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Twenty One Pilots Climb to New Heights With Eye-Popping ‘Scaled and Icy’ Livestream: Recap
The event opened on the set of the fictional Good Day Dema talk show, whose name was a familiar reference to the dystopian cabal at the center of the twisty storyline on 21P’s previous album, 2018’s Trench. Joseph took a seat on the retro ’70s couch for an interview with the two vapid hosts in cheesy polyester getups, who cracked corny jokes as the singer looked increasingly uneasy. He eventually tuned them out and walked to an adjacent, colorful set for a blitz through the new album’s second single, the propulsive “Choker.” Arrayed on a giant, pastel-colored rainbow bisected by a giant model of the album’s mascot, the lovable, fire-breathing Trash the Dragon, the pink-haired vocalist weaved his way around the portions of the dragon sticking o...
You’d “Butter” Believe That BTS’ New Single Is the Song of the Summer
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Olivia Rodrigo’s ‘Sour’ Is Here: Stream It Now
Olivia Rodrigo finally fed her fans with Sour, her highly anticipated debut album that she released on Friday (May 21) via Geffen Records. The 11-track project includes her previously released breakout debut hit “Drivers License,” which spent eight weeks at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, her top 10 hit “Deja Vu” and her latest song “Good 4 U.” And for her fellow Swifties, Rodrigo has a sweet surprise: The fourth track, “1 Step Forward, 3 Steps Back,” interpolates “New Year’s Day” from the pop superstar’s 2017 album Reputation. Swift and her frequent collaborator Jack Antonoff each have writing credits on the song. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Date...
Jonas Brothers and Marshmello Steam on Sweet Ballad ‘Leave Before You Love Me’: Listen
On it, Kevin, Joe and Nick sing, “Dancing on the edge bout to take it too far/ It’s messing with my head how I mess with your heart/ If you wake up in your bed alone in the dark/ I’m sorry gotta leave before you love me.” It’s the first new number from Jonas Brothers in 2021. We’ll get to see a lot more of them all Sunday (May 23) for the BBMAs, which will be hosted by Nick. The lads will also mount a major tour this summer. Stream “Leave Before You Love Me” below. 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.
BTS Deliver English-Language Single “Butter”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T03:40:55+00:00“>May 20, 2021 | 11:40pm ET BTS have dropped their latest single “Butter” via Big Hit Music/Sony Music Entertainment. The smooth-churned song marks the K-pop boy band’s second English-language single following their 2020 smash “Dynamite”, which topped the Billboard Hot 100 last September. In a news release, the septet teased the song as, “a dance pop track brimming with the smooth yet charismatic charm of BTS.” It follows the release of Top 10 hit “Life Goes On” and Japanese-language single “Film Out”, which the group recorded as the end theme for Signal the Movie Cold Case Investigation Unit. Check it out below. On the latest episode of Consequence’s Stanning BT...
Olivia Rodrigo Unveils Debut Album Sour: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-21T04:00:47+00:00“>May 21, 2021 | 12:00am ET Olivia Rodrigo has released her highly-anticipated debut album Sour via Geffen/Interscope. Stream it below on Apple Music and Spotify. Sour includes Rodrigo’s record-breaking No. 1 hit “Drivers License”, as well as its follow-up singles “Deja Vu” and “Good 4 U“. All 11 tracks on the LP were written by the former Disney star and her chief collaborator Dan Nigro, who also produced the bulk of the album. “I want it to be super versatile,” the 18-year-old pop sensation told NYLON of her overall goal for the record’s sound ahead of its release. “My dream is to have it be an intersection between mainstream pop, folk music, and alternati...
Lana Del Rey Drops 3 Songs From ‘Blue Banisters’ Album
The 35-year-old singer-songwriter has already caused controversy with a lyric from the chorus of “Text Book,” where she sings, “And there we were, screamin’ ‘Black Lives Matter’ in a crowd.” See some of the reactions below: Shortly after the murder of George Floyd in May 2020 that sparked Black Lives Matter protests, Del Rey posted videos of looters breaking into businesses and running out with arms full as alarms blared. Black artists like Kehlani and Tinashe called her out for it because of the way it portrayed the protests and endangered the lives of other Black people. Days earlier, Del Rey name-dropped Kehlani and other artists who are women of color while announcing her upcoming album last spring. In a lengthy note posted to Instagram, t...
Yes, It’s Little Mix, Galantis & David Guetta On The Same Track: Behold ‘Heartbreak Anthem’
What we know for sure is that the song’s production is built from brightly plucky strings and synth, with the lyrics — in the grand tradition of Destiny’s Child’s “Survivor” — focused on being better than that: not holding grudges, understanding that while sometimes it works out, sometimes it doesn’t, and that while maybe we’ll fix this, it’s also possible we won’t. Whatever! Who cares! In fact, despite the titular implications, this scrappy crew of musical stars emphasizes the song is actually not a heartbreak anthem at all, because these ladies just “ain’t got no time to dwell on it.” Indeed, bless up. The track then swells into the kind of massive bubblegum-leaning dance/pop that Galantis has made t...
Lana Del Rey Releases New Songs “Blue Banisters”, “Text Book”, and “Wildflower Wildfire”: Stream
<span class="localtime" data-ltformat="F j, Y | g:ia" data-lttime="2021-05-20T19:15:42+00:00“>May 20, 2021 | 3:15pm ET There’s a few weeks to go before Lana Del Rey drops her new album Blue Banisters on July 4th. To help tide fans over until then, the pop star has just released three new “buzz” tracks: “Blue Banisters”, “Text Book”, and “Wildflower Wildfire”. Stream them below. All three of these songs, which a press release is labeling as “buzz tracks in anticipation of her upcoming 8th studio album,” find Del Rey whisper-singing atop relatively scaled-back music. The title track is a gentle ballad with cushioned piano notes and quiet vocal runs, while “Text Book” begins in a similar manner before picking up with drums, backing harmonies, and a few gui...
Nick Jonas on Billboard Music Awards Hosting Gig, Seeing BTS ‘Do Their Thing’ & ‘Feeling Great’ After Injury
That’s a tall order, but Jonas is up to the challenge when he hosts the 2021 Billboard Music Awards for the very first time this weekend. In a new interview with the Pop Shop Podcast (listen below), the musician/actor talks about what the BBMAs mean to him, whose performances he’s looking forward to, what surprises he has in store, and how he’s doing following his on-set injury over the weekend. Why the BBMAs are a big deal: “I think the Billboard Awards are special to an artist because it sort of encapsulates your chart achievement, and it’s always an artist’s dream to be on the Hot 100 or the Billboard 200. These are things that you dream about as a kid and you grow up — I did, at least — reading Billboard magazine and loving seeing th...
Kelly Clarkson Gets Funky & ‘Lucky’ For Her Technicolor Daft Punk Cover
“Get Lucky” was the lead single from Daft Punk’s fourth and final studio album, Random Access Memories in 2013. The song peaked at No. 2 on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit No. 1 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs, Dance Club Songs and Dance/Mix Show Airplay charts. “Get Lucky” earned a Grammy Award for record of the year and best pop duo/group performance in 2014, where Daft Punk, Pharrell, Rodgers and Stevie Wonder performed it onstage. Her Daft Punk cover comes nearly three months to the date when the enigmatic French EDM duo announced their split after 28 years. Daft Punk later had major spikes on Billboard‘s dance/electronic charts (dated March 6), with “Get Lucky” jumping to No. 6 on the Hot Dance/Electronic Songs tally....
‘She’s Perfect Right Now for Top 40’: How Ariana Grande Made History at Pop Radio
Grande has spent much of the past decade finding success at top 40 radio: “POV,” which moves up to No. 7 on this week’s chart (while “Positions” drops to No. 8 and “34+35” holds at No. 9), is the superstar’s 19th top 10 hit on the Pop Airplay chart. Since her first top 10 hit came in June 2014 with her Iggy Azalea collaboration “Problem,” Grande has become the most consistent top 40 presence in the Pop Airplay chart’s upper tier, with her 19 top 10 hits the most of any artist in that nearly seven-year time frame (Justin Bieber comes in second, with 15 top 10 hits). Now, with a record three concurrent top 10 hits on the chart, Grande has demonstrated just how dominant her blend of traditional pop, R&B, hip-hop influences and powerhouse vocals have become at the format. “Listeners love h...
