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BTS Co-Writer Ryan Lawrie Signs Publishing Deal With Peermusic UK
As BTS make history by notching the top two slots on the Billboard Hot 100 this week, indie publishing company peermusic UK has signed one of the K-pop group’s collaborators — singer, songwriter and producer Ryan Lawrie — to an exclusive global music publishing deal. The Glasgow, UK, native has co-written several songs for BTS, including Map of the Soul: 7‘s “Inner Child” (which has 52 million Spotify streams) and Map of the Soul: Persona‘s “Mikrokosmos” (125 million Spotify streams). Lawrie is now working with BTS’ label Big Hit Entertainment on the K-pop band ENHYPEN, the winners of Big Hit’s reality television competition I-LAND. Lawrie will also release his own debut album under the moniker KOOLKID later th...
‘Frat Boy Harry’ Has Returned: See the Best Harry Styles Fan Tweets
With the re-emergence of the singer’s glorious party boy persona (this time rocking nail polish), came a flood of enthusiastic tweets, and soon enough, “frat boy harry” was trending worldwide. We’ve compiled some of our favorite, hilarious tweets from fans. See them 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.
Watch Blackpink Nail ‘Lovesick Girls’ Choreography, Debut ‘Pretty Savage’ Live on Korean TV
The following day (Oct. 11), Jennie, Lisa, Rosé and Jisoo repeated their performance of “Lovesick Girls” on SBS Live, complete with a colorful, carnival-esque set and Britney Spears-inspired headset mics. “Love is slippin’ and fallin’/ Love is killin’ your darlin’/ That fearless thrill returns once the pain subsides,” Rosé crooned on the track’s post-chorus as her three bandmates circled around her, before tossing the rest of the stanza to Jisoo. Blackpink has plenty of reason to celebrate this week, with their long-awaited debut album, The Album, entering at No. 2 on the Billboard 200. The entry marks a career high for the girls on the chart. (Their previous EPs, 2019’s Kill This Love and 2018’s Square Up, peaked at Nos. 24...
Normani Supports Her Mom After Breast Cancer Returns: ‘We Got This Mommy’
Normani‘s mother is battling breast cancer again, and the singer has two words of support: “f–k cancer.” That’s what ‘Mani tweeted on Sunday (Oct. 11), just hours after her mother revealed the news. Andrea Hamilton, who survived breast cancer nearly 20 years ago, wrote on her Instagram account that the cancer had returned, and that she was determined to beat it again. “I can do all things through Christ who strengthens me,” she wrote. “I did it once and I’ll do it again! #CancerWho.” Normani (born Normani Kordei Hamilton) also shared her mom’s post to her own Instagram Stories, writing, “we got this mommy.” In 2018, Normani told People magazine that she remembers the first time her mom battled the disease, ...
World Mental Health Day: Camila Cabello Lists the Things That Have Helped Her Deal With Anxiety
She went on to detail her experience practicing mindfulness, committing to movement, adjusting the way she talks to herself, learning to be grateful for the little things every day and more. “I committed to 10 minutes of mindfulness every day, at least,” she explained. “I started just every day for a year and a half. Haven’t skipped a day of mindfulness because it lets me focus on my breath, it lets me look at my thoughts from a more objective perspective as opposed to believing everything I think is true, which was, I think, a big source of my anxiety. Meditation was definitely, probably number one. It was a huge part. Also, really 10 minutes of meditating is 10 minutes of training your mind and body to concentrate on being present. Anxiety is really focusing on th...
Madonna Shares ‘Just Voted’ Selfies After Voting for Joe Biden
Madonna just voted and wants you to get your vote in, too. The pop icon, sporting glasses and pink hair, posted a trio of selfies along with the announcement that she’s put in her vote for Democratic nominee Joe Biden for president ahead of the upcoming general election. “The 3 faces of a girl who just Voted!! Get out there and take responsibility people!! #bidenharris2020,” she wrote on social media Sunday evening (Oct. 11). 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.
Song of the Week: Stevie Nicks Lends Her Voice to the Fight on “Show Them the Way”
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 New Sounds playlist. There are no shortage of voices being raised across America today. It’s a sign of the times. Politicians, activists, artists, and everyday people look around and sense that something is terribly wrong — and, more troubling yet, that it’s only going to get worse without an immediate change in course. Presidential candidate Joe Biden, as you’ve probably heard him tell it, came out of political retirement to run for office after he saw neo-Nazis and white supremacist groups marching and stirring up violence in Charlottesville, Virginia. We’ve seen children-turned-activists like Emma Gonzalez and Greta Thunberg sound the warning alarm ...
Fiona Apple Performs ‘Fetch the Bolt Cutters’ Songs at 2020 New Yorker Festival: Watch
Apple’s appearance at The New Yorker Festival was a treat for fans, who don’t often get to see the singer perform in a live setting. In recent years, she’s only given a handful of live performances, including an appearance at a 2019 tribute concert for Chris Cornell in Los Angeles and as a surprise guest during St. Vincent‘s set at Texas’ Trans-Pecos Festival in 2017. In addition to her musical performance, Apple also sat down for a virtual interview with New Yorker writer Emily Nussbaum, who penned an eye-opening profile about the reclusive artist ahead of Fetch the Bolt Cutters‘ release in April. Fetch the Bolt Cutters marks Apple’s first new musical release in eight years. The album’s lead single, “Shameika,” launched the singe...
Sam Smith Joins Dionne Warwick on ‘That’s What Friends Are For’ at Virtual Carousel of Hope Ball: Watch
Sam Smith teamed up with Dionne Warwick and other music stars for a moving performance of the classic hit “That’s What Friends Are For” during the virtual Carousel of Hope Ball on Saturday (Oct. 10). Part of the Children’s Diabetes Foundation, the annual Carousel of Hope event went virtual for the first time this year, boasting appearances by numerous A-list artists, including Tony Bennett, Andrea Bocelli, Josh Groban and Rod Stewart. The virtual gala — which raised $1 million on Saturday, according to Variety — concluded with Smith and Warwick joining forces with Gladys Knight, Kenny G and Cynthia Erivo for an all-star collaboration of “That’s What Friends Are For.” The performance was introduced by Burt Bacharach and Carole Bayer Sage...
Did Ariana Grande’s Producer Just Tease Her Upcoming Album?
On Saturday (Oct. 10), Tommy Brown — better known as Grammy-nominated producer TBHits — shared a throwback photo with Ariana Grande from October 2018. That was the same month when the pair, with others, finished Grande’s Billboard 200 No. 1 album thank u, next. This time around, Brown posted it with the caption: “6****,” leading fans into a frenzy over the status of the pop star’s next album. So far, fans are guessing the four asterisks stand for anything from “days” to “rings.” Earlier this week, #AG6 started trending on Twitter after Grande tweeted about turning in new mixes — and reminding fans to vote. You Deserve to Make Money Even When you are looking for Dates Online. So we reimagined what a dating should be...
Demi Lovato Gets Candid About Her Body: ‘I Got the Boobs I Wanted!’
Lovato added, “And you know what, they’re gonna change too!!! AND I’LL BE OKAY WITH THAT AS WELL!! But let this be a lesson y’all.. our bodies will do what they are SUPPOSED to when we let go of trying to control what it does for us. Oh the irony.” The singer has spoken about her history with body image issues in the past. “I used to have people watching me the night before a photo shoot to make sure that I didn’t binge or eat and be swollen the next day,” she said in an interview over the summer. “It’s just a totally different world now.” In an appearance on The Ellen DeGeneres Show earlier this year, she revealed, “I struggled really hard with an eating disorder, yes, and that was my primary problem. … I just felt like my li...
Elle King and Boyfriend Get Engaged After Proposing to Each Other While Gold Panning
The “Ex’s & Oh’s” singer’s post included numerous photos from the experience, including a shot of the couple smooching on their horses and a close-up of her beautiful engagement ring. She also shared a video from the proposal, where she excitedly announced, “Dan just proposed to me the same way I proposed to him!” Tooker, a tattoo artist, playfully added, “Beat her to it.” See her full IG post here. King, the daughter of comedian Rob Schneider, was previously married to Andrew Ferguson. The two secretly wed just three weeks after meeting in 2016. 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 ...
