New ‘House of Gucci’ Teaser
In the sneak peek, Gaga wears a red gown, black gloves and diamonds as she introduces herself to Adam Driver’s Maurizio Gucci at a party. Lady Gaga is set to make her follow-up to 2018’s A Star Is Born with House of Gucci‘s arrival on Nov. 26. With just one month left before the star-studded film premieres, a new teaser released Wednesday (Oct. 27) shows the “Rain on Me” singer as Patrizia Reggiani having her first encounter with fashion house mogul Maurizio Gucci. In the sneak peek, Gaga wears a red gown, black gloves and diamonds as she introduces herself to Gucci (Adam Driver) at a party. The pair dances the night away, before the trailer progresses to scenes that establish the Gucci family’s wealth: Italian ski trips, waterfront vacation homes and lu...
Tori Amos on New Album Ocean to Ocean and Reconnecting with Little Earthquakes
Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Podcasts | Stitcher | Pocket Casts | Radio Public | RSS Tori Amos catches up with Kyle Meredith to talk about Ocean to Ocean, an album that finds her dealing with the pandemic, politics, nature, and her own personal stories from the past year. Advertisement Related Video The legendary songwriter discusses writing an album about voyages without being able to leave her home, fan expectations, and connecting back to her Little Earthquakes album as a way to heal. Amos also tells us about how the muses spoke to her for this latest set and the reckoning we all have to have when it comes to nature and the environment. Listen to this new episode of Kyle Meredith With… above, or via the You...
Coldplay Cover PinkPantheress’ “Just for Me” for BBC Radio 1’s Live Lounge: Watch
Coldplay stopped by the BBC Radio 1 Live Lounge today and performed a set that included a stirring cover of PinkPantheress’ “Just for Me.” Watch the session below. On a circular stage littered with lights, Chris Martin transformed the electro-pop stalker vibes of the rising star’s to hell with it cut into a reflective, piano-strewn ballad. “I found the street of the house in which you stay,” he crooned before his bandmates joined in for the final chorus and coda. “My diary’s full of your name on every page/ ‘Cause I read somewhere you’ll fall in love with me/ And I’ll try and try again one day, you’ll see.” “I was learning about PinkPantheress, and she’s so great and talented and wonderful and from the West Country,” Martin said during the radio interview that coincided with the numbe...
Olivia Rodrigo Performs “traitor” on Kimmel: Watch
After the year she’s had, Olivia Rodrigo has earned her flowers, and she brought hundreds — perhaps thousands — of them to the set of Jimmy Kimmel Live! for her performance of the SOUR cut “traitor.” A longtime Disney star, Rodrigo is no stranger to television. For her new appearance on the ABC stages, she posted up in front of a piano in a manicured floral field. As the bitter pop tune progressed, her band appeared out of the shadows to flesh out the orchestration, but Rodrigo was never long out of frame. Elsewhere on the show, Rodrigo sat for an interview with Kimmel. She told him about her experience visiting the White House, as well as the incredibly strange gifts she was presented with by President Biden: Ray-Bans, M&Ms, and for some reason, a shoehorn. Check o...
Justin Bieber Is Top Nominee at 2021 People’s Choice Awards
Both Doja Cat and Olivia Rodrigo were nominated for the female artist of 2021, as well as album of 2021 for Planet Her and Sour, respectively. The nominations for the upcoming People’s Choice Awards were announced on Wednesday (Oct. 27). The fan-voted awards show features 40 categories across movies, television, music and pop culture. The People’s Choice Awards is slated to air on both NBC and E! on Dec. 7 at 9 p.m. ET from the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, Calif. Voting is now open for fans worldwide at votepca.com. Here’s the complete list of nominees. Music The male artist of 2021 Bad BunnyDrakeEd SheeranJustin BieberLil Nas XLuke CombsShawn MendesThe Weeknd The female artist of 2021 AdeleBillie EilishCardi BDoja CatHalseyMegan Thee StallionOlivia RodrigoSaweetie...
Whitney Houston x Clean Bandit’s ‘How Will I Know’ Gets a Joyous, High-Stepping Dance Video
RCA Records is celebrating the 36th anniversary of the release of Whitney Houston‘s 1986 Billboard Hot 100 No. 1 hit “How Will I Know” with the release of a joyful, choreo-filled video for the Whitney x Clean Bandit dance remix of the song. Directed by Ezra Hurwitz (N.Y. City Ballet) and choreographed by James Alsop (Beyoncé), the colorful clip stars Glee actress Heather Morris and dancer Marlon Pelayo as two office drones at W.E. Houston & Associates. Glum Pelayo is excited to match with Morris on a dating app, even though she seems to have put him in the friend zone. As their cubicle mates burst into dance all around them, Morris slips on her headphones and goes out for a coffee while Pelayo frantically searches for her all around the office. When they finally ...
What’s Your Favorite Elton John Collaboration? Vote!
When Elton John had to pause his “Farewell Yellow Brick Road” tour back in March 2020 because of the COVID pandemic, his original plan to retire and tour was diverted. What resulted, however, was a one-of-a-kind collection of collaborations titled The Lockdown Sessions (released Oct. 22) that allowed John the ability to work with legends like Stevie Wonder, Brandi Carlile, Stevie Nicks and Eddie Vedder and legends in the making like Dua Lipa, Miley Cyrus and Charlie Puth. With more than 300 million records sold, John’s discography is diverse not only in sound but in partnerships and collaborations. His music is played widely across and beyond television, film and stage and is stacked full of famous names, including John Lennon, Eric Clapton and Lady Gaga. You Deserve to Make Mon...
Ed Sheeran Previews New Song During Spirited NPR Tiny Desk Concert
Ahead of the Oct. 29 release of =, singer-songwriter Ed Sheeran contributed a performance to the lauded NPR Tiny Desk Concert series on Tuesday (Oct. 26). Sheeran played multiple cuts off of the forthcoming record, with Billboard Hot 100 tops 10s “Shivers” and “Bad Habits” bookending the setlist. He also threw some curveballs in for his fans, performing a cover of Foy Vance’s “Make It Rain” and previewing an unreleased song called “Overpass Graffiti,” which will be on the album. Backed by a bustling live band and backing vocals curated by musical director Adam Blackstone, Sheeran played a lively and soulful set, at times rocking out with his acoustic guitar and other times just passionately singing into his microphone. He donned a ...
Britney Spears Wants ‘Justice’ After Conservatorship Ends, Calls Out Family For ‘Hurting’ Her
“Well I’m no longer available to any of them now!!! I don’t mind being alone … and actually I’m tired of being this understanding Mother Teresa… if you’re rude to me then I’m done… peace out,” she continued before adding, “This message is to my family… for hurting me deeper than you’ll ever know!!!” Spears also noted, “I know the conservatorship is about to be over but I still want justice!!! I’m only 5’4″ and I’ve played the bigger person my entire life… do you now how hard that is???” The recent post is not the first time Spears has called out her family on social media. Earlier this month, Spears wrote of her family, “If you’re like my family who says things like ‘sorry, you’re in a conservatorship’ … probably thinking you’re different so they can fuck with you !!!! Thankfully I found a...
