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Listen to Bruce Springsteen’s new cover of Commodores’ ‘Nightshift’
Bruce Springsteen has released ‘Nightshift’, a cover of the Commodores original, lifted from the singer’s forthcoming album. READ MORE: Every single Bruce Springsteen album ranked in order of greatness ‘Nightshift’ first appeared on the tracklist of Commodores’ titular 1985 album, and was written as a tribute to Marvin Gaye and Jackie Wilson (both of whom died the year prior). For his part, Springsteen stays true to the original, carrying the soulful tune atop a supporting band of brass, strings and backing vocalists. The track is accompanied by a music video directed by longtime Springsteen collaborator Thom Zimny. The director...
Girl In Red shares new song ‘October Passed Me By’, produced by Aaron Dessner
Girl In Red has shared a new single produced by The National‘s Aaron Dessner – listen to ‘October Passed Me By’ below. READ MORE: Girl In Red: “Gen Z expect more honesty, intimacy and rawness” The track, announced last week, serves as the long-awaited sequel to 2018 single ‘We Fell In Love In October’, and follows the singer’s 2021 debut album. ‘If I Could Make It Go Quiet’. In a statement about the song and its short film, Girl In Red said: “’October Passed Me By’ has been living in the back of my head since June 2021. Every fall since...
Disclosure share remix of Sam Smith and Kim Petras’ ‘Unholy’
Disclosure have released their remix of ‘Unholy’, the single first shared by Sam Smith and Kim Petras last month. READ MORE: Disclosure: “Some people want us to make ‘Latch’ over and over again” The remix sees the producer duo add an extra minute to the original runtime, distorting the song’s Arabian scale atop a punchy house beat. Disclosure mutes Smith’s vocals on the choir-led chorus, before inserting Petras’ adlibs in the song’s final minute. Listen to Disclosure’s ‘Unholy’ remix below: Advertisement The remix arrives days after the 10th anniversary of ‘Latch’, a fellow Smith and Disclosure collaboration that was...
‘Butter’ becomes BTS’ second song to surpass a billion streams on Spotify
BTS’ 2021 English-language hit ‘Butter’ is now the group’s second single to amass over a billion streams on Spotify. READ MORE: Seulgi – ‘28 Reasons’ review: Red Velvet star stuns on intoxicating solo debut Today (October 14), the music streaming service announced that ‘Butter’ had recently surpassed a billion streams on the platform. With this, the track is now the second song by a Korean act to hit the milestone and be included in Spotify’s Billions Club playlist. No hotter, sweeter, or cooler way to celebrate Jimin’s birthday than welcoming #BTS's #Butter into the #BillionsClub ? pic.twitter.com/1hTpaDw7rq — Spotify...
Taylor Swift to appear on ‘Fallon’ after releasing ‘Midnights’
Taylor Swift has been announced to appear on an upcoming episode of The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon, marking her first late-night talk show engagement for the year. READ MORE: Every Taylor Swift song ranked in order of greatness Celebrating her 10th album, ‘Midnights’, Swift will sit down for a chat with Fallon on Monday October 24 – three days after ‘Midnights’ is released on October 21. She won’t perform on the show, though; Meghan Trainor will appear as that episode’s musical guest, with others appearing across the week including the duo of Zedd and Marren Morris (on Tuesday October...
Taylor Swift submits ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ for 2023 Grammys, Drake and The Weeknd still absent
Submissions for the 2023 Grammys are in, with the first round voting for next year’s awards kicking off yesterday (October 13). There are a number of notable submissions and absentees from the 2023 submissions list, including six from Taylor Swift. Swift has put forward ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’ for consideration in the Album of the Year and Best Country Album categories, eight years after the original ‘Red’ release lost in both at the 2014 awards. Her other submissions include ‘All Too Well (10 Minute Version)’ for Record of the Year and Song of the Year, ‘I Bet You Think About...
Watch Tove Lo cover Robyn’s ‘Dancing On My Own’
Tove Lo has paid tribute to another Swedish pop star, covering Robyn‘s ‘Dancing On My Own’ while appearing on Australian radio station triple j’s Like a Version segment. READ MORE: Tove Lo on new album ‘Dirt Femme’, ‘True Romance’ and getting candid about love Tove is accompanied solely by a pianist for her stripped-back rendition of the song, foregrounding her soaring vocals and bringing out all the emotion and power of Robyn’s 2010 heartbreak classic. “I think it’s just the most perfect pop song,” Tove said of her decision to cover the song in a post-performance interview. “Lyrically, it’s...
Tove Lo opens up about past struggles with eating disorders in video for ‘Grapefruit’
Tove Lo has shared a new video for her track ‘Grapefruit’ where she opens up about her past struggles with an eating disorder. Watch the video below. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Tove Lo In the new visuals, Lo dances as an uneaten rotting grapefruit sits in the fridge and she sings lyrics about struggling with her appearance, “withering away”, while reiterating “what I see is not me”. “I think I’m touching on some subjects as a woman where I feel like a lot of it has to do with my relationship...
Julian Casablancas on The Strokes’ seventh album: “lotta jumping to conclusions”
Julian Casablancas has shared an update on the progress of The Strokes’ seventh album. His comments follow producer Rick Rubin revealing during an appearance on The Joe Rogan Experience, that he’s working on a new album with the band, having recently completed a recording session with them in Costa Rica. READ MORE: The Strokes’ world-changing ‘Is This It’ at 20: “They had a ‘last gang in town’ mentality” “Killed it on Joe Rogan,” Casablancas wrote. “True, Strokes’ve jammed and started some stuff, but we’re still so extremely v far off from being even close to any kinda remotely-near-doneness.” Advertisement He went to...Recent Posts
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