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Olivia Rodrigo says response to ‘Drivers License’ is beyond her “wildest dreams”
Olivia Rodrigo has spoken of how the reaction to her recent breakout hit ‘Drivers License’ surpassed her “wildest dreams”. The Californian singer-songwriter released the track on January 8, and it is currently at number one in the UK and US singles charts. As well as going viral on TikTok, the song has also won Rodrigo praise from her “idol” Taylor Swift. Read More: Olivia Rodrigo: inside the Taylor-endorsed mega-hit ‘Drivers License’ Speaking in a new interview with NME, the 17-year-old star talked about how ‘Drivers License’ has smashed the records of her heroes and those that she listened to...
Watch Athletic Bilbao players cover AC/DC’s ‘Highway To Hell’ to celebrate beating Barcelona
A group of Athletic Bilbao footballers celebrated their triumphant cup-winning victory over Barcelona last weekend by covering AC/DC‘s ‘Highway To Hell’ – check out the clip of them performing below. Bilbao upset the odds on Sunday (January 17) as they beat Barcelona 3-2 after extra time to win the Spanish Super Cup, or Supercopa de España. Read more: AC/DC on their explosive comeback record ‘Power Up’: “This album is for Malcolm” Six Bilbao players – Dani García, Óscar de Marcos, Mikel Vesga, Mikel Balenziaga, Iñigo Lekue and Asier Villalibre – teamed up as the club celebrated in a Seville...
Epik High Is Here For You
By Regina Kim “We were anomalies when we started,” says Tablo of the Korean hip-hop trio Epik High, which he leads. A Stanford graduate whose given name is Daniel Lee, he wears a black cap and matching hoodie on the opposite end of a Zoom call, giving off a laid-back, unassuming air that belies his status as a South Korean superstar. Though rap and hip-hop have become infused in all of the country’s major pop from BTS to Big Bang to Blackpink, Epik High were genre pioneers when they formed in 2001, mixing high-speed vocal deliveries with seemingly disparate...
Watch Lady Gaga Belt Out The National Anthem At Joe Biden’s Inauguration
Lady Gaga brought her pipes to Inauguration Day. On the steps of the United State Capitol, as President-elect Joe Biden and Vice President-elect Kamala Harris awaited to be sworn in to their new offices, Gaga belted out “The Star-Spangled Banner” in a red ball gown and black top a golden dove pin attached to her. Accompanied by the marine band, Gaga utilized a gold microphone, gold in-ears, and a gold olive branch in the dove’s mouth a show of what she tweeted would be a “healing” moment. https://twitter.com/CBSNews/status/1351933239133405184 Rob Carr/Getty Images “Singing our National Anthem for the American People...
Watch this Led Zeppelin-singing parrot cover ‘Stairway To Heaven’
A parrot with a penchant for singing along to its owner’s renditions of classic songs by the likes of Led Zeppelin, Guns N’ Roses and more has achieved renewed internet fame this week. Videos of Tico the parrot singing have been captured by its owner Frank Maglio, who has been uploading them to YouTube since April. While the parrot doesn’t sing any of the actual words of the songs it “covers”, its ability to accurately replicate each track’s vocal melody has earned Tico and the guitar-playing Maglio a small slice of internet fame. Advertisement The pair’s rendition of ‘Stairway...
Architects share powerful new single ‘Dead Butterflies’
Architects have shared their new single ‘Dead Butterflies’, the latest track to arrive from their upcoming ninth album ‘For Those That Wish To Exist‘. The latest effort from the metal-core titans comes accompanied by a video which captures the Brighton band in full flight during their recent livestream show at London’s Royal Albert Hall. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Architects’ Sam Carter It comes after they shared the album track ‘Black Lungs‘ last month, which followed October’s ‘Animals‘ – the band’s first new music since 2018’s ‘Holy Hell‘. Advertisement ‘For Those...
Watch Pop Smoke star in the new trailer for Eddie Huang’s film ‘Boogie’
Pop Smoke features prominently in the new trailer for Eddie Huang’s upcoming film Boogie – you can check out the clip below. The late New York rapper, who was killed in a shooting in February last year, stars alongside Taylor Takahashi and Taylour Paige in the movie, which he also contributed music to. Filming had wrapped on Boogie prior to Pop’s death last year. Read more: Pay tribute to the late, great Pop Smoke with his 10 best tracks The first trailer for Boogie, which is set for release in the US on March 5, was released yesterday (January...
Liam Gallagher, Ed Sheeran and Elton John slam Brexit deal shunning visa-free travel for musicians
The likes of Elton John, Liam Gallagher and Ed Sheeran have all signed an open letter to criticise the UK Government’s Brexit deal, which has shunned the chance for touring musicians to enjoy visa-free travel in Europe. More than 100 musicians say they have been “shamefully failed” by the post-Brexit trade deal in a new open letter published in The Times. The letter, which has also been backed by the likes of Queen‘s Brian May and Roger Waters, calls on the government to “urgently do what it said it would do and negotiate paperwork-free travel in Europe for British artists...
Death Row Records co-founder Michael ‘Harry-O’ Harris pardoned by Trump
Death Row Records co-founder Michael ‘Harry-O’ Harris has received a pardon from Donald Trump after spending more than three decades behind bars. Harris is set for release from a California prison after spending 32 years behind bars for attempted murder and cocaine trafficking. Snoop Dogg, who was signed to Harris’ record label in the 1990s, reportedly sought the help of Ivanka Trump, Jared Kushner and a selection of justice reform campaigners to lobby Trump for the pardon. Advertisement According to the Daily Mail, White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows personally advised Trump against signing the pardon, but the...Recent Posts
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