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Olivia Rodrigo chooses her fighters in ’Brutal’ video

Olivia Rodrigo has shared an angst-filled new video for her song ‘Brutal’ – scroll down the page to watch it now. The track features on the US pop star’s debut album ‘Sour’, which was released earlier this year. READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo: “It’s important for me to be taken seriously as a songwriter” The ‘Brutal’ video was directed by Petra Collins and takes inspiration, in part, from Clueless. It also features Rodrigo breaking her ankle in a ballet lesson, being dragged down the hallways of a high school and having a meltdown on Instagram Live. Advertisement The visuals begin with the...
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Watch Ed Sheeran re-record Taylor Swift’s ‘Everything Has Changed’

Ed Sheeran has shared a video of him re-recording his vocals for Taylor Swift’s ‘Everything Has Changed’, ahead of ‘Red (Taylor’s Version)’. The British singer-songwriter featured on the original version of the record, which was released back in 2012 and was Swift’s fourth album. READ MORE: Ed Sheeran’s new song ‘Bad Habits’ is an on-trend bop from one of the savviest men in pop Sheeran posted the video on his Instagram page to coincide with the US star’s announcement about the new version of the album’s vinyl release. “Here’s a video of me rerecording my bit for a song you...
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Self Esteem takes aim at the objectification of women on new single ‘How Can I Help You’

Self Esteem has released a new single called ‘How Can I Help You’ – you can watch the video for the song below. READ MORE: Self Esteem on the cover: “I want to use the palatable nature of pop to Trojan horse in my agenda” The pop star, real name Rebecca Lucy Taylor, shared her latest track after its premiere earlier this evening (August 23) on BBC Radio 6 Music, alongside an impressive live session for Steve Lamacq. Taken from her upcoming second album, ‘Prioritise Pleasure’, ‘How Can I Help You’ hears Self Esteem take aim at the misogynistic standards and objectification...
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Paul McCartney reveals the 154 songs featured in forthcoming biography ‘The Lyrics’

Paul McCartney has revealed the names of the 154 songs that are featured in his forthcoming career-spanning biography, ‘The Lyrics’. READ MORE: Paul McCartney – ‘McCartney III: Imagined’ review: Macca shines with a little help from his friends The book, which was announced earlier this year and is due for release on November 2, will recount the musician’s life through his earliest boyhood compositions, songs by The Beatles, Wings and from his lengthy solo career. It will also be presented with previously unseen drafts, letters and pictures from his personal archive. Advertisement Arranged alphabetically to provide a kaleidoscopic rather...
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Kacey Musgraves announces new album and film ‘star-crossed’, shares title track

Kacey Musgraves has announced her new album and film ‘star-crossed’, and shared the dramatic title track from the record. READ MORE: The Big Read – Kacey Musgraves: “I really have seen a few UFOs…” The new album follows the musician’s crossover success with her third album ‘Golden Hour’, which won Best Country Album and Album Of The Year at the 2019 Grammy Awards. ‘star-crossed’ is set to be released on September 10 via Interscope/Polydor/UMG Nashville and will contain 15 songs. The record will be “structured as a modern-day tragedy in three acts” and “tells an extremely personal journey of heartache...
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Taylor Swift joins TikTok, posts clip rapping to Dave’s ‘Screwface Capital’

Taylor Swift has joined TikTok and her first post sees her rapping along to Dave’s ‘Screwface Capital’ – see the clip below. READ MORE: Taylor Swift’s new ‘Fearless’ is a success, but beware the dangers of the re-record Besides using her first video to promote the vinyl edition of her forthcoming ‘Red’ re-recording, Swift also made it a point to let her fans know that it’s time to “let the games begin” now that she’s joined TikTok. “Lots going on at the moment: Red (my version) vinyl is up for presale on my site and oh I’m on tiktok now...
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Olivia Rodrigo Shows How ‘Brutal’ It Is To Be A Teen In New Video

Olivia Rodrigo surprise-dropped a new music video on Monday (August 23) showing how “Brutal” it is to be a teenager and wondering where her fucking teenage dream is, after all. Accompanied by an angsty grunge instrumental, the video introduces a choose-your-player selection channeling Adobe Flash web games from the dawn of the millennium. The cursor clicks on Rodrigo dressed in a pastel blue ballet outfit and matching wig. As she tries to perform en pointe, she falls over, horrified, as the other dancers dance perfectly around her. The video then shows a montage of Rodrigo singing about how “so...
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Charli XCX opens up about starting therapy during the pandemic: “It’s been really helpful”

Charli XCX has opened up about starting therapy during the coronavirus pandemic, saying that it has “been really helpful” for her. READ MORE: Alone Together review: quarantine creativity in Charli XCX’s lockdown diary The pop star is currently preparing to release her new single ‘Good Ones’ on September 2, but made the most of her unexpected downtime during the last 18 months to speak to a professional therapist. “I started therapy at the beginning of the pandemic,” she told Refinery29. “And that was sort of timely and very fortunate that I was able to do that; it’s been really...
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Ex-manager claims he obtained fake ID in bribe for R Kelly to marry Aaliyah

An ex-tour manager for R Kelly has claimed that he paid a government worker for a fake ID in order to help secure marriage between Kelly and an underage Aaliyah. Demetrius Smith spoke at the singer’s trial in Brooklyn, New York on Friday (August 19), alleging that Kelly had persuaded him to obtain fake ID so that the then 15-year-old Aaliyah could marry him. Smith claimed that he paid $500 (£367) for an ID used by Kelly, then aged 27, to wed Aaliyah. Earlier court documents reportedly said that the bribe was paid on August 30, 1994 – one...
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Joe Budden hints at return to rap following his retirement

Joe Budden has hinted that he might return to rap years after announcing his retirement. The news came during a new episode of his podcast in which he asked Benny The Butcher to work with him on a rap song. “Benny, we gon’ rap together one day,” Budden said on a new episode of his show, which you can hear below. Advertisement “And you not gon’ say that ‘Butcher Coming’ shit when I’m there,” he laughed. “We gon’ rap together one day and I gotta get him to tuck that ‘The Butcher is Coming’ away.” Yo @BennyBsf… @JoeBudden Wants...
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