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Blackpink’s The Album Has A Song For Every Mood
By Natasha Mulenga Blackpink’s The Album has finally arrived, and it feels like a long time coming. Though they’re the most-followed K-pop girl group on Instagram, the first Korean girl group to perform at Coachella, and the group whose music video for “How You Like That” garnered a record-breaking 86.3 million views in its first day, it’s hard to believe that The Album’s eight tracks make up the quartet’s first full-length Korean-language album since they debuted in 2016. But since they dropped their 2018 Japanese-language album Blackpink in Your Area and teamed up with Lady Gaga on the dance-pop...
Shawn Mendes Gets Very Wet In Soaring New ‘Wonder’ Video
Shawn Mendes’s Continuum look has finally arrived. In his new video for “Wonder,” a soaring pop song that keeps rising, Mendes first shows off his quarantine-grown lettuce by peering out the window of a train as a glowing pink horizon beckons. In under a minute, though, he’s standing on top of the zooming vessel, King of the World-ing the shit out of the enterprise. He’s arrived. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fHeQemJJQII The video, directed by Matty Peacock, soundtracks the cloud-high anthem that finds Mendes questioning his place as well as put-upon expectations. “I wonder when I cry into my hands,” he sings, “I’m...
Miley’s Disco-Rock Cover, Griselda’s Hypnotic Boom, And More Songs We Love
The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include anything — it’s a snapshot of what’s on our minds and what sounds good. We’ll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. Get ready: The Bop Shop is now open...
D’Lemor’s Debut Single “Shine” Off Upcoming Debut Album Your Lens Of Love Will Make You Feel Like You Have Found Heaven
Poland-born talented artist D’Lemor gifts the world her angelic voice and inspiring persona in her first-ever debut single “Shine.” The song will be included in her upcoming album, Your Lens Of Love. On “Shine,” she sings her heart out and lets you find her wounds and scars, yet the single has a glimpse of hope in it. “Shine” follows the theme of the album it is included in. With her vulnerable out-of-this-world charisma, beautiful voice, and unique, atmospheric appearance, the artist sings about her belief in love and how it is capable of changing the world. The overall vibe...
Rilo Kiley, Jenny Lewis, Taylor Swift, And The Trail Of Heartbreak Pop
By Tatiana Tenreyro Rilo Kiley came into my life when I was 16. I couldn’t have found the California indie-rock band at a more pivotal time. At that age, I was dealing with two terrible relationships back-to-back that broke my spirit, while also feeling like an outsider in high school. Jenny Lewis’s songwriting helped me find solace; her songs made me feel like she was the cool older friend guiding me through it all, validating my emotions, with songs like “Capturing Moods,” “Go Ahead,” and “Glendora.” But for the other teenage girls I knew, the musical icon they related...
Luna Aura’s Noisy Rebirth
Luna Aura had enough. After a few years tumbling around the pop-music machine in Los Angeles, the writer, singer, and performer born Angela Flores was ready to add some grit. “I walked into a session and was like, ‘I’m going to write a song that I want to write today, and all of you guys, everyone in the room, I don’t care. I want to write something bratty,'” she tells MTV News. “And then it ended up coming out incredible.” That still-unreleased song, a “Nine Inch Nails-meets-Rage Against the Machine” buzz saw, sparked interest from more alternative-minded producers and...
Mark Siegel Shares With The Public The Release Of Two Of His Mentees’ Projects “Luckiest” By Jackie Castro And “Hold Me Down” By Jacob Whitesides
Native-born and raised in Hackettstown NJ producer Mark Siegel announces the release of two new projects: “Luckiest” by Jackie Castro and “Hold Me Down” by Jacob Whitesides. Being one of the most prominent producers in Los Angeles and Nashville, Mark Siegel has earned the reputation of a professional who always gives priority to the artist’s development. Mark is famous for his proficiency in the production of versatile genre masterpieces which in due course brought him to producing for artists signed to Sony, Universal, Warner- the three horsemen of the entertainment and record label conglomerate industry. We have the pleasure...
It’s Just Billie Eilish And The Microphone In Moody ‘No Time To Die’ Video
A quick Billie Eilish 2020 recap: After winning pretty much all the Grammys in January, the 18-year-old pop futurist locked in the coveted gig of singing the latest James Bond film theme. That breathy song, “No Time to Die,” arrived in February, a few months before the film’s originally scheduled release. Obviously, a lot has changed since then. The live-music industry has been shut down since March, which means Eilish’s Where Do We Go? World Tour had to cease just as it began. Still, she released “My Future,” a wandering, downbeat anthem for feeling forlorn, and with No Time...
Demi Lovato Is Sifting Through Heartbreak On New Song ‘Still Have Me’
Last week, the surprising news came out that Demi Lovato and her fiancé of two months Max Ehrich had ended their engagement. The two had gotten together in March, around the time quarantine began, and after Ehrich proposed in July in Malibu, the two shared adorable beach photos expressing their excitement. But whatever the reason for their split, Lovato hasn’t directly weighed in — until now. Sort of. On a new single titled “Still Have Me,” Lovato sings her own praises, acknowledging that things may be “a mess” she may be “still broken,” but, as the chorus reminds, “I...Recent Posts
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