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Consequence shares new Kanye West-produced single ‘Blood Stain’

Consequence has shared a new track produced by his long-time collaborator Kanye West titled ‘Blood Stain’. You can hear it below. READ MORE: Divorce, Drake disses and problematic features: 10 talking points from Kanye West’s ‘DONDA’ The slick new single is Consequence’s features signature West production, and according to a Tweet by the rapper will be the first song from a forthcoming album. ??ITS UP?? BLOOD STAIN produced by YE 1st Single from the forthcoming LP Nice Doing Business With You https://t.co/kbHrYZFIs4 — Consequence (@ItsTheCons) June 10, 2022 Advertisement He had teased the track earlier this week with a snippet...
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Listen to Orville Peck cover Elton John’s ‘Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters’

Orville Peck has covered Elton John’s ‘Mona Lisas And Mad Hatters’ as part of Amazon’s ongoing Pride Month celebrations. The new take on the 1972 track, which appeared on John’s ‘Honky Chateau’ album, are part of the platform’s PROUD playlist. READ MORE: Elton John: “I’m not interested in the past – not even Elton John’s past” The masked country star brought the song into his own world, swapping John’s piano melodies for acoustic guitar strums and swooning country twangs. Advertisement “I chose this song because it was always one of my favourites when I was younger,” Peck explained. “I just...
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Phoebe Bridgers says she’s trying to write happier songs: “It’s a challenge to myself”

Phoebe Bridgers has spoken about her recent track ‘Sidelines’, a contribution to the soundtrack of Conversations With Friends, the TV adaptation of Sally Rooney’s novel of the same name. The song is notably more optimistic than Bridgers’ last album ‘Punisher’, which she told Variety is the result of a shift in focus. READ MORE: ‘Conversations With Friends’ review: a cold yet compelling take on Sally Rooney’s debut novel “I’m striving to do more stuff like that. I think it’s more challenging to sound smart and write well about happiness than it is about sadness. In the interest of not...
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Jimmy Eat World return with punchy new song ‘Something Loud’

Jimmy Eat World have today (June 10) shared a punchy new track called ‘Something Loud’ – scroll down the page to watch the video now. The track is the band’s first single since ‘Love Never’, which was released in 2019 and featured on the album ‘Surviving’. READ MORE: Jimmy Eat World tell us about conquering doubt for ‘Surviving’: “Your lesser self convinces you to let them have the keys” ‘Something Loud’ was inspired by the excitement that surrounded the announcement of When We Were Young festival, which will take place in Las Vegas this October. Speaking in a press release,...
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Bastille share otherworldly video for new song ‘Remind Me’

Bastille have shared a brand new track and video – watch the visual for unreleased song ‘Remind Me’ below. READ MORE: Bastille talk their “surreal, otherworldly” ‘Give Me The Future’ digital experience “I started working on ‘Remind Me’ a few years ago in LA with some writer friends at the very beginning of the ‘Give Me The Future’ album process,” frontman Dan Smith said in a statement. “We weren’t really sure what it would be for but always loved how different it felt. Finishing it off in London with Mark Crew and the rest of the guys we’d wanted...
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PinkPantheress pulls out of Primavera Sound due to health issues

PinkPantheress has become the latest artist to pull out of this month’s Primavera Sound in Barcelona. Per a statement from the festival including a message from the TikTok star, she reveals that she is unable to perform her set at the event today (June 10) due to health issues. “We regret to inform you that, for health reasons, PinkPantheress has been forced to cancel her performance,” Primavera wrote on Twitter. Advertisement Their message included a note from the singer herself, who said: “Under doctors orders, I will not be performing at Primavera this weekend due to hearing difficulties. I...
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Jack White distances himself from White Stripes NFTs

Jack White has distanced himself from The White Stripes NFTs released last year, and expressed his dislike of the format. In April 2021, the band announced that a visualiser of the The Glitch Mob remix of their track ‘Seven Nation Army’ would be sold as an NFT also containing a number of unique art pieces. READ MORE: Jack White – ‘Fear Of The Dawn’ review: guitar wizard meets the audience halfway The remix also landed on streaming services a few days later and was then available for purchase on physical vinyl in June through White’s Third Man Records. Advertisement Now,...
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A new posthumous XXXTentacion compilation has been released

The estate of XXXTentacion have shared a new compilation, designed to tie in with a new documentary about the late rapper’s life. The feature-length documentary Look At Me: XXXTentacion was released earlier this year on Hulu in the US, with a UK release yet to be announced. READ MORE: What I learned about XXXTentacion from making a documentary of his life The documentary charts the late rapper’s ascent on SoundCloud, his struggles with mental health and his history of domestic abuse charges. In 2018, he confessed to a series of violent crimes in a secret recording. Advertisement XXXTentacion, real name Jahseh Dwayne Onfroy,...
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Demi Lovato returns with punky new single ‘Skin Of My Teeth’

Demi Lovato has shared a brand new track and video called ‘Skin Of My Teeth’ – watch the video for the punky new track below. READ MORE: Demi Lovato – ‘Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over’ review: raw, cathartic pop The singer announced the song last week as the first taster of upcoming eighth studio album ‘Holy Fvck’. The album follows over a year on from their 2021 album ‘Dancing With The Devil… The Art Of Starting Over’, and is set for release on August 19 via Island Records. Advertisement On the track, Lovato sings: “Demi leaves...
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Bop Shop: Kate Bush Edition

The search for the ever-elusive “bop” is difficult. Playlists and streaming-service recommendations can only do so much. They often leave a lingering question: Are these songs really good, or are they just new? Enter Bop Shop, a hand-picked selection of songs from the MTV News team. This weekly collection doesn’t discriminate by genre and can include anything — and this week, inspired by Kate Bush’s big Stranger Things chart bump, we’ve devoted the entire roundup to her songs, including some of our favorite covers. After being featured prominently in Season 4 of the hit Netflix show, Bush’s 1985 art-pop...