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Christian Bale says Kate Bush’s music was cut from ‘Thor: Love and Thunder’

Christian Bale has revealed that Kate Bush‘s music almost featured in Thor: Love and Thunder. The Oscar-winning actor, who plays villain Gorr the God Butcher in the upcoming sequel, told Total Film that director Taika Waititi had planned a Bush-inspired dance scene, but it was ultimately cut from the film. Opening up about the influences behind his menacing character, Bale said: “There’s obviously sort of a Nosferatu slight attitude. Taika and I wanted to do a whole dance, which we didn’t get to do, but we had all this sort of Kate Bush stuff that we worked at. Advertisement...
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Tyler, the Creator praises Kendrick Lamar’s ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’

Tyler, the Creator has heaped praise on Kendrick Lamar‘s recent album ‘Mr. Morale & the Big Steppers’ in a new interview. The Compton rapper’s long-awaited fifth studio album arrived last month, delivering the follow-up to Lamar’s 2017 album ‘DAMN.’. READ MORE: Kendrick Lamar – ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ review: a cathartic, soul-baring autobiography Speaking in a new interview at the 2022 Converse All Star Series in Paris, Tyler brought up ‘Mr. Morale & The Big Steppers’ while discussing how more young people are embracing honesty and expressing their vulnerability. Advertisement “I think honesty is awesome — with...
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Queer Pop’s Next Generation Is Pushing The Boundaries Of A Sexphobic Society

By Carson Mlnarik On March 25, 2021, listeners were captivated, aroused, and scandalized by a rapper’s shameless descriptions of gay sex. “Shoot a child in your mouth while I’m ridin’,” Lil Nas X quips on “Montero (Call Me By Your Name),” complete with an explicit visual in which he makes out with himself in the Garden of Eden and, of course, gives Satan a lap dance. Critics celebrated it as an “unabashedly queer” work of art, something the artist nodded to when he took home Video of the Year at the 2021 VMAs. “I want to say thank you...
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Declan McKenna announces 2022 North American tour

Declan McKenna has announced he’ll embark on a North American tour in September in support of latest album ‘Zeros’, over two years since it arrived and marking his first shows Stateside since 2019. READ MORE: Declan McKenna at Reading Festival 2021: indie king has his mic drop moment The 15-date run will begin on September 25 at in Seattle, and will also include stops in San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago, Brooklyn, Atlanta, Texas and more. Support for the tour will come from singer-songwriter Annie DiRusso. Tickets will go on sale this Friday (June 24) at 10am local time. See...
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NFL star Tom Brady says Pusha T’s ‘It’s Almost Dry’ is “album of the year”

NFL star Tom Brady has declared Pusha T‘s recent LP ‘It’s Almost Dry’ to be the “album of the year”. The seven-time Super Bowl-winning quarterback has spoken out in praise of the rapper’s April album, which followed on from Pusha’s acclaimed 2018 record ‘Daytona’. READ MORE: Pusha T: “I’ve won the wars. I have withstood everything” Pusha previously declared ‘It’s Almost Dry’ to be “ rap album of the motherfucking year”, and it now seems that Brady supports this view. Advertisement In a social media clip that was posted on Twitter yesterday (June 21) promoting his athletic wear brand...
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TWICE’s Nayeon unveils playful music video teaser for ‘POP!’

TWICE’s Nayeon has released the music video teaser for her upcoming debut solo single, ‘POP!’ READ MORE: TWICE – ‘Formula Of Love: O+T=˂3’ review: a masterful win befitting their global expansion In the playful new visual, Nayeon is seen browsing through a book at a cafe, before performing in front of a swimming pool with synchronized swimmers and jetting away. “Pop! Pop! Pop! / I want you,” Nayeon croons in the background before the teaser ends. ‘POP!’ is the title track of the K-pop idol’s debut solo mini-album ‘IM NAYEON’. Prior to this teaser, the idol had also previewed...
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Hyolyn announces much-anticipated comeback with new teaser

Former SISTAR member Hyolyn has announced a release date for her upcoming solo comeback project. READ MORE: BTS’ new single ‘Yet To Come’ offers poignant reflection and an optimistic invitation into the future Today (June 22), the singer announced her forthcoming project with a new “coming soon” teaser posted to her social media platforms. The image, which features Hyolyn in a dress made of mirrors, reveals that the singer’s third mini-album is due out on July 18 at 6pm KST. Further details on Hyolyn’s upcoming project, such as its title and tracklist, are expected to be released in the...
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NCT Dream, LOONA and ATEEZ to perform at 2022 KCON LA

KCON has announced the second lineup for its upcoming Los Angeles festival, which includes K-pop acts NCT Dream, LOONA, ATEEZ and more. READ MORE: NCT Dream on ‘Beatbox’: “We have this music that’s uniquely our own” The K-pop festival, which is set to make its highly anticipated return to in-person events this year, has unveiled the second set of artists for the upcoming Los Angeles festival. These are NCT Dream, LOONA and ATEEZ, as well as rookie groups Kep1er, LIGHTSUM and TO1. In addition to the six new K-pop acts that have been added to the lineup of KCON...
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Watch The Gaslight Anthem play surprise gig ahead of comeback tour

The Gaslight Anthem played a surprise show in New Jersey at the weekend (June 18) ahead of their comeback tour later this summer. The band went on an indefinite hiatus in 2015, but played together in 2018 to celebrate the 10th anniversary of their second album ‘The ‘59 Sound’. READ MORE: Brian Fallon – ‘Sleepwalkers’ review In March 2022, frontman Brian Fallon announced online that the band would be returning to “full-time status”, including working on their sixth album and heading back out on the road. The tour is set to kick off in Europe in August. Advertisement Before that,...
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Lorde reflects on reaction to ’Solar Power’: “It was really confounding and at times painful”

Lorde has reflected on the reaction to her third album ‘Solar Power’ on the one-year anniversary of the record being announced. The album, which arrived last August, was met with a mixed response from critics and fans upon its release. READ MORE: ‘Melodrama’ at five: how Lorde’s cinematic pop opus inspired a new generation of artists Writing in her latest email newsletter to fans, Lorde shared her feelings on the reaction to ‘Solar Power’. “I can honestly say has been the year with the highest highs and the lowest lows I think I’ve ever experienced,” she wrote. “It took...