SEVENTEEN’s Wonwoo has shared an emotional new cover of ‘Knees’ by IU. READ MORE: SEVENTEEN – ‘Face the Sun’ review: seven years in, the K-pop stars are determined not to flame out Wonwoo’s cover, which is largely faithful to the original’s sound, was shared on the K-pop boyband’s official YouTube channel on August 19 at midnight KST. It marks his first solo contribution to SEVENTEEN’s sprawling collection of unofficial solo tracks and covers, which include Seungkwan and Youngji’s collaboration on Lizzo’s ‘Juice’ and Joshua’s cover of dhruv’s ‘double take’, among others. “If I lie down on your knee /...
Stranger Things star David Harbour has revealed what song would save him from Vecna, the central villain in the sci-fi series’ most recent season. READ MORE: Joe Keery: “I want my stage persona to surprise people” Introduced in Stranger Things 4, which premiered in May of this year, Vecna’s paranormal abilities allow him to haunt (and eventually kill) his victims – however the so-called ‘curse’ can be escaped when the possessed listen to their favourite song. In an interview with E! News yesterday (August 18) Harbour — who plays town sheriff Jim Hopper on the show — spoke of his...
Danish post-punks Iceage have announced they’ll release a new rarities collection titled ‘Shake the Feeling: Outtakes & Rarities 2015–2021’ next month. READ MORE: Iceage on growing up: “The longer you live, the more nuance gets added to the palette” The collection, out September 23 via Mexican Summer, will contain 12 non-album cuts (songs frontman Elias Bender Rønnenfelt describes as “misfit children”) including covers of Bob Dylan‘s ‘I’ll Keep It With Mine’ and Abner Jay’s ‘My Mule’. To coincide with the announcement, the band have shared a new single, also titled ‘Shake the Feeling’. The song was recorded during sessions...
Quavo has revealed the reason behind Takeoff’s absence on the Migos song ‘Bad & Boujee’. READ MORE: Migos: “We show up with the goods and prove you wrong” The rappers — who form two-thirds of the Migos trio alongside Offset — discussed the 2016 song in a teaser clip for the music podcast Rap Radar. During the snippet of the interview published Wednesday (August 17), podcast host Elliot Wilson questions why Takeoff wasn’t included on the track, which was the lead single of Migos’ sophomore album, ‘Culture’. “I think it was just timing,” Migos explained. “We were just trying to...
Anitta’s new song ‘Lobby’ features Missy Elliott – check out the collaboration below. READ MORE: Five things we learned from our In Conversation video chat with Anitta The trippy new song centres around a night in a hotel and features Elliott on the song’s verses rapping. “Missy and Anitta, we rolling up to the party/ That hottie, he can get the keys to my Bugatti,” Elliott says on the song’s second verse. The video was directed by Arrad and takes place in a hotel. Fans online have been comparing the videos bright colour palette to Cardi B and Megan Thee Stallion’s...
Jack Harlow has opened up about who his dream collaboration would be in a new interview. Speaking on TODAY’s Citi Concert Series, Harlow recalled how he first got into music before revealing who he most wants to collaborate with – and how he hopes it will still happen yet. When asked, he replied: “Andre 3000, that’s a big one I’ve been manifesting for a while,” he explained. Advertisement “A lot of the collaborations you just named are ones that in interviews over the years I hadn’t done yet,” he replied to the interviewer who listed names of some of his...
Kanye West has taken to US network television to defend selling his Yeezy Gap line in black “construction bags” that some people mistakenly thought were bin bags. READ MORE: ‘Donda 2’: Kanye West’s ego is scuppering these half-baked, dashed-off sounding songs Posting on Instagram last week (August 13), the rapper shared a note that reads: “Look to the children… Look to the homeless… As the biggest inspiration for all design.” Speaking to Fox News’ Fox & Friends following accusations of insensitivity, West apparently declared it was “God’s plan” for him to clarify his comments on television, according to quotes summarised...
PVA have shared a dark new single called ‘Bad Dad’ – listen to it below. The South London trio have shared the latest track from upcoming debut album ‘BLUSH’, which arrives on October 14 via Ninja Tune. Speaking on the themes of the single, the band’s Ella Harris said: “Bad Dad explores the internal world of a new father checking in on his son at night, afraid of the lineage of masculinity and how it might impact someone so untainted.” Advertisement Check out the song here: Speaking about the upcoming new album, drummer Louis Satchell said: “We wanted to surprise people...
Rock photographer Michael Spencer Jones is attempting to track down the white Rolls-Royce that famously graced the cover of Oasis‘ third album, ‘Be Here Now’. The six-times platinum-selling record celebrates its 25th anniversary this week, with an updated version featuring silver-coloured double heavyweight LP, double picture disc and cassette, and remastered audio set for release tomorrow (August 19). Back in 1997, Spencer Jones loaned the 1972 Silver Shadow from Leicestershire-based Flying Spares for the album shoot. It was sold the following year at a music memorabilia auction for £1,200, but experts have no idea where the car went from...
Peter Hook has said there should be a permanent memorial to Ian Curtis in Manchester following the removal of a mural to the late Joy Division musician. READ MORE: New Order talk suicide prevention in Parliament to mark anniversary of Ian Curtis’ death Earlier this week, a advertisement for Manchester rapper Aitch was placed over a much loved mural of Curtis in the city’s Northern Quarter. Aitch said he would “fix” the issue saying he had no idea that the advertisement was being placed over the mural. The mural, based on a photo of Curtis taken by Philippe Carly, was painted by Manchester...