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Song of the Week: Indianapolis Hip-Hop Trio 81355 Bury the Past in Hope of a Better Future on “Capstone”
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, hip-hop trio 81355 return with the second single off their upcoming, full-length debut. If there’s any initial impression to be gathered from hip-hop trio 81355, comprised of three staples of the Indianapolis music scene (Sirius Blvck, Oreo Jones, and Sedcairn Archives), it’s that great music can come from anywhere. It’s commonplace to see artists emerging from the expected staples — Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Atlanta, and Nashville — and, so often, it’s harder to find gems like 81355. This collaborative effort has alre...
Demi Lovato Rises Again on Dancing with the Devil…The Art of Starting Over: Review
The Lowdown: With a voice as big as the sky, it’s hard to figure out where to go first — but that’s not going to stop Demi Lovato from trying. It never has. Dancing with the Devil…The Art of Starting Over is the seventh full-length album from the child actress turned teen phenomenon turned pop star and arrives almost four years after 2017’s often sultry, R&B-infused Tell Me You Love Me. Her discography has effectively captured many parts of the rollercoaster she has endured: even in her earliest efforts, Don’t Forget and Here We Go Again, her vocal prowess is undeniable. (Demi Lovato could still put out a great pop-punk album if she were to so choose.) She is a remarkably gifted natural vocalist. Lovato has also had a lion’s share of trials and tribulations, almost all of which have un...
From Demi Lovato to Adam Lambert, Here Are 7 of the Best ‘Mad World’ Covers
Even though Tears for Fears’ original version never charted, “Mad World” has lived on for nearly 40 years thanks to various covers. Below, Billboard rounds up some of the best interpretations of “Mad World,” starting with the most recent. Demi Lovato (2021) Lovato included her cover of “Mad World” in her seventh studio album Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over after rediscovering it during a Big Bear, Calif. trip. “I saw this song in Donnie Darko when I was 14 and have listened to it over and over,” she said in the album’s editor notes on Apple Music. Her subdued cover feels like the perfect B-side to her 2008 song “La La Land,” which speaks to working in the Hollywood “...
Justin Bieber, Ariana Grande & J Balvin to Reap Millions in HYBE Deal to Buy Ithaca Holdings
This isn’t the first time artists have received shares from HYBE. When the company went public last October on the Korean stock exchange, the seven members of BTS each got shares valued at $8 million. But sources say the equity being awarded to Ithaca’s artists is coming out of Braun’s stake. HYBE, the company behind powerhouse K-pop group BTS, said Friday (April 2) that it would pay $1.05 billion in cash and shares to acquire Ithaca Holdings, in a move designed to help the Korean company establish a strong U.S. presence in music and entertainment while also heightening its profile for American financial investors. According to terms of the deal, which is expected to close in about a month, ...
Daya on Her Love of All Things David Lynch
Kyle Meredith With… Daya Listen via Apple Podcasts | Spotify | Google Play | Stitcher | Radio Public | RSS Daya talks with Kyle Meredith about her new singles, including “Bad Girl”, which showcase a personal and artistic rebirth. The 22-year-old pop artist talks about finding her own sound, singing about her own sexuality, injecting her love of all things David Lynch, crossing genres and eras, and exploring the darker side of pop music. Kyle Meredith With… is an interview series in which WFPK’s Kyle Meredith speaks to a wide breadth of musicians. Every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday, Meredith digs deep into the artist’s work to find out how the music is made and where their journey is going, from legendary artists like Robert...
Sexy Zone Debuts at No. 1, Yoasobi Rises to No. 2 on Japan Hot 100
Meanwhile, Yoasobi released the “Kaibutsu” CD this week, which sold 27,275 copies to lift the track from No. 7 to No. 2 on the Japan Hot 100. The song came in at No. 2 for sales and look-ups, adding points from these physical metrics to the already-steady digital ones: downloads (No. 3, from 7,969 to 12,354 units), streaming (No. 5, from 8,073,014 to 8,356,769 streams), and video views (No. 3, from 2,330,981 to 2,525,688 views), which have all increased this week. The Billboard Japan Hot 100 combines physical and digital sales, audio streams, radio airplay, Twitter mentions, YouTube and GYAO! video views, Gracenote look- ups and karaoke data. Check out the full Billboard Japan Hot 100 chart, dated March 22 to 28, here. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. S...
Demi Lovato’s ‘Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over’ is Here: Stream It Now
Demi Lovato‘s new chapter begins with Dancing With the Devil… The Art of Starting Over. Her cathartic new body of work dropped on Friday (April 2). The 19-track album is separated into two parts, with the “Prelude” including the first three tracks — “Anyone,” which she debuted at the 2020 Grammys, the title track “Dancing With the Devil” and “ICU (Madison’s Lullabye)” — detailing her struggles with addiction and near-fatal heroin overdose in 2018. The Art of Starting Over turns the page and starts a new chapter in Lovato’s recovery journey with the remaining 16 songs. Following her previously released “What Other People Say” single with Sam Fischer, the album includes highly ...
The Weeknd’s First NFT Drop Will Feature New Music and Limited-Edition Artwork
According to a statement announcing the NFT drop, the campaign will kick off with an open edition flash sale of three distinct visual pieces of art, each accompanied by a filtered snippet of an unnamed new song. An unlimited amount of these works will be available for a limited time, followed by a 24-hour auction of “an exclusive 1-of-1 piece of art” tracked by a second, full new song, which will be unfiltered. The winner of the second auction will have an exclusive on the song, which will not be released on any other platforms in the future. “Blockchain is democratizing an industry that has historically been kept shut by the gatekeepers. I’ve always been looking for ways to innovate for fans and shift this archaic music biz and seeing NFT’s allowing creators to be seen and heard mor...
Sharon Stone Says Britney Spears Reached Out to Her for Help: ‘There’s a Point Where You Get Broken’
Spears’ hospitalization led to the conservatorship that still controls her finances to this day, and that arrangement is currently under a microscope thanks to the Framing Britney Spears documentary released on FX and Hulu last month. “The true fact of it is, it’s very hard to be a very successful woman and not have everyone controlling you, taking your finances and handling you,” Stone continued, alluding to Spears’ situation, in which her father controls her finances and her business deals. “Women, and I’m sure all of the young stars, get handled. You get handled so much that it’s just — there is a huge breaking point, and there’s a point where you get broken. “The thing with Britney Spears is so out of control and so awfu...
The Players Behind Justin Bieber’s ‘Peaches’: See the Full Credits
Artists:Main Artist – Justin BieberFeatured Artist – Daniel CaesarFeatured Artist – Giveon Songwriters:Composer Lyricist – Aaron SimmondsComposer Lyricist – Andrew WotmanComposer Lyricist – Ashton SimmondsComposer Lyricist – Bernard HarveyComposer Lyricist – Felisha KingComposer Lyricist – Giveon Dezmann EvansComposer Lyricist – Justin BieberComposer Lyricist – Keavan YazdaniComposer Lyricist – Louis BellComposer Lyricist – Luis Manuel Martinez JrComposer Lyricist – Matthew Sean Leon Producers:Producer – HARVProducer – Shndo Production Team:Vocal Producer – Andrew WattVocal Producer – Josh Gudwin Engineers:Assistant Mixer – Heidi WangAsst. Recording Engineer – Ryan LytleM...
Britney Spears Says She ‘Cried for Two Weeks’ Over ‘Framing Britney Spears’ Doc
In a new Instagram post, Britney Spears addresses Framing Britney Spears, the buzzy documentary about her time in the spotlight, saying she “didn’t watch” the New York Times doc but that she was “embarrassed by the light they put me in.” This is the first time Spears has directly addressed the doc, which debuted last month on FX and Hulu and brought negative attention to the conservatorship she’s been under since she was involuntarily committed to the hospital more than a decade ago. “I didn’t watch the documentary but from what I did see of it I was embarrassed by the light they put me in,” Spears wrote Tuesday (March 30) on Instagram. “I cried for two weeks and well …. I still cry sometimes !!!! I do what I can i...
Justin Bieber Addresses Controversy Behind ‘MLK Interlude’ on ‘Justice’: ‘I Want to Keep Growing & Learning’
Justice continued Bieber’s successful streak when he secured his eighth No. 1 LP and “Peaches,” featuring Daniel Caesar and Giveon, debuted at No. 1 on the Billboard Hot 100, making him the first solo male artist to debut at the top of both charts simultaneously. Kristal Terrell, one of the co-founders of Bieber Nation, the first JB-dedicated club on Clubhouse, asked Bieber himself in his first-ever Clubhouse room on Tuesday (March 30) about how he believed music could continue to play a role in social advocacy. But the 27-year-old singer took a minute to reflect on the part of the album that speaks volumes to what Bieber believes to be a profound example of someone who would die for what they stand for — but it was also a part of the album he discovered online...
