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Stray Kids currently working on new music, reportedly set for release in August
K-pop boy band Stray Kids are currently working on new music, their agency JYP Entertainment has confirmed. READ MORE: Watch 2PM survive an apocalypse in dramatic music video for ‘Make It’ Yesterday (June 29, South Korean news outlet SPOTV News originally reported that the boyband would be making their return in late August. According to the report, the comeback will coincide with the release of their forthcoming Kingdom Week TV special, which is the group’s prize for winning the Mnet reality TV competition Kingdom: Legendary War. In response, the group’s label later confirmed in a statement to Newsen that Stray...
A Tribe Called Quest to sell off portion of song royalties as an NFT
A Tribe Called Quest have announced plans to sell off a portion of their song royalties as an NFT (non-fungible token). READ MORE: Burning Banksys and rubbish tweets: these are the most WTF NFTs so far The iconic hip-hop group have joined forces with music royalties marketplace Royalty Exchange for their first foray into the world of cryptocurrency. The sale, which starts at $35,000, will encompass 1.5 per cent of sound recording royalties from the group’s first five albums, which starts with their 1990 debut ‘People’s Instinctive Travels And The Paths Of Rhythm’ and runs through to 1998’s ‘The...
Stormzy attends afterparty at fan’s house following England’s Euro victory
Stormzy has celebrated England’s 2–0 win over Germany in the UEFA Euro by attending an afterparty hosted by a stranger, making good on a promise he’d made to the fan earlier. A video that’s since gone viral shows the rapper enjoying a beer with a group of revellers in one of their houses, after having reportedly promised he’d attend the post-match celebrations if England won while watching the game at Boxpark yesterday (June 29). READ MORE: Stormzy – ‘Heavy Is The Head’ review: a broad-reaching, genre-buckling romp The clip shows Stormzy chatting as well as engaging in a spirited...
The Weeknd to co-write and star in new series with ‘Euphoria’ creator
The Weeknd is currently developing a new HBO series alongside Euphoria creator Sam Levinson. As Variety reports, the series, currently titled The Idol, follows a female pop singer who enters into a romantic relationship with an LA club owner who also leads a secret cult. The Weeknd – real name Abel Tesfaye – is developing the series as its co-writer and executive producer, along with Levinson and Reza Fahim, with all three credited as creators. Joseph Epstein and Mary Laws have also been announced as co-writers and executive producers. In addition to writing and producing, Tesfaye will act in...
Demi Lovato set to host talk show: “No topics are off limits”
Demi Lovato has been announced as the host of a new talk show set to debut on The Roku Channel, fittingly titled The Demi Lovato Show. READ MORE: Demi Lovato – ‘Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over’ review: raw, cathartic pop The Demi Lovato Show is scheduled to premiere Friday July 30, leading over a dozen original series making their way to Roku. It was originally slated for the ill-fated Quibi platform, for which it was announced last February as Pillow Talk with Demi Lovato. Following in the footsteps of their podcast 4D with Demi Lovato,...
Watch Tyler, The Creator perform at a kid’s birthday in the new video for ‘Corso’
Tyler, The Creator has shared the latest visual from his just-released sixth album, ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’: a one-take showcase of his idiosyncratic performance style, set from inside a child’s birthday party. READ MORE: Tyler, the Creator – ‘Call Me If You Get Lost’ review: a love letter to the genre that made him As has been the case for all of his recent videos, ‘Corso’ was directed by Tyler himself under his Wolf Haley moniker. The clip co-stars DJ Drama – who also features on the track, and prominently throughout the rest of the album –...
Descendents release third taster from original-lineup album, ‘Like The Way I Know’
Descendents have shared another new track from their upcoming album ‘9th And Walnut’, set for release on July 23. ‘Like The Way I Know’ follows the release of ‘Baby Doncha Know’ in early May and ‘Nightage’ a month later. Drummer and founding member Bill Stevenson explained in a press statement that ‘Like The Way I Know’ was “one of the very first Descendents songs”. “ written in 1977 by David Nolte, about how living in Hermosa Beach made him feel like a freak,” said Stephenson. Advertisement Listen to ‘Like The Way I Know’ below: As announced...
Ariana Grande is giving away $1m worth of therapy to fans
Ariana Grande is giving away $1million (£723k) worth of therapy to fans, the pop star has announced today (June 29). The singer has partnered with mental health support organisation Better Help to help match people seeking therapy with a licensed therapist. READ MORE: ‘Am I depressed?‘ – Help and advice on mental health and what to do next Those who sign up for the offer will receive one month of therapy for free and will be given an option to renew through Better Help with a discount of 15 per cent for the second month. Advertisement Grande announced the new...
Migos’ Quavo says he plans to finish unreleased Pop Smoke collaborations
Migos’ Quavo has confirmed that he was working with Pop Smoke before his death and that he still plans to release the tracks they collaborated on. Pop Smoke – whose real name was Bashar Barakah Jackson – was shot and killed in Los Angeles in February 2020 when someone broke into a house he was staying in. READ MORE: Migos: “We show up with the goods and prove you wrong” Jackson appears on ‘Light It Up’, which appears on Migos’ new album ‘Culture III’. On another track on the record, ‘Antisocial’, Quavo raps: “Pop Smoke, rest in peace, wish I...Recent Posts
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