Adele is reportedly in talks to buy a huge Los Angeles mansion currently owned by Sylvester Stallone. READ MORE: Adele – ‘30’ album review: dependable pop titan finally mixes things up According to TMZ, Adele is on the way to purchasing the mansion, which is located in the exclusive gated community of Beverly Park. One of the largest properties in the celebrity-filled community, the mansion was bought by Stallone in the 1990s and features six bedrooms, nine bathrooms, a full guest house, art studio, gym, sauna and more. Advertisement The Los Angeles Times reports that the property initially went on the...
Last year, Subsonic Eye released their third album ‘Nature Of Things’, a freewheeling indie rock record with a tender, thoughtful heart. For NME Radar Sessions, the Singaporean indie rock band step into the great outdoors to deliver acoustic renditions of two cuts: ‘Fruitcake’ and ‘Animinimism’. Watch their dreamy performance above. NME Radar Sessions is an exploration of art and place. This January, we link up with four artists from Singapore who tell us how the country and their surroundings have informed their creative lives. Beloved for their energetic live sets, for NME Radar Sessions Subsonic Eye deliver a unique...
Kanye West threw a surprise New Year’s Eve party on Friday (December 31) with performances from him and Future. READ MORE: Kanye West and Drake live in Los Angeles: titans unite for a near-religious experience The private ‘New Year’s Eve Black Party’ in Miami, Florida was announced on Ye’s Instagram just hours before it was due to take place. Justin LaBoy hosted the party. As Complex notes, Miami is where Pete Davidson, the boyfriend of Ye’s estranged wife Kim Kardashian, hosted his own NYE party alongside Miley Cyrus that same evening. The NBC special featured performances by Cyrus, Jack Harlow,...
Woozi of K-pop boyband SEVENTEEN has released the music video for his first-ever solo single, ‘Ruby’. READ MORE: The 10 best Korean dramas of 2021 In the captivating clip, the singer-songwriter performs the funk-inspired English pop rock track on a flashing stage as a troupe of models walk circles around him. The video ends with Woozi performing a dramatic guitar solo while red lights shine on his bejewelled guitar strap. “Baby girl you’re making me a beautiful jewel / Every time I look at you I keep turning red / I’m not going back, go colour me like you...
Sigrid and Griff have officially confirmed their rumoured collaborative single – listen to a snippet of ‘Head On Fire’ below. READ MORE: Sigrid: “There’s a part of me that comes out when I play live – it’s my superpower” The two pop stars teased an upcoming collaboration last week, saying that they are very keen to work together. After they all but confirmed that they had written a new song together in a series of cryptic videos posted on social media, Griff has now officially confirmed the collaboration and shared a snippet of it in a new TikTok video. Advertisement...
GOT The Beat, the first sub-unit of SM Entertainment’s new supergroup Girls On Top, have released their debut track ‘Step Back’. READ MORE: aespa reflect on their “unreal” 2021: “It takes a little time for everything to start kicking in” Earlier today (January 3), SM Entertainment officially released the song ‘Step Back’ onto streaming services, both in South Korean and worldwide. Prior to the song’s official release, GOT The Beat had performed ‘Step Back’ at SM’s online concert SMTOWN LIVE 2022: SMCU EXPRESS@KWANGYA, which took place on January 1. The seven-member unit includes soloist BoA, Girls’ Generation’s Taeyeon and...
The investigation into the murder of Drakeo The Ruler, who was fatally stabbed at a music festival last month, has stalled due to poor witness cooperation. Drakeo, 28, was on the bill at Once Upon A Time In LA festival on December 18 and was reportedly stabbed in the neck by unknown assailant(s) backstage. He was taken to hospital but later died of his injuries. According to TMZ, police “are mostly relying on surveillance and cellphone footage to crack the case,” saying that most witnesses to the incident have refused to come forward to speak to law enforcement. In addition,...
K-pop girl group Kep1er have unveiled the exciting music video of their highly anticipated debut track, ‘Wa Da Da’. READ MORE: aespa reflect on their “unreal” 2021: “It takes a little time for everything to start kicking in” In the vibrant visual, the nine-member act showcase their powerful choreography to the high-energy track. “Wa Da Da Da / Running vroom vroom vroom / Like a supersonic / Wa Da Da, Wa Da Da, Run,” they chant on the chorus, stomping to the beat. ‘Wa Da Da’ is the the lead single of their first mini-album ‘First Impact’, both of...
American R&B and pop singer Omarion has reacted to jokes on social media referring to the latest COVID-19 variant, Omicron, by his name. READ MORE: The 50 best albums of 2021 The jokes first began in late November when the Omicron variant appeared across the world. Several videos posted on Twitter included clips of Omarion dancing, with captions like “They say in order to keep the Omarion Variant away, you have to do this routine 3 times in the mirror”. They say in order to keep the Omarion Variant away, you have to do this routine 3 times in...
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 — it’s a snapshot of what’s on our minds and what sounds good. We’ll keep it fresh with the latest music, but expect a few oldies (but goodies) every once in a while, too. And to close out 2021, we’ve rounded up some of our...