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Sabrina Carpenter Teases ‘Skin’ Music Video: Watch
Carpenter, who recently signed with Island Records, surprise-released the song on Jan. 22. Fans speculated it was a response to Olivia Rodrigo’s hit single “Drivers License,” due to rumors of a love triangle involving Rodrigo, Carpenter and Joshua Bassett. (In “Drivers License,” Rodrigo sings, “And you’re probably with that blonde girl/ Who always made me doubt/ She’s so much older than me/ She’s everything I’m insecure about.” In “Skin,” Carpenter sings, “Maybe you didn’t mean it/ Maybe ‘blonde’ was the only rhyme.”) But in an Instagram post last week, Carpenter said “Skin” “isn’t calling out one single person. some lines address a specific situation, while other lines ad...
Louis Tomlinson Shares Original ‘Walls’ Demo to Celebrate One-Year Anniversary of the Album
“I was going to do some merch but I didn’t want to market the day. Just wanted it to be a celebration for us! So you’ll have to wait for new merch!” he added. When someone pointed out that many celebrities might have turned the anniversary into “a cash grab,” Tomlinson commented, “Too many greedy f—ers out there!” One fan asked, “A year after walls’ release, do you think you could have done something differently?” “Don’t think so,” wrote Tomlinson. “All part of the process. Still really proud of it.” In another tweet, he shared that prior to the album’s release, he’d been most excited for listeners to hear “Kill My Mind” and the title track “Walls” for t...
Taylor Swift Fan on TikTok Predicts What a ‘Folklovermore’ Tour Could Look Like
“Over the past few years, I wrote three very different albums,” he began in his Swift-inspired TikTok sketch with the highest view count, spoofing her usual style of introducing songs on stage. “And even though we haven’t yet had the chance to hang out and sing them together, I can hear you guys screaming every single lyric. And I write a lot of lyrics. And I’m also just so humbled that after this whole quarantine, you chose to spend one of your first nights in public hanging out with me, so thank you. Even though these three albums are different, I find that there’s three consistent facets: stories of lovers, folklore tales, and nights like this that can hopefully last … forevermore,” Lario quipped before playing the opening chords of Evermo...
BTS ‘Dynamite’ Outfits Sell for $162K at Auction
A painting of Snoop Dogg’s self-portrait dog wearing a “Doggy Style 25” gold chain signed by Snoop was the next top seller at $96,000. Other top-selling items featured in the auction included an original painting of Coldplay’s Chris Martin by Billy Morrison, a Schecter bass guitar signed by Nikki Sixx with a handwritten note from him, Pete Townsend’s blue boiler suit and long beige linen ‘kimono’ coat worn on stage in 2019 and Joe Walsh’s signed Gibson Les Paul Standard guitar with the original Gibson hard shell case donated by Gibson Guitars. Browse the full list of items at the auction here. All proceeds from the items sold at auction will go to MusiCares, providing aid to artists and music community professionals in times of need. You Deserve to Make Money Even When yo...
10 Standout Moments From BLACKPINK’s ‘The Show’ Livestream Concert
1. The Live Band Opening With “Kill This Love” One of the best parts about BLACKPINK’s In Your Area tour from 2019 was hearing the group reinterpret their smashes with a full, live band accompanying them. Even with COVID-19 restrictions and moving to an online concert, the group was able to bring in their backing band members to not only serve their Hot 100 hit “Kill This Love” with all the style, vocals, raps and choreography fans expect, but as well as a refreshing musical rework thanks to their drummer, bassist, guitarist and keyboardist. 2. Jisoo Taking Tove Lo‘s Track on an Emotional Journey Fans knew to expect some special solo stages from the individual members, and Jisoo full-on delivered by not only offering an emotional cover of Tove...
Fans Choose Selena Gomez & Rauw Alejandro’s ‘Baila Conmigo’ as This Week’s Favorite New Music
The Tainy-produced track, which translates to “Dance With Me,” arrived two weeks after “De Una Vez,” a rhythmic pop song about healing and self-worth. It marked the singer’s first Spanish single in more than a decade. Both songs will appear on Gomez’s all-Spanish EP, Revelación, which is scheduled for release on March 12. Placing second on the past week’s tally with 9% of the vote was the “other” category, followed by Weezer’s latest album, OK Human, in third with almost 5% of the vote. “OK Human was made at a time when humans-playing-instruments was a thing of the past,” the rock band tweeted in mid-January when announcing its 14th album. “All we could do is look back on ancient times when humans really mattered and when th...
BLACKPINK Light up the Sky Again with THE SHOW: Review
To paraphrase Wendy Williams: BLACKPINK? They’ve got a point: they are legends, and they are the moment. The pop quartet — made up of Jisoo, Jennie, Rosé, and Lisa — made a joyful return to the stage Saturday with their livestream concert, “THE SHOW”. It was just October of 2020 that the group released their debut full-length album (aptly titled THE ALBUM) following years of chart-smashing singles and EPs. Having already conquered international markets and ascended to unparalleled heights for a South Korean girl group, it’s easy to forget that, in terms of releases, BLACKPINK have only started to scratch the surface. Streamed through YouTube by the band’s label, YG Entertainment, “THE SHOW” was a spectacle indeed, involving a live band, a legion of backup dancers, and performance premieres...
SOPHIE’s 13 Best Songs, Productions & Features
SOPHIE, “Bipp” SOPHIE’s breakthrough single resembled nothing else in contemporary pop upon its June 2013 release, but its roots were clearly in pop: all of its blips, whirs, distorted beats and tempo shifts don’t work without a vocal hook, “I can make you feel better,” that’s somehow both metallic and warm. “Bipp,” which earned rave reviews and year-end list placements in 2013, was alien and catchy as hell, challenging the DNA of pop while embracing its soul; in this way, it would serve as a North Star for the rest of SOPHIE’s career. – Jason Lipshutz SOPHIE, “Lemonade” This deceptively simple 2014 single — which would eventually land on SOPHIE’S 2015 PRODUCT compilation – is, on its surface, a sonic wind-up toy about craving the titular citrus-based beverage...
Billie Eilish Shares Her Current Favorite Song and TV Show, Her ‘Ideal Boy’ & More
Eilish chose to respond to a question about who her “ideal boy” would be. Apparently, he’d be a little something like Scar from Disney’s animated feature film The Lion King. For those that didn’t already know, Eilish answered a question about the release date of her upcoming documentary, The World’s a Little Blurry: It’ll be available on Feb. 26. And when a fan asked “how many tracks approx on upcoming album,” Eilish implied there would be 16. Eilish also shared an update on her dogs and a peek at her favorite restaurant. Check out her mini question-and-answer session on Instagram. 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 ...
Justin Timberlake Says a New Album Is in the Works on ‘Fallon’
“Yeah, we can say that,” said Timberlake with a smile. “There is a possibility.” “Let’s go with yes. I’ve been in and out of the studio working on stuff. I played you a few tunes,” he reminded Fallon. Timberlake last released a full-length album in 2018, Man of the Woods. More recently, he collaborated with Ant Clemons on the song “Better Days,” which was performed at the primetime Celebrating America concert on Jan. 20, following the inauguration of Joe Biden. Looking toward the future, Timberlake told Fallon he’d love to one day work with Kendrick Lamar or Travis Scott. He also joked that he’d allow Fallon in on a track. Watch the clip below. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we...
Edgar Wright’s The Sparks Brothers Crams 50 Years of Art Pop Into Two Giddy Hours: Sundance 2021 Review
This review is part of our Sundance 2021 coverage. The Pitch: Sparks has been around for just shy of 50 years, and have influenced just about every major pop act since the 1970s –from New Order to Weird Al Yankovic. They’re one of the greatest bands of all time, but you probably haven’t heard of them. That is, of course, unless you’re Edgar Wright, pop culture vagabond and Sparks superfan, who brings his giddy, high-tilt cinematic energy to a two-and-a-half-hour chronicle of two California-born brothers who made it to the top of the pop charts, and have spent the last several decades reinventing themselves with every new album and experimentation. Along the way, he talks to artists and fans who’ve grown up with their work (Jason Schwartzman, Amy Sherman-Palladino, Fred Armisen), and i...
Kelly Rowland and Husband Welcome Second Child Together: ‘We Are Truly Grateful!’
Rowland, 39, noted that Noah Jon was born on Jan. 21 at 8:13 p.m., measuring 19 inches and weighing seven pounds, eight ounces. The singer announced her second pregnancy last October in a cover story for Women’s Health. In the article, she opened up about getting pregnant during the pandemic. “We had been talking about it loosely, and then COVID happened, and we were just like, ‘Let’s see what happens,'” she said of trying for a second baby with Weatherspoon. “I was thinking, ‘Oh my god, my fans are gonna be so disappointed…’ They wanted an album first, but they got a baby! And I was like, ‘I have to figure this out so they get both.’” Rowland also admitted to feeling a bit trepidatious about sharing the news with the world during such ...
