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News of BTS’ temporary break causes HYBE stock to fall over 28 per cent
HYBE, the label behind K-pop supergroup BTS, has seen their stock price plummet after the K-pop boyband announced they would be going on a temporary break. READ MORE: BTS’ new single ‘Yet To Come’ offers poignant reflection and an optimistic invitation into the future The South Korean entertainment agency’s shares dropped as much as 28 per cent within the first hour of trading today (June 15), one day after BTS said they would be focusing on their solo careers. According to a report by Billboard, HYBE’s shares had fallen as far as ₩140 thousand per share after opening at...
Dry Cleaning announce new album ‘Stumpwork’ and share lead single
London post-punks Dry Cleaning have announced their second album ‘Stumpwork’ and shared lead single ‘Don’t Press Me’ – see its album art and full tracklist below. READ MORE: Dry Cleaning – ‘New Long Leg’ review: a playful antidote to po-faced post-punk Clocking in at just under two minutes, the band’s latest sees vocalist Florence Shaw deliver a characteristically dry internal monologue, singing “You are always fighting me / You are always stressing me out” on its refrain. “The words in the chorus came about because I was trying to write a song to sing to my own brain,” Shaw...
BTS’ Jungkook says he hasn’t released a lot of solo material as they “didn’t sound good”
BTS member Jungkook has opened up about working on solo music and why he hasn’t released as many songs as the rest of his groupmates. READ MORE: The life-changing magic of falling down the BTS rabbit hole In a recent interview with Weverse Magazine, the K-pop idol spoke about having written a number of unreleased songs as potential solo releases, revealing that many of them have not panned out the way he hoped. When asked about the level of satisfaction he requires personally before releasing something and his hesitancy about dropping new material, the singer revealed that there have...
Watch Post Malone’s emotional cover of Pearl Jam’s ‘Better Man’ on ‘Howard Stern’
Post Malone has performed an acoustic cover of Pearl Jam’s ‘Better Man’ on The Howard Stern Show – check it out below. READ MORE: Post Malone – ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ review: his sobering comedown Malone performed the track to open his set for The Howard Stern Show, which was uploaded on YouTube on June 15. When asked why he chose to cover the 1994 Pearl Jam classic, he explained: “I remember my brother Jordan, he was a Marine, and he was stationed in Hawaii. And we went to go see him. I was 12, 13, maybe.” He continued: “And...
Julia Jacklin shares new single ‘I Was Neon’ with self-directed video
Julia Jacklin has shared a new single titled ‘I Was Neon’, the second to be lifted from the singer-songwriter’s forthcoming album ‘Pre Pleasure’. In a statement, Jacklin explained that the new song was originally written for a short-lived side project, Rattlesnake, that she played drums for in 2019. “I rewrote it for my album in Montreal, during a time when I was desperately longing for a version of myself that I feared was gone forever,” she continued. “I was thinking of this song when I made the album cover, this song is the album cover really.” Advertisement ‘I Was...
Young Thug makes statement at Hot 97 Summer Jam from jail
Young Thug made a surprise statement from jail during New York radio station Hot 97’s annual Summer Jam concert. The rapper was due to be playing the New Jersey show on Sunday (June 12) but was still in jail, having been denied a prison release on bond earlier this month. According to HipHopDX, the show featured a voice message from Thug that played on the Summer Jam screen, preceded by a video in which artists like Polo G and G Herbo pledged their support to the rapper. Advertisement “I just want to say thank you to all of my...
Ozzy Osbourne is “doing well on the road to recovery”
Ozzy Osbourne is “doing well and on the road to recovery” following a major operation, Sharon Osbourne has said in a statement. Last week it was announced by Sharon that the Black Sabbath frontman would be undergoing surgery that would “determine the rest of his life” on Monday (June 13). READ MORE: The Big Read – Ozzy Osbourne: “This album saved my life” Posting on Twitter today (14), Sharon wrote: “Our family would like to express so much gratitude for the overwhelming amount of love and support leading up to Ozzy’s surgery! Ozzy is doing well and on the road...
Simple Minds announce new album ‘Direction Of The Heart’ and share single ‘Vision Thing’
Simple Minds have shared new single ‘Vision Thing’, which is the first to be taken from the band’s upcoming eighteenth studio album ‘Direction Of The Heart’. READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Jim Kerr, Simple Minds The euphoric ‘Vision Thing’ features music written by guitarist Charlie Burchill and lyrics by frontman Jim Kerr, with the song described as a tribute to Kerr’s “best pal” – his late father who passed away in 2019. The new single is ‘Direction Of The Heart”s opener and is followed by eight new tracks, which were all recorded at Hamburg’s Chameleon Studios....
Post Malone shares his record for most cigarettes smoked in a day
Post Malone has shared his personal record for the most cigarettes he’s smoked in one day, as well as his average on a “good day”. The rapper is well-known for his smoking habit, often seen in interviews and photos with a cigarette in his hands. READ MORE: Post Malone – ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ review: his sobering comedown Speaking to Full Send, the star spoke about how many cigarettes he usually smokes. “There’s a really fine line between a terrible day and a good day,” he said when asked by the hosts what his average is for a good day. “40,...Recent Posts
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