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Mariah Carey Is Celebrating Christmas Early With Holiday Loot Crate
If you purchase an independently reviewed product or service through a link on our website, we may receive an affiliate commission. The Queen of Christmas is beginning her reign early this year! Mariah Carey teamed up with subscription box company Loot Crate to announce on Friday (July 16) the officially licensed, limited edition Mariah Carey Holiday Crate, full of Christmas collectibles ranging from gifting essentials, bakeware, ornaments and more. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be. It begins with giving you back power. Get to meet Beautiful people, chat and make money in the process. Earn rewards by chatting, sharing photos, blogging and help give users back their fair share of Internet revenue.
deadmau5 and Lights Reunite for Anthemic Single “When The Summer Dies”: Listen
World-renowned electronic music producer deadmau5 has teamed up with Lights for an anthemic single called “When The Summer Dies,” out now via mau5trap. When deadmau5 and Lights first teamed up back in 2018 to release the midtempo track “Drama Free,” it was something of a perfect pairing. Longtime friends and collaborators, the two have since performed on numerous occasions, such as at the 2019 editions of Ultra Music Festival and Creamfields. Today, they have reunited to release an electro single reminiscent of some of deadmau5’s earlier music. “When The Summer Dies” showcases Lights’ signature pop-punk sensibilities, infused with a playful production from deadmau5. Check out the track below and find it on streaming platforms ...
Song of the Week: Clairo Questions the Expectations of Womanhood, With Some Help From Lorde, on “Reaper”
Song of the Week breaks down and talks about the song we just can’t get out of our head each week. Find these songs and more on our Spotify Top Songs playlist. For our favorite new songs from emerging artists, check out our Spotify New Sounds playlist. This week, a highlight from Clairo’s sophomore album, Sling, has us swooning. When announcing her sophomore LP, Sling, last month, Clairo shared a note admitting the album was inspired by her dog, Joanie, who made her consider themes of care, motherhood, and responsibility. These subjects all appear on the excellent late album cut “Reaper,” which features Lorde on backing vocals. Clairo ponders life with and without a child throughout the song, employing a gently-strummed acoustic and ethereal harmonies to create a comforting environment. Ho...
Come On and Slam: How Quad City DJ’s’ ‘Space Jam’ Became the Theme of Online Mashups
Slam remixes are a bit like the Rule 34 of the music world. If you can think of an IP, the internet has probably mashed it up with QCD’s ‘90s anthem. Cowboy Bebop? Slam. The Price Is Right? Slam. Space Jam?! Slam. It’s almost like the online community created an extended musical multiverse connecting Space Jam to every cultural touchstone in sight. Tracing the origins of the meme involves a labyrinthine journey through now-defunct forum posts dating back to 2005. Ian Kelly, a mashup artist known as Psynwav, happens to be qualified to further break down the broken links. “So ‘Space Jam’ first started with Randy Savage stuff,” the remixer says. The late wrestler offered the requisite flamboyance to carry the first wave of the fad. “It was mostly associated with Randy Savage because it was a ...
Olivia Rodrigo, Justin Bieber, Normani, Khalid & More of the Week’s Biggest Winners (July 16)
Take a look at Billboard‘s new weekly roundup and the “awards” it gave to this week’s headlines. Sweetest Music News: Cardi B & Offset throw Kulture a 3rd birthday party fit for a princess Cardi and Offset’s little princess got the royal treatment on Saturday (July 10) for her third birthday, which included a horse-drawn carriage to a greeting party of Disney princesses and a custom Eliantte diamond neck piece for even more razzle dazzle. But to all the haters who wanted to rain on Kulture’s parade, Cardi wasn’t having it. “Listen imma live my childhood dreams thru my kids,” she tweeted in defense of the lavish celebration and gift. See photos of the party here and extravagant gift here, read Cardi...
Clairo’s Sling Is a Luminous, Devastatingly Intimate Portrait of Domesticity
Just four years ago, Claire Cottrill was creating lo-fi bedroom pop on a simple keyboard. Then her now-certified-platinum song “Pretty Girl” went viral on YouTube, and the unexpectedly biting track cascaded into a breadth of opportunities for the young artist, who performs as Clairo. After dozens of festival shows, collaborations, and an EP, she released her excellent debut album Immunity in 2019 to widespread acclaim. Although many doubted Clairo’s ability to showcase a strong musical identity due to her age, background, and her viral moments, Immunity was an impressive and personal foray into her unique brand of indie pop. (It also sparked her first Billboard hit in “Sofia,” which enjoyed TikTok attention in the autumn of 2020.) Now, two years later, Clairo returns with Sling, an organic...
Lorde Cranks Up ‘Solar Power’ For ‘Late Show’ Rooftop Performance
With her seven-piece band dressed in muted suits, the singer climbed up onto a mirrored riser as the song’s seductive chorus kicked in and the air filled with a swarm of bubbles. The Colbert visit was the debut performance of the song from the singer’s anticipated third effort, due out Aug. 20 on Republic Records. The track was co-written and co-produced by Lorde and frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff, with backing vocals on the recorded version from Phoebe Bridgers and Clairo. Earlier this week, Lorde said she was having a bit of culture shock returning to the “pop star world” after a few years out of the spotlight following the release and tour for 2017’s Melodrama. At the same time, she appears to be going full bore on getting back into the zone, teasing t...
Clairo Releases New Album Sling: Stream
The new album from singer-songwriter Clairo is here. Titled Sling, the 22-year-old singer-songwriter’s sophomore album was co-produced alongside in-demand studio wiz Jack Antonoff. The album sees Clairo build on the vulnerable, hushed indie-pop of her 2019 debut, Immunity. Press materials for Sling describe the record as an “exploration of mental health, unmet expectations, and the struggle to treat ourselves with gentleness and love,” with a lot of the subject matter inspired by Clairo’s newly-adopted dog, Joanie. “When I got Joanie, I started changing my routines and habits to healthier ones, to try to create an environment where she felt comfortable and happy,” Clairo said in a statement. “It made me realize I hadn’t been doing that for myself, and that I need to look at myself with the...
Swedish House Mafia Returns: In Stockholm With the Dance Music Legends
And the group was still hard at work on more new music: In June 2019, the members were in the studio with A$AP Rocky the day before he turned himself in to Swedish police following an alleged street brawl (and was subsequently held in detention for two months). Still, the group dragged its feet on releasing singles — it still felt the album was unfinished. Then, everything stopped. The COVID-19 pandemic struck — and the Swedes, in a way, got what they wanted: much more time to work on the music. “Now we laugh about the early ideas,” says Angello. “We’re like, ‘Holy s–t — we were supposed to put that out?’ ” The pandemic may have had some silver linings for artists, but the Swedes weren’t immune to its many downsides. Sweden never fully locked down and only recommended wearing ma...
Harry Styles Adjusts 2021 North American Tour Dates
This fall, Harry Styles will embark on a lengthy US tour in support of his latest album, Fine Line. Ahead of its launch date, the singer has made a number of adjustments to the tour’s itinerary. Due to COVID-19 restrictions varying by state, the “Fine Line Tour” kick off a month later than originally planned. The first date is now scheduled for September 4th in Las Vegas, Nevada. What’s more, because of global travel restrictions, Styles has had to pull the plug on all international tour dates at this time — and that includes Canada. On the plus side, Styles has added three new shows to the docket, including dates in Nashville (9/29), Uncasville (10/21), and Milwaukee (11/3). Plus, Jenny Lewis is still on board to serve as the tour’s opening act. Advertisement Related Video Check out the u...
Ariana Grande Tells Britney Spears She’s ‘Loved & Supported’ After Court Hearing
It’s unclear whether Grande and Spears have ever met or interacted, though Grande did pay tribute to the pop legend by impersonating her signature vocals on The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon back in 2015 and singing a snippet of Spears’ “Womanizer” on Snapchat that same year. In Spears’ Instagram caption Wednesday, Spears thanked her dedicated fans, writing, “You have no idea what it means to me be supported by such awesome fans !!!! God bless you all !!!!!” Also in the comments section was Latin star Paulina Rubio (“I love you #freebritney”) and Spears’ boyfriend Sam Asghari: “Internet is about to explode #FreeBritney.” See Spears’ new post below: You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Date...
Britney Spears Uses #FreeBritney Hashtag in Instagram Post Celebrating Court Ruling
The #FreeBritney movement has been pop culture canon for quite a while now, and it’s been cemented even further now that its namesake has finally utilized the hashtag on her own social media. Celebrating Wednesday’s court ruling that she can at last hire her own lawyer, Britney Spears shared a gleeful Instagram post expressing her gratitude with clips of herself horseback riding and doing cartwheels. Tacked on at the end of the caption was a cheeky “#FreeBritney.” “Coming along, folks … coming along,” Spears wrote, with a middle-finger emoji for good measure. “New with real representation today … I feel GRATITUDE and BLESSED !!!! Thank you to my fans who are supporting me … You have no idea what it means to me be supported by such awesome fans !!!! God bless you all !!!!! Pssss this is me ...
