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Morrissey gives approval to controversial Smiths film ‘Shoplifters Of The World’: “I laughed, I cried, I ate my own head”
Morrissey has given his seal of approval to a new film based around the music of The Smiths. Shoplifters of the World is focused on a bunch of friends who are huge fans of the Manchester group – though when the band break up in 1987, one of the characters holds up a radio station and demands they play Smiths songs. The film’s trailer went viral last month in the wake of the film’s US release, with many of the group’s fans reacting in horror. Advertisement “Someone appears to have thought taking the plot of the Alan Partridge film and setting...
SEVENTEEN’s The8 announces new single ‘Side by Side’
SEVENTEEN member The8 has dropped the first teaser image for his upcoming solo single album. READ MORE: Hoshi’s captivating and sensual new song ‘Spider’ points at a promising solo career On April 8, Pledis Entertainment announced that The8 would be returning with a new single next week. Slated to release on April 13, the company released the first image teaser for ‘Side by Side’. The stylish new teaser features the Chinese K-pop idol dressed in an oversized navy blue suit, casually leaning against a sports car. According to The Korea Herald, the new single will be available in both...
Listen to Paul Weller’s new song ‘Shades Of Blue’, co-written with his daughter Leah
Paul Weller has shared his new single ‘Shades Of Blue’, which was co-written with his daughter Leah – you can hear the track below. The song is taken from Weller’s upcoming new album ‘Fat Pop (Volume 1)’, which is set for release on May 14. The LP was written and recorded during the first coronavirus lockdown last year. READ MORE: Leah Weller on new music and finding her voice Following on from previous singles ‘Cosmic Fringes’ and ‘Glad Times’, ‘Shades Of Blue’ has now been released. The song was co-written with Leah Weller, who contributed lyrics and backing vocals...
Korean music labels file complaint over new military deferment law
The Korea Music Content Association (KMCA) has filed an official complaint to the Ministry Of National Defense over a revised military deferment law set to take effect from June 23, 2021. READ MORE: BTS break Psy’s Billboard Hot 100 record with ‘Dynamite’ The KMCA has allegedly filed the objection on behalf of 26 of its 27 member agencies, including South Korea’s “Big Three” agencies: SM, JYP, and YG entertainment, as reported by Korea JoongAng Daily. A number of other well-known agencies who are part of the association are also involved in the complaint. The amendment, which passed last year,...
Japanese Breakfast Is A Grocery-Store Ghost In ‘Posing In Bondage’ Video
Although her third album Jubilee isn’t set to be released until June 4, Japanese Breakfast is certainly keeping her fans well-fed with fresh tunes. On Thursday (April 8), the 32-year-old singer-songwriter, born Michelle Zauner, unveiled a slew of brand new tour dates and an eerie, dreamlike music video for “Posing in Bondage,” the second single from her upcoming album. The atmospheric, self-directed clip sees Zauner bloodied and chugging orange juice from a plastic jug as she rolls through a grocery store on a hoverboard in the early hours of the morning. While hosting a YouTube Live before the video’s premiere, the singer said she drew artistic inspiration for the project from Björk’s...
St. Vincent Sings From A Crystal Ball In ‘The Melting Of The Sun’ Music Video
When St. Vincent debuted her newest track, “The Melting of the Sun,” on Saturday Night Live on April 3, she sat the portrait of a ’70s superstar in a heavy fur coat and a glittering white and pink dress, electric guitar in hand. Though it was visually gorgeous, there was a tender, haunting quality to the performance that seemed to shimmer beneath its surface, like a mix of beauty and tragedy. That contradiction takes center stage in the song’s accompanying music video, which dropped on Wednesday (April 7). Off the 38-year-old singer-songwriter’s upcoming album Daddy’s Home, which will be released on...
Taylor Swift Drops ‘From The Vault’ Breakup Bop ‘Mr. Perfectly Fine’
At this point, it’s safe to say Taylor Swift has mastered the element of surprise. Her last two albums — 2020’s Folklore and Evermore — were both released either on the same day or within the week were announced online. Then, in February, she broke the internet with the announcement she was re-recording her 2008 album Fearless. Now, on Wednesday (April 7), Swift gave the world “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” a previously unreleased single that will appear on the new version of the album. Though Swift is preparing to release the re-recording of Fearless on April 9, titled Fearless (Taylor’s Version), that doesn’t mean she still...
Tierra Whack Climbs Aboard A Lego Spaceship In Dreamy ‘Link’ Music Video
Tierra Whack has all the building blocks she needs in the dreamy, intergalactic music video for her latest single “Link,” out Tuesday (April 6). Released as part of Lego’s “Rebuild the World” campaign, which aims to inspire everyone to “see the world through through children’s eyes,” the video’s storyline was created by Whack and a group of children after they spent the day playing together with the colorful bricks. The rapper admitted she initially had “no previous vision” for the visuals prior to meeting the kids. “I was so excited. I knew the kids would give me good content,” she said in a video about the...
BTS Continue To Smash Chart Records with Feel-Good Summer Single ‘Dynamite’
Since the release of BTS’s feel-good, disco-infused summer single “Dynamite” last August, the group has made it an almost weekly habit of setting new records on the Billboard charts. The track became the group’s first-ever No. 1 single on the Hot 100 chart (and the boys promptly threw a party to celebrate), but the subsequent accolades it’s garnered since its release — including hitting the top of both the Billboard Global 200 and Billboard Global Excl. U.S charts — have solidified BTS’s place among the highest echelons of pop culture. And, as life goes on, the Bangtan Boys stay winning. On Monday (April 5),...Recent Posts
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