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• Listen to Benny The Butcher join Belly on eerie new track ‘Money On The Table’

  07-04-2021 23:48 via nme.com
  
  Canadian rapper Belly has teamed up with Benny The Butcher on a new track called ‘Money On The Table’ – listen to it below.READ MORE: Benny The Butcher – ‘The Plugs I Met 2’ review: gifted rapper’s skippable sequelAlso sharing ‘IYKYK’, both tracks have been released to announce Belly’s forthcoming album ‘See You Next Wednesday’, due out later this year via XO Records/Roc Nation.
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• The Major Label NFT Strategy Will Focus on Long-Term Revenue

  07-04-2021 23:40
  
  The major record companies are gearing up to capitalize on the boom in NFTs — non-fungible tokens — but they won’t be “putting every song on the blockchain and calling it a day,” an executive tells Billboard.
  The NFT market has exploded since late February, with a slate of high-profile indie artists including 3LAU, Deadmau5, and RAC growing the popularity of digital collectibles in the music industry. But even now, with major-label acts like Grimes, Shawn Mendes, an
  
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• Dua Lipa Rocks Puma’s Bold New Sneakers in Campaign Photos

  07-04-2021 23:16
  
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  Dua Lipa is known for her Y2K-inspired style, and her first campaign shoot with Puma is a throwback with a modern twist.
  The star took to Instagram on Tuesday (April 6) to share a series of photos rocking Puma’s new women’s silhouette, Mayze. She paired the stacked midsole look, which comes in black and white, with crop tops, vintage windbreakers, a
  
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• Ghetts announces ‘Conflict Of Interest’ livestream show

  07-04-2021 23:04 via nme.com
  
  Ghetts has announced an upcoming livestream show that will see him perform his new album ‘Conflict Of Interest’ in “stride cinematic fashion”.READ MORE: “There were definitely times when I could have thrown it all away”Set to take place on Sunday (April 11) at 8pm, Conflict Of Interest, Live In London will be broadcast live from Magazine in Greenwich.
  Directed by Charlie Sarsfield (Stormzy, Avelino, Sam Fender) with additional live animation from Ruf
  
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• Snapchat Keeps Crashing – These Quick Fixes Usually Work

  07-04-2021 22:58 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  If Snapchat keeps crashing on your smartphone, here are a few quick fixes to resolve the issue. Snapchat can often have problems after updates, especially if you have an older smartphone. There are a few things you can try to resolve the issue on your own. However, if you have a smartphone that is over […]
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• Demi Lovato Opens Up About ‘Survivor’s Guilt’ After DMX Overdose

  07-04-2021 22:53
  
  In a new interview with TMZ Live, Demi Lovato spoke about DMX’s recent overdose, addressing both artists’ histories with drug addiction.
  “Anytime that I see somebody OD or even pass away that’s in the public eye, I immediately think, ‘That could’ve been you had you not been putting all this work in the last couple of years of your life,'” she said. “There’s times where I’ve even talked about feeling survivor&rsq
  
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• The Players Behind Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero (Call Me by Your Name)’: See the Full Credits

  07-04-2021 22:51
  
  “Montero (Call Me by Your Name),” the controversy-stoking new single by Lil Nas X, rode the outrage machine all the way to the top of the Billboard Hot 100 this week. The track is artist’s second Hot 100 chart-topper (after the record-breaking “Old Town Road”) and his first to debut at No. 1 on the chart.
  The song, which was available in a total of three versions, racked up 46.9 million streams and sold 21,000 downloads in the week ending April 1 and drew 1.1 millio
  
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• Clubhouse Payments Launches, Giving Creators a Way to Earn Money

  07-04-2021 22:18 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Clubhouse Payments launches as a new way for creators to earn money on the platform. Room hosts called speakers can now collect direct payments from their listeners. Clubhouse announced the new feature in a blog post, saying it’s the first of many monetization features that are on the way. The drop-in audio app is experimenting […]
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• St. Vincent shares retro new video for second single ‘The Melting Of The Sun’

  07-04-2021 22:16 via nme.com
  
  St. Vincent has shared a new video for her latest single ‘The Melting Of The Sun’ – watch it below.READ MORE: St. Vincent on the cover of NME: “I wanted to tell my story with humour and compassion”The singer-songwriter (real name Annie Clark) will be releasing her sixth studio album, ‘Daddy’s Home’, on May 14 via Loma Vista. The first track released from the LP was last month’s ‘Pay Your Way In Pain’.
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• Record Store Day 2021 Boasts Lady Gaga, Ariana Grande, Prince & More Exclusive Titles

  07-04-2021 22:16
  
  Record Store Day 2021 is planning two-day “drops” on June 12 and July 17 of exclusive titles from Ariana Grande, Lady Gaga, Amy Winehouse, Prince, Tom Petty, Elton John and more.
  RSD typically occurs on a Saturday in the spring at various independent record stores, drawing customers with the promise of unique and limited-edition albums released exclusively to indie stores for the holiday.
  But the festivities can’t quite bounce back to the way things were with the ongo
  
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• BTS Teams Up With Helinox for Limited Edition Collection

  07-04-2021 22:10
  
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  Springtime is here, along with camping season.
  Outdoor gear company Helinox teamed up with BTS on Wednesday (April 7) to launch a fittingly purple-themed collection, including foldable chairs, cots, tables, gym bags and name patches.
  Purple has always been a notable aesthetic for BTS, stemming all the way back to when member V spread love for the ARMY in November 20
  
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• Want To Throw a Dance Festival in 2021? These Producers Have a Blueprint

  07-04-2021 22:03
  
  With light at the end of the tunnel, September 2021 is shaping up to look and feel very different than the pandemic-stricken September 2020. But for the founders of the New York-based Elements festival, both points in time will still be characterized by dancing.
  Last summer and fall, Elements made headlines by hosting a pair of “open-air retreats” called In My Elements, after its flagship Memorial Day weekend event was forced to cancel. Hosting crowds of just a few hundred, In My Ele
  
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• Xzibit Faces Accusations of Racism Over His ‘Napalm’ Cannabis Brand

  07-04-2021 22:02 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Xzibit is under fire for accusations of racism over his Napalm Cannabis brand. Here’s the rapper’s response. Napalm is the chemical agent used in firebombs and flamethrowers during the Vietnam War. It was also employed against the Japanese in WW2. It’s use as a war tool was banned by the United Nations in the 1980s. […]
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• Roddy Ricch tops iHeartRadio Music Awards nominees

  07-04-2021 21:56 via music-news.com
  
  Megan Thee Stallion will do battle with Billie Eilish, Ariana Grande, Dua Lipa, and Taylor Swift for Female Artist of the Year at the ceremony.
  
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• PVRIS announce ‘Use Me’ live-streamed show for this month

  07-04-2021 21:54 via nme.com
  
  PVRIS are set to perform their third album ‘Use Me’ during a forthcoming live-streamed show.READ MORE: PVRIS: “Sometimes you’ve got to have the power – and the courage – to walk away”Use Me: The Live Experience will follow two previous virtual concerts that saw the Lynn Gunn-fronted group play their first two records – ‘White Noise’ (2014) and ‘All We Know Of Heaven, All We Need of Hell’ (2017) – in their entirety
  
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• What Is a Grammy Win Worth? Some Earn 6-Figure Bonuses

  07-04-2021 21:44
  
  At the 63rd annual Grammy Awards on March 14, the night’s leading artists and performers took home gold statues, press, praise — and extra cash.
  Based on Billboard’s calculations, artists featured at the awards — whether as nominees, winners or performers — can see surges in their sales and streams earnings ranging from 4% to nearly 400% the week-of and week after the ceremony. That can mean
  
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• DMX Remains Unresponsive and In a Coma, His Manager Says

  07-04-2021 21:42 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  DMX is still in a coma at a New York hospital after suffering a heart attack last week. The rapper’s manager, Steve Rifkind, says his condition remains unchanged. Doctors are set to perform a battery of tests to determine his brain function level. The results could be critical in determining whether DMX has any chance […]
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• Taylor Swift re-releases alleged Joe Jonas break-up song

  07-04-2021 21:41 via music-news.com
  
  The popstar wrote Mr. Perfectly Fine after Joe Jonas reportedly ended their romance over the phone in 2008.
  
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• Demi Lovato has 'survivor's guilt' in wake of DMX's health emergency

  07-04-2021 21:41 via music-news.com
  
  DMX has been under doctors' care in White Plains, New York since Friday night.
  
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• Billboard Explains: Why Taylor Swift Is Re-Recording Her First Six Albums

  07-04-2021 21:40
  
  In 2019, Taylor Swift announced her plans to re-record her first six studio albums — the full-lengths that made her a blockbuster-selling, stadium-packing superstar. This week, Swift will begin rolling out those re-recorded albums beginning with Fearless (Taylor’s Version), a new take on her 2008 sophomore LP.
  So why is Swift re-recording these albums? And what does she stand to gain by doing so?
  On the latest episode of Billboard Explains, dive inside the events that caused Swift to
  
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• Former Yuck frontman Max Bloom goes solo, announces new album

  07-04-2021 21:34 via nme.com
  
  Former Yuck frontman Max Bloom has announced a new solo album called ‘Pedestrian’.
  It comes after the indie group announced in February that they were splitting up, with Bloom admitting that it “wasn’t an easy thing to come to terms with”.
  Now, Bloom has announced he’s going solo and that his new album will arrive on June 18 via his own label Ultimate Blends.
  Coming up with some of the ideas for ‘Pedestrian’ while out running, he explaine
  
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• Patreon Is Now Valued at $4 Billion Following $155 Million Raise

  07-04-2021 21:11 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Just seven months after raising $90 million (at a $1.2 billion valuation), subscription-content platform Patreon has announced the completion of a $155 million Series F funding round at a more than $4 billion valuation. Patreon unveiled the multimillion-dollar Series F in a formal release this morning, and the $155 million tranche (as well as the […]
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• Iggy Azalea criticises YouTube and “rigged as fuck” Grammy Awards

  07-04-2021 21:05 via nme.com
  
  Iggy Azalea has claimed that “The Grammys are rigged as fuck” while criticising YouTube and the wider music industry.READ MORE: A new list of the ‘top 50 worst rappers’ has gone viral and sparked debateThe Australian rapper took to Twitter on Sunday (April 4) to express her “disappointment” at YouTube for not promoting the “controversial” video for her recent collaborative single with Tyga, ‘Sip It’.
  “So @YouTube won’t
  
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• Brandi Carlile’s ‘Broken Horses’ Memoir Is Out Now

  07-04-2021 21:05
  
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  Brandi Carlile is opening up about her life and career in her memoir Broken Horses, which released this week.The description calls the book an “evocative and piercingly honest” journey through the life that has shaped her “very raw art.” The story will touch on her start at a local singing competition to her first break opening
  
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• Chris Brown’s ‘Go Crazy’ Breaks ‘No Guidance’ No. 1 Record on R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay Chart

  07-04-2021 21:04
  
  Barely a year after Chris Brown broke the record for the longest running No. 1 song on Billboard’s R&B/Hip-Hop Airplay chart, the proven radio hitmaker surpasses his own mark as “Go Crazy,” his collaboration with Young Thug, posts a 28th week at No. 1 to surpass the 27-week reign of the chart’s previous record holder “No Guidance,” featuring Drake.
  The record-breaking moment for “Go Crazy” comes on the chart dated April 10, where the song retai
  
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• Sum 41’s Deryck Whibley on ‘All Killer No Filler’ at 20: ‘For the Longest Time, I Thought It Wasn’t Very Good’

  07-04-2021 21:03
  
   As bands like Green Day and blink-182 gained mainstream success through the nineties, punk was becoming pop music and one of the most ubiquitous sounds of the era. Helping drive it around the turn of the millennium was Sum 41, thanks to their exhilarating debut full-length, All Killer No Filler. 
  The Ajax, Ontario foursome were old-school punk rock and metal enthusiasts who paired their prankster sense of humor with an e
  
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• Taylor Swift Totally Respects Sophie Turner & Her Opinion on ‘Mr. Perfectly Fine’

  07-04-2021 20:54
  
  No shade here! Taylor Swift opened up “From the Vault” to release “Mr. Perfectly Fine (Taylor’s Version)” on Wednesday (April 7), and Sophie Turner had something to say about the tune.
  In the hours since the song’s surprise arrival, Turner praised “Mr. Perfectly Fine” on her Instagram Story and wrote, “It’s not NOT a bop.” Swift saluted the Game of Thrones actress by writing on her own Story, “forever bending
  
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• Jojo Siwa Speaks Up About Coming Out Publicly: ‘I Am So Proud to Be Me’

  07-04-2021 20:31
  
  It’s been months since Jojo Siwa officially came out on social media. Now the YouTube star is speaking candidly about her experience in a new interview.
  Siwa appeared on the cover of People on Wednesday (April 7), and spoke to the magazine about her experience announcing herself to the world as a member of the LGBTQ community. “I never wanted [my coming out] to be a big deal,” the 17-year-old said. “I’ve never gotten this much support from the wo
  
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• Poppy to close out ‘I Disagree’ era with global livestream event

  07-04-2021 20:29 via nme.com
  
  Poppy has announced that she will be putting on a livestream event called The Last Disagreement later this month.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Poppy: Human after allTaking place on April 24, the special one-off global virtual event will mark the end of the singer’s ‘I Disagree’ era, which included an album of the same name.
  Released in January last year, NME‘s Ali Shutler called the album Poppy’s “most accomplished record, full o
  
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• Twenty One Pilots announce new album ‘Scaled And Icy’ with lead single ‘Shy Away’

  07-04-2021 20:10 via nme.com
  
  Twenty One Pilots have shared a new track called ‘Shy Away’, the first to be lifted from their forthcoming sixth album ‘Scaled And Icy’.The NME Big Read: Twenty One Pilots: “We want to be the best – and keep everyone else at bay”The Ohio duo – comprised of Tyler Joseph and Josh Dun – began teasing their next era on social media back in January, and later posted a cryptic selfie on Instagram.
  Following up on 2018’s ‘Trench’,
  
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• Taylor Swift Drops ‘From The Vault’ Breakup Bop ‘Mr. Perfectly Fine’

  07-04-2021 20:05
  
  On Wednesday (April 7), Taylor Swift gave the world “Mr. Perfectly Fine,” a previously unreleased single that will appear on the new version of her upcoming album Fearless (Taylor's Version).
  
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• J Balvin Radiates Positivity for New Guess x FriendsWithYou Collection

  07-04-2021 20:01
  
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  Warmer weather is officially upon us, which means it’s time to incorporate some bright colors into our wardrobes.
  Guess’ new collaboration with FriendsWithYou, announced on Wednesday (April 7), does the trick with vibrant, fun silhouettes complete with decorative embroidery and logos. Cloud graphics are also weaved in throughout the collection as a nod t
  
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• Twenty One Pilots Announce New Album ‘Scaled and Icy’ & a Livestream Concert

  07-04-2021 19:34
  
  Twenty One Pilots are bursting out of lockdown with a new album titled Scaled and Icy, which is due out on Fueled By Ramen on May 21. The 11-track effort was previewed on Wednesday (April 7) with the poppy single “Shy Away,” along with a colorful, hyperactive performance video directed by Miles & AJ.
  The Columbus, Ohio, duo’s first new album in three years is the follow-up to their 2018 platinum-certified Trench, and it will be accompanied by their first-ever glob
  
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• Serj Tankian on Joe Biden victory: “Compared to the chaotic policies of Trump, it’s great”

  07-04-2021 19:32 via nme.com
  
  Serj Tankian has spoken of Donald Trump‘s departure from the White House, saying that “the whole world felt some relief” following president Joe Biden‘s victory.READ MORE: System Of A Down’s new anthems of rebellion are arena-ready calls for justiceThe System Of A Down frontman, who released his solo EP ‘Elasticity’ last month, was asked about his past criticism of Trump in a new interview with NME, and whether he felt more hopeful about Biden&rsquo
  
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• Here’s the full list of Record Store Day 2021 releases

  07-04-2021 19:31 via nme.com
  
  Amy Winehouse, Wolf Alice, Rage Against The Machine, St. Vincent, Elastica, Lady Gaga, The Cure, Rolling Stones and AC/DC are among the artists with special releases due for this year’s Record Store Day. Check out the full list of releases below.
  Returning across two dates this summer, RSD 2021 will see hundreds of vinyl, CD and cassette releases sold exclusively through independent record shops for these days only. The 14th Record Store Day will see over 250 independent shops from every c
  
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• Danny Wimmer Presents Launches BrandMark, With Maureen Valker-Barlow at Helm

  07-04-2021 19:29
  
  Danny Wimmer Presents has spun off its sponsorship and branding department into BrandMark Agency, a wholly owned standalone business run by DWP’s evp Maureen Valker-Barlow who will now serve as president of BrandMark.
  Valker-Barlow joined DWP in 2019 after holding various sales roles at record labels and at agencies with clients that include Anheuser-Busch, BMG, Bushmills Irish Whiskey, Cantu Beauty, Jack Daniel’s, KAMP (K-Pop Festival), Kona Brewing Co., Manic Panic, Proof Media Mix
  
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• Rod Wave Rules Hot 100 Songwriters Chart, Led by ‘Tombstone’ & More

  07-04-2021 19:20
  
  Rod Wave is the No. 1 songwriter in the U.S., as the rapper leads Billboard’s Hot 100 Songwriters chart for the first time.
  He tops the April 10-dated tally on the strength of 14 credits on the latest Billboard Hot 100 chart, all of which appear on his new LP, SoulFly. The set opens atop the Billboard 200 with 130,000 equivalent album units, according to MRC Data, marking his first No. 1 on the survey.
  Here’s a rundown of Rod Wave’s entries, all of which he wrote or co-wro
  
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• Demi Lovato reflects on DMX’s overdose, says she suffers from survivors guilt

  07-04-2021 19:17 via nme.com
  
  Demi Lovato has revealed that she sometimes suffers from survivors guilt after surviving a heroin and fentanyl overdose back in 2018.READ MORE: Demi Lovato – ‘Dancing with the Devil… the Art of Starting Over’ review: raw, cathartic popThe singer’s comments came in a new interview as she reflected on DMX’s recent suspected overdose that has left him in a coma fighting for his life in hospital.
  The 50-year-old rapper, whose real name is Earl Simmons,
  
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• This Consultant Wanted Countries to Invest in Music. So He Took His Case to the U.N.

  07-04-2021 19:09
  
  Shain Shapiro has been working with city governments, festivals and other entities to develop localized music markets via his U.K.-based strategic consultancy, Sound Diplomacy, since 2013. In recent years, however, he felt he needed to address a more fundamental problem.
  “I felt like no matter how good [the] work we were doing [was], we weren’t tackling the systemic reason why music wasn’t taken as seriously than any other sector,” Shapiro tells Billboard.Shapiro was espe
  
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• Sound Diplomacy’s Shain Shapiro Wanted Countries to Invest in Music. So He Took His Case to the U.N.

  07-04-2021 19:09
  
  Shain Shapiro has been working with city governments, festivals and other entities to develop localized music markets via his U.K.-based strategic consultancy, Sound Diplomacy, since 2013. In recent years, however, he felt he needed to address a more fundamental problem.
  “I felt like no matter how good [the] work we were doing [was], we weren’t tackling the systemic reason why music wasn’t taken as seriously than any other sector,” Shapiro tells Billboard.Shapiro was espe
  
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• Indie Label Young Turks Changes Its Name to Remove Associations With Armenian Genocide

  07-04-2021 19:07 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  London-headquartered indie label Young Turks has officially rebranded as Young in an effort to remove associations with the Armenian Genocide. The 15-year-old label (and Beggars Group subsidiary) announced the name change on social media, having already adopted the @young_ handle on Twitter and pivoted to the y-o-u-n-g.com domain. Additionally, Caius Pawson, founder of Young Turks/Young, […]
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• Shaggy Reflects on His 2001 Takeover: ‘When You Mention Dancehall, You Have to Mention My Name’

  07-04-2021 18:53
  
  This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2001 Week continues with an interview with dancehall legend Shaggy, as he looks back on the biggest year of his career, and the legacy established by his Hot 100-topping hits “It Wasn’t Me” and “Angel.”Dancehall has blossomed as one of the millennial generation’s most influential genres, from Ed Sheeran’s “Shape of You” riding a d
  
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• Kesha Belatedly — and Hilariously — Reacts to Caitlyn Jenner’s ‘Masked Singer’ Cover of ‘Tik Tok’

  07-04-2021 18:51
  
  Ticktock, Kesha! The singer may be a few weeks late, but she finally checked out Caitlyn Jenner’s cover of her Billboard Hot 100 hit “Tik Tok” on The Masked Singer.
  Kesha posted a video of herself to — where else? — TikTok on Tuesday (April 6). In the clip, the artist watches the unmasked former Olympian cover the song in a fabulous and flashy phoenix costume after on the popular Fox competition show.
  “Live for a cover and live for this outfit… but i me
  
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• Kirk Hammett’s signed guitar from Metallica’s ‘One’ video is up for auction

  07-04-2021 18:42 via nme.com
  
  The guitar used by Kirk Hammett in the video for Metallica‘s classic single ‘One’ has gone up for auction.READ MORE: What makes Metallica? The ultimate metal Band, unpickedThe ESP 400 series instrument, which is said to be ​in “excellent” condition, is now available to bid on through Heritage Auctions for a limited period. Its current bid price is $26,000 (£18,900).
  Hammett’s signature appears in silver ink at the bottom of the natural solid body,
  
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• The Shins’ James Mercer on ‘New Slang’ at 20: ‘I Was Able to Pull the Rabbit Out of the Hat’

  07-04-2021 18:34
  
  This week, Billboard is publishing a series of lists and articles celebrating the music of 20 years ago. Our 2001 Week continues with an interview with Shins singer/songwriter James Mercer, as he looks back on the song that took him from a struggling Southwestern musician with an uncertain future to frontman for one of the biggest indie bands of the 21st century: “New Slang.” 
  In the late-’90s, James Mercer was a twenty-something guitarist/vocalist, building tracks on
  
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• Hot 97’s DJ Funkmaster Flex Partners With Create Music Group: Exclusive

  07-04-2021 18:16
  
  Legendary Hot 97 disc jockey, Funkmaster Flex, is partnering with Create Music Group for his newly-curated media hub “InFlexWeTrust.”
  InFlexWeTrust will house a bevy of music collaborations between Flex and buzzing emerging talents, including Pooh Shiesty, Lil TJay, Polo G, and CJ. Late last year, he released a record with the late King Von titled “Lurkin’.” Von’s posthumous feature helped the music video accrue 11 million views on YouTube. Since then, Flex co
  
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• DJ Funk Flex Announces New Imprint InFlexWeTrust: Exclusive

  07-04-2021 18:16
  
  Today (April 7), legendary disc jockey, Funk Flex, announces his newly-curated media hub “InFlexWeTrust.”
  InFlexWeTrust will house a bevy of music collaborations between Flex and buzzing emerging talents, including Pooh Shiesty, Lil TJay, Polo G, and CJ. Late last year, he released a record with the late King Von titled “Lurkin’.” Von’s posthumous feature helped the music video accrue 11 million views on YouTube. Since then, Flex collaborated with New York&rsq
  
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• Cat Kreidich Named President of ADA Worldwide, Succeeding Eliah Seton

  07-04-2021 18:05
  
  Just a month after being announced as executive vp of ADA Worldwide, Cat Kreidich is getting a promotion to president of Warner Music Group’s independent label and artist services division, the company announced today (April 7).
  Kreidich takes over from Eliah Seton, who held the title of president of independent music and creator services since February 2019, a role that encompassed oversight of ADA, Asylum Records, Level and Arts Music, and had been president of ADA since April 2015.
  Krei
  
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• Hit Country Songwriter Ross Copperman Will Return to His Pop Roots on New EP

  07-04-2021 18:00
  
  For the last several years, Ross Copperman has been a leading songwriter and producer in the country music community, landing a steady stream of  No. 1 songs on Billboard’s Country Airplay chart.
  Copperman has co-written such hits as “Break On Me” and “John Cougar, John Deere, John 3:16” recorded by Keith Urban; “Black,” Woman, Amen” and “Living” for Dierks Bentley and Blake Shelton and Gwen Stefani’s duets, “Happy Anyw
  
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• Watch Billie Marten’s dream-like new video for her single ‘Creature Of Mine’

  07-04-2021 17:59 via nme.com
  
  Billie Marten has shared her new single ‘Creature Of Mine’ – you can watch the song’s accompanying dream-like video below.READ MORE: Billie Marten on juggling A-Levels and her stunning debut albumThe track is the latest to be previewed from Marten’s upcoming third album ‘Flora Fauna’, which is set for release on May 21 via Fiction Records.
  Speaking about the meaning behind ‘Creature Of Mine’, Marten explained: “It’s an end of the
  
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