Jennifer Hudson has released a showstopping rendition of Aretha Franklin’s ‘Young, Gifted and Black’ today (June 28) for the 2020 BET Awards. The performance sees Hudson paying homage to the Queen of Soul’s early gospel roots and is immediately followed by a trailer for the film RESPECT. READ MORE: Family speak out and tributes pour in after the death of soul legend Aretha Franklin Watch the cover below: Advertisement Hudson will play Aretha Franklin in an upcoming biopic of the legendary singer’s life, titled RESPECT. Franklin handpicked the 38-year-old to play her, still heavily collaborating on the film up until...
Megan Thee Stallion has delivered a Mad Max-inspired performance of ‘Girls In The Hood’ and the remix of ‘Savage’ featuring Beyoncé in the desert for the 2020 BET Awards. READ MORE: BET Awards – Drake and Megan Thee Stallion lead 2020 nominations The medley marks the first time she’s performed ‘Girls In The Hood’, which was released last Friday (June 26). It’s the first single she’s released since the Beyoncé-featuring ‘Savage (Remix)’, with Megan doing choreography during Beyoncé’s verse for the performance. Watch it in full below. Advertisement In addition to the performance, Megan Thee Stallion also walked away...
Beyoncé, Solange, Janelle Monáe and more Black women in the entertainment industry have called for the US senate to end voter suppression. Tina Knowles-Lawson, Beyoncé and Solange’s mother, penned an open letter in support of ‘The HEROES Act.’ The Health and Economic Recovery Omnibus Emergency Solutions (HEROES) Act is described in the letter as “step in the right direction toward a more inclusive democracy.” Beyoncé posted the letter to her Instagram, adding that “this bill would help provide funding to ensure that our vote is protected this election cycle.” Advertisement Read the letter in full below: View this post...
Tomorrow X Together have shared a 19-minute and 30-second-long video for ‘The Dream Chapter: Eternity’ track ‘Eternally’. Read more: K-pop super rookies Tomorrow X Together are the imaginative, passionate boyband the world needs In its lyrics, the song details “an unknown presence that leads the boys through repeated nightmares”. The video takes its cues from the track, taking the five members of the Korean band out of reality and into surreal, eerie dreamworlds. It is split into seven sections, each with its own sub-plot, beginning with leader Soobin who is drawn down a seemingly never-ending corridor before being thrust...
Arlo Parks performed on Worthy Farm yesterday (June 27) as part of the BBC’s The Glastonbury Experience 2020. Read more: Arlo Parks: Creator of the year’s most devastating song The network has been broadcasting a series of special programmes from the Glastonbury site this weekend to make up for the cancellation of the festival. Parks played a stripped-back version of her recent track ‘Black Dog’, stood between a campfire and the Pyramid Stage structure. She was joined by a guitarist for the performance, who sat six feet away from her in adherence with social distancing regulations. Watch the performance below...
Tekashi 6ix9ine has announced a new song and music video, both set to arrive this week. Read more: The troubling rise of Tekashi 6ix9ine The rapper has been releasing a steady stream of new music since he was released from prison and put under house arrest. 6ix9ine shared the news with his followers on Instagram, captioning a video of him speaking: “NEW MUSIC VIDEO THIS FRIDAY JULY 3RD.” In the video, he spoke about his plans for his final days of house arrest and beyond. Advertisement “I have about 34 more days til house arrest is over, about 34...
Laura Marling performed in front of the Pyramid Stage as part of the BBC’s The Glastonbury Experience 2020 yesterday (June 27). Read more: Laura Marling: “America has become a bit more sinister now that it’s Trump-addled” The singer-songwriter was one of many artists set to feature on the bill for the Worthy Farm festival before it was forced to be cancelled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Marling played a version of her song ‘Strange Girl’, which features on her latest album ‘Song For Our Daughter’, in front of the Pyramid Stage structure, cows and a plane. Adhering to social distancing...
“What I really love to do at Glasto is walk around with a great big bag of doughnuts, looking at weird stuff that I’ve never seen before,” Billy Bragg tells NME about what he’s missing the most about Worthy Farm, and his plans to fill that Glastonbury-shaped hole in his life this weekend. “Maybe I’ll sit around the campfire, and play some loud dance music from the living room with the windows closed so I can get that damp ‘doof doof doof’ sound in the distance.” As LeftField stage where music and politics combine for punters to “recharge their...
Snoop Dogg has shared a secretly filmed clip of Dr. Dre and Kanye West working in the studio together. Read more: Dr. Dre’s ‘The Chronic’: A 4/20 deep dive into the album that changed hip-hop forever In the “exclusive footage,” Snoop appears to be sat in the back of a studio while Dre and West are working on music. “Kanye West got some hot music. Shhhhh,” he whispers, narrating what’s going on in the session. “Kanye West got some hot shit. Only I can get exclusive footage. Shut up. Motherfucker. Kanye West got some hot shit. It’s finna come...
50 Cent has spoken about Pop Smoke‘s posthumous debut album ‘Shoot for the Stars, Aim for the Moon’ which is due to land next month. Read more: Pay tribute to the late, great Pop Smoke with his 10 best tracks The legendary rapper was a mentor to the young star, who died aged 20 in February after being fatally shot during a home invasion in California. 50 Cent spoke to the New York Times for a memorial piece published on Thursday (June 25) along with a host of other musicians, friends, producers and industry employees who worked with Pop...