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Bad Bunny joined by Jhay Cortez for ‘Dákiti’ performance at Grammys
Bad Bunny performed alongside Jhay Cortez at last night’s (March 14) 2021 Grammys – watch their rendition of ‘Dákiti’ below. READ MORE: Here are all the winners from the Grammys 2021 The song is taken from Bad Bunny’s second album of 2020, ‘El Último Tour Del Mundo’, while his first record from last year, ‘YHLQMDLG’, won Best Latin Pop or Urban Album at the ceremony. The performance of ‘Dákiti’ saw the pair surrounded by neon lights. Watch footage of the rendition below. Advertisement Other performances at last night’s Grammys, which took place in Los Angeles, came from Harry Styles, BTS,...
NCT’s Taeyong opens SoundCloud account, releases new song
Taeyong from K-pop boyband NCT has launched his very own SoundCloud account. READ MORE: NCT 127 to teach importance of subtitles on ‘The Daily Show’ special Taeyong, who is also a member of SM Entertainment supergroup SuperM, revealed his solo SoundCloud account at midnight KST on March 15. The singer surprised fans by releasing a new self-composed song called ‘Dark Clouds’. The K-pop idol composed ‘Dark Clouds’ with producer Royal Dive, who he also worked with for his SM Station Season 3 song ‘Long Flight’. The new track also features lyrics written by Taeyong, and was released alongside a...
Kanye West’s ‘Jesus Is King’ wins Best Contemporary Christian Music Album at 2021 Grammys
Kanye West has won his 22nd Grammy award, tying Jay-Z for the most awards for a hip-hop artist. West won Best Contemporary Christian Music Album for 2019’s ‘Jesus Is King’ at last night’s (March 14) ceremony in Los Angeles. READ MORE: Kanye West – ‘Jesus Is King’ review: an iconoclast sounds peaceful and fulfilled on this jubilant gospel collection West wasn’t present at the ceremony to collect the award, and has been critical of the Grammys in the past. Advertisement Last September, the rapper continued his tirade against label ownership of musicians’ master recordings, saying that Prince and Michael Jackson were...
Aaron Dessner pays tribute to Taylor Swift following Grammys win: “You have restored my faith in music”
Aaron Dessner has paid tribute to Taylor Swift after the pair’s album ‘folklore’ won Album Of The Year at last night’s (March 14) Grammys. The National‘s Dessner picked up the award, which made Swift the first woman to ever win the prestigious award three times, alongside co-producer Jack Antonoff at the Los Angeles ceremony. READ MORE: Taylor Swift – ‘Folklore’ review: pop superstar undergoes an extraordinary indie-folk makeover Taking to Instagram to share his thanks after the ceremony, Dessner credited Swift with “restoring my faith in music.” Advertisement “It has been an incredible journey since Taylor first approached me...
Watch Post Malone bring ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ to the 2021 Grammys
For his Grammys performance, Post Malone performed the title track of his 2019 album ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ in a sea of fog – watch footage below. The album was nominated for Album Of The Year at last night’s (March 14) ceremony in Los Angeles, losing out to Taylor Swift’s ‘folklore’. READ MORE: Post Malone – ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ review The moody performance of ‘Hollywood’s Bleeding’ saw Post Malone performing an energetic rendition of the track, surrounded by fog and dark lighting. Advertisement As well as the Album Of The Year nomination, his track ‘Circles’ was nominated for both Record Of The...
Tim Burgess launches ‘Listening Party’ earphones to support UK music venues
Tim Burgess has launched his own new ‘Listening Party’ earphones to help raise money for UK grassroots music venues. Today, The Charlatans frontman has teamed up with Flare Audio to release his own headphones, with £5 from every pair sold donated to the Music Venue Trust. Launched back in March as the UK went into coronavirus-enforced lockdown, the regular listen-and-tweet-along online event of #TimsTwitterListeningParty sees bands and artists tweeting through a playback of one of their classic albums and interacting with fans – proving a source of solace and community to music-lovers across the globe. Now, he’ll be celebrating their...
Taylor Swift wins Album Of The Year for ‘folklore’ at the 2021 Grammys
Taylor Swift has won Album Of The Year for ‘folklore’ at the Grammys 2021, becoming the first woman to win the award three times. The singer beat off competition from Haim, Dua Lipa, Coldplay, Post Malone and more to pick up the award at last night’s (March 14) ceremony in Los Angeles. READ MORE: Here are all the winners from the Grammys 2021 Swift was joined by ‘folklore’ producers Jack Antonoff and Aaron Dessner to pick up the award. Advertisement “I wanna thank Justin Vernon, I’m so excited to meet you some day,” she said as she accepted the award....
Grammys boss asks artists to “ work with us, not against us” after boycott drama
The Grammys boss Harvey Mason Jr has asked artists and the music industry to “work with us, not against us” amid boycotts and criticisms. The Weeknd has said he will not let his label submit his music for consideration at the Grammys again after he was snubbed in this year’s nominations. Zayn Malik has also spoken out against the awards show, initially suggesting last week that the Recording Academy only nominated those who “shake hands and send gifts”. Ahead of the main ceremony tonight (March 14), he shared more thoughts on the Grammys on his Twitter page. Advertisement “@recordingacad...
Watch Brittany Howard, Chris Martin, Bruno Mars and more perform Grammys 2021 In Memoriam tribute
Brittany Howard, Coldplay’s Chris Martin, Bruno Mars and more paid tribute to lost stars of the music world during the Grammys 2021 In Memoriam segment. Ahead of the performances, host Trevor Noah noted that due to the tragic number of lives lost in the last year, not all would be able to be recognised in the section, but would be remembered online instead. Bruno Mars and Anderson .Paak returned to the stage after debuting their new project Silk Sonic to pay tribute to Little Richard. Paak took on drumming duties while Mars sang on a medley of ‘Long Tall...Recent Posts
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