Ice Spice has dropped a new single, ‘Pretty Girl’, featuring Nigerian rapper Rema. The track is the first new single from Ice Spice since the deluxe edition of her debut EP ‘Like…?’ was released in July, and sees her gush over a new love interest – “Yeah, you the one, there’s no number two/If I had three wishes, I’d waste ’em on you,” she raps, while Rema sings the chorus. The music video, meanwhile, sees the pair perform against a colourful animated background, while they’re also seen leaning against a retro-looking car. Advertisement Check out the visuals for ‘Pretty...
Fatboy Slim has released a 25th anniversary reissue of his seminal album ‘You’ve Come A Long Way, Baby’ to celebrate National Album Day today (October 14). The reissue is part of an exclusive list of limited edition albums reissued especially for National Album Day. This year’s event, which is organised by the BPI and is now in its sixth edition, is themed around big albums from the ’90s. For its sixth year, the annual event commemorating the album as an art form is focusing on albums from the ’90s and to celebrate, numerous big albums for the decade are...
Nicki Minaj has dropped a surprise new song, ‘Bahm Bahm’. The track was uploaded exclusively to Minaj’s website and features the rapper on characteristically sassy form, on which she declares: “There I go again, kickin’ some dumb flow,” before she raps in the chorus: “They say my price ridiculous / I don’t like them bitches / Pussy tight and vicious / Hit them likes to lick this (bahm, bahm) / Screamin’, ‘Fuck the opposition.’” On Thursday (October 12), Minaj asked fans which of three songs they wanted to hear. Alongside ‘Bahm Bahm’, she also offered options of unnamed collaborations...
Megan Thee Stallion has revealed she will be releasing her next album independently and will be financing it herself. While speaking to fans on Instagram Live, the rapper confirmed that she is without a record deal but is proceeding to make new music regardless, funded out of her own pocket. “This part of my album is definitely very much funded by Megan Thee Stallion because y’know… we tryna get off … y’all know what’s the tea,” she said. “But I have no label right now and we’re doing everything funded by Megan Thee Stallion’s pocket. The budget is coming...
Charli XCX is set to drop a new song, ‘In The City’, featuring Sam Smith next week. The track, which is expected to appear on the singer’s forthcoming sixth album, is set to drop on Thursday (October 19). It is the first single Charli has released since ‘Speed Drive’, which features on the Barbie soundtrack and contains an interpolation of Toni Basil’s hit ‘Mickey’. Last week, the artist shared a snippet on the track on her social media, which appears to be an upbeat dance-pop track and the lyrics “I never thought I would find it, but I found...
Lenny Kravitz has announced details of a new double album called ‘Blue Electric Light’, which will be released on March 15. The rock musician has also shared the album’s lead single, ‘TK421’ – watch the video for the song below, in which Kravitz is seen, from behind, entirely naked. ‘Blue Electric Light’ will be Kravitz’s first album since 2018’s ‘Raise Vibration’, and it will be released through his own label, Roxie Records, with distribution by BMG. Advertisement It will be the 59-year-old’s first double album and 12th studio effort overall, made up of 12 tracks that he...
A chant of “fuck EasyJet” broke out at Easy Life‘s last gig under their current band name in London tonight (October 13) following a legal battle with the airline’s licensing company EasyGroup. READ MORE: Murray Matravers on Easy Life’s rise: “If you’re enjoying it and you’re healthy in your mind, that for me is success” The band performed their sold-out farewell show at London’s KOKO today, following a goodbye date at the O2 Academy in their Leicester hometown last night (October 12). Both shows were performed in light of the recent legal action the members faced from EasyGroup over their...
Orbital have announced details of their 2024 UK and Ireland tour. The band, which consists of Kent brothers Phil and Paul Hartnoll, will tour their 1991 self-titled debut (also known as the ‘Green Album’). The track ‘Belfast’ from the record appeared in the soundtrack to the seminal Cool Cymru film Human Traffic (1999). You can get tickets for the tour here and see all tour dates below. Previously, Orbital toured the UK and Ireland in 2023 for their most recent album. ‘Optical Delusions‘ is the duo’s tenth studio album, and featured a collaboration with Sleaford Mods on ‘Dirty Rat’....
Elisabeth Elektra has teamed up with members of Mogwai and Chvrches for her latest single ‘Broken Promises’. Written by Elektra, ‘Broken Promises’ was co-produced and performed by herself and Jonny Scott of Chvrches. Stuart Braithwaite of Mogwai provides guitars on the track. Speaking of the song’s creation in a press release, Elektra said: “I wrote this song while I was going through a particularly difficult time in my life.” She continued: “Everything felt so unstable and disorienting, but I realised even at the time that I was being forged by trauma into a stronger, more resilient and powerful person....
A new study has found nearly half of Netflix‘s users would cancel their subscription entirely if they increased the price of their ad-free tier. The news follows from the streaming platform’s recent announcement that they were raising the price of their ad-free tier once the SAG strike ends. It was not clear how much prices would be raised, or exactly when this would take place. Netflix declined to comment on the report to NME. In a new study by CivicScience, 39 per cent of users said if Netflix increased the rates of their ad-free account, they would cancel their subscription...
