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• First Spin: The Week’s Best New Dance Tracks From TroyBoi & Destructo, LP Giobbi & Kaleena Zanders & More

  11-06-2021 23:58
  
  This week we got some high-profile dance collabs, with Skrillex teaming up with Noisia, Josh Pan and Dylan Brady for the dually vibey/grimey “Supersonic.” Marshmello and Nitti Gritti linked with Megan Thee Stallion for the gloriously dizzying “Bad Bitches,” and Diplo collab’d with some casual plastic footwear, creating a “psychedelic” inspired pair of Crocs adorned with light-up mushrooms.Meanwhile, Spencer Brown reflected on how his life has changed sin
  
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• Kim Jong-un Calls K-Pop a ‘Vicious Cancer’

  11-06-2021 23:53
  
  Kim Jong-un, the leader of North Korea, described K-pop as a “vicious cancer” corrupting the young people he governs, and he plans to put a stop to it.
  The New York Times reported on Friday (June 11) that the politician has declared a new culture war to halt the spread and influence of South Korean movies, K-dramas and K-pop videos to his citizens through a secretive anti-K-pop campaign, which Seoul-based news source Daily NK first learned about from leaked internal do
  
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• Watch Mac DeMarco make an “Italian-American gangster rap” freestyle with Kenny Beats

  11-06-2021 23:30 via nme.com
  
  Mac DeMarco and Kenny Beats tried to make an “Italian-American gangster rap” freestyle on the latest episode of the producer’s series The Cave.
  The YouTube series sees Beats and a guest, including the likes of Slowthai, Thundercat and Danny Brown in the past, make a song from scratch.READ MORE: Mac DeMarco: “I would love to make my own fucked up version of a Michael Bublé album”Asked by the producer what he wanted to make, DeMarco replied: “We&rsqu
  
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• Celebrate 80 Years of Bob Dylan With Our New Podcast

  11-06-2021 23:27 via rollingstone.com
  
  A new episode of Rolling Stone Music Now looks at the greatest Bob Dylan covers and much more
  
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• Migos Roll Up in Vintage Rolls-Royce in New ‘Avalanche’ Music Video: It’s ‘a Masterpiece’ 

  11-06-2021 23:23
  
  Migos’ Culture III is out now — and so is the all-new music video for their hit single, “Avalanche.” The track’s snazzy visual dropped Thursday (June 10) and the highly anticipated album debuted on Friday (June 11).
  The “Avalanche” video opens with Migos’ Takeoff, Quavo and Offset rolling up to a recording studio in a vintage, cream-colored Rolls-Royce, wearing matching three-piece black suits and top hats. The trap trio then enters the studio wher
  
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• Five Decades of Lavender Country: Inside the World of a ‘Queer, Screaming Marxist B-tch Country Singer’

  11-06-2021 23:23
  
  For a self-professed “screaming Marxist bitch singer” who dropped a mostly ignored queer country album in 1973, it’s been a busy time for 77-year-old Patrick Haggerty of Lavender Country. On the bootheels of his band’s historical reappraisal after a 2014 reissue and ensuing reunion shows, the pioneering group’s legend continues to grow as the singular beauty and groundbreaking lyrical content of its self-titled album become apparent to more open-minded generations.
  
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• Halsey Unveils Makeup and Skincare Faves as Latest IPSY Glam Bag X Collaborator

  11-06-2021 23:20
  
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  Halsey has teamed up with beauty brand IPSY on a new, limited-edition “Glam Bag.” The bag is filled with beauty and skincare products personally selected by Halsey, and marks the third edition of IPSY Glam Bag X program, which has featured celeb makeup artist Patrick Ta, and reality star Khloe Kardashian in previous collaborations.
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• First Stream Latin: New Music From JP Saxe & Kany Garcia, J Balvin, T3R Elemento, & More

  11-06-2021 23:13
  
  First Stream Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs, albums and videos recommended by the Billboard Latin editors. Check out this week’s picks below.
  J Balvin & Jay Wheeler, “Otro Fili” (Sueños Globales/UMG Recordings)
  J Balvin has teamed up for the first time with Puerto Rican artist Jay Wheeler for their new song and video “Otro Fili.” It’s a heartbreak ballad that starts off with Jay Wheeler’s romantic vocals and higher notes th
  
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• Wolfgang Van Halen on Forging His Own Musical Identity With ‘Mammoth WVH’

  11-06-2021 23:04
  
  Second generation rockers have a tougher road than you might imagine — just ask Wolfgang Van Halen, son of the legendary Eddie Van Halen. Wolfie, as he’s known to friends and family, has undergone scrutiny ever since stepping on stage at age 16 to play bass on Van Halen’s 2007 tour. With the June 11 release of his debut album, Mammoth WVH, and the opening slot on Guns N’ Roses upcoming tour, Van Halen is ready to step beyond the shadow of his famous name and prove himself
  
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• First Out: New Music From Clairo, Fletcher, Vincint & More

  11-06-2021 23:04
  
  As Pride Month continues, take some time to refresh your playlists with the latest tunes from your favorite LGBTQ artists. Billboard Pride is here to help with First Out, our weekly roundup of some of the best new music releases from LGBTQ artists.
  From Clairo’s contemplative new single to Vincint’s long-awaited debut album, check out just a few of our favorite releases from this week below:Clairo, “Blouse”Since bursting onto the scene back in 2017, Claire
  
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• Listen to Years & Years’ sultry cover of Lil Nas X’s ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’

  11-06-2021 22:59 via nme.com
  
  Years & Years’ Olly Alexander has covered Lil Nas X’s recent chart-topping single ‘Montero (Call Me By Your Name)’.
  The British musician took on the hit track as part of a new Home Session recorded for Apple Music, alongside a new version of his own song ‘Starstruck’.READ MORE: The CALM Lock In live on Instagram: online fest offers joy from Years & Years, Declan McKenna and moreBacked by acoustic guitar and simple piano chords, Alexander put a sultry,
  
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• Listen to Zuzu’s dreamy new single, ‘Timing’

  11-06-2021 22:58 via nme.com
  
  Zuzu has released a dreamy new single called ‘Timing’ today (June 11) – check it out below.READ MORE: Zuzu on new #SaveOurVenues cover, “bananas” Liverpool pilot and “very Scouse” new musicHer first release since last year’s ‘How It Feels’ EP, a statement about the new song says: “Under a wall of fuzzed-up guitars and twinkling synths, Zuzu plunges emotional depths and considers the creeping sense of ‘what if…?&r
  
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• Marshmello Drops Heavy-Hitting New Album ‘Shockwave’: Stream It Now

  11-06-2021 22:56
  
  Marshmello has released his fourth studio album, Shockwave.
  Independently released Friday (June 11) by the producer’s own Joytime Collective label, this is the first LP from Marshmello not to bear the “joytime” moniker, with the “shockwave” title nodding to the LP’s focus on a buffet of genres, including trap, bass, Jersey Club, dubstep and tech house.
  The album leans heavily into harder, darker and more electronic scene-specific sounds than those heard in a l
  
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• Want to See Springsteen on Broadway? Tickets Start at $400 on StubHub

  11-06-2021 22:50 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Ahead of crowd-based entertainment’s much-anticipated (and fast-approaching) return, fans aren’t hesitating to buy tickets to watch their favorite artists perform live. But pent-up demand – along with the efforts of profit-minded resellers – appears to be drastically inflating the price of passes to events including Springsteen on Broadway. Bruce Springsteen announced earlier this week that […]
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• Olivia Rodrigo makes UK chart history with three Top 5 singles

  11-06-2021 22:33 via nme.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has today (June 11) made UK chart history in the Official Singles Chart.READ MORE: Olivia Rodrigo – ‘Sour’ review: this year’s breakout star channels ’90s alt-rockRodrigo has become the first female artist to have three singles in the top five slots of the singles chart in the same week.
  As OfficialCharts.com reported, ‘Good 4 U‘ remains at Number 1 following 96,000 chart sales, including 11.2 million streams. ‘Deja Vu&rsqu
  
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• Here Are the Shiniest Reactions to Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ Single & Music Video

  11-06-2021 22:27
  
  Lorde’s fans are soaking up every last drop of her comeback single “Solar Power” and its summery music video.
  For Billboard’s song review, Jason Lipshutz writes that “Solar Power” shows Lorde’s “newfound euphoria, first in an intimate acoustic format, then in a swaying sing-along when the drums kick in with a minute to spare.” Lorde told Apple Music’s Zane Lowe following the song’s Thursday release about its in
  
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• 20 Questions With TWICE: K-Pop Group Discusses New Project ’Taste of Love’

  11-06-2021 22:27
  
  The members of TWICE have spent more than a half-decade refining their sound, collecting fans and helping K-pop reach a global audience. With the release of new mini-album Taste of Love on Friday (June 11), the collective continues its artistic evolution, while also attempting to best the No. 72 peak on the Billboard 200 albums chart that the group achieved with last year’s Eyes Wide Open full-length. Performing new single “Alcohol-Free” on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, and unveili
  
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• Watch Camila Cabello & CA Surgeon General Discuss the ‘Public Health Crisis’ of Childhood Trauma

  11-06-2021 22:23
  
  Camila Cabello sat down with Dr. Nadine Burke Harris, the surgeon general of California, to have a video conversation about how the negative effects of childhood trauma can affect someone’s physical and mental health into adulthood.
  The chat is part of a national campaign to educate Americans about Adverse Childhood Experiences (ACEs) — defined as highly stressful experiences that can happen to any of us before we turn 18 — and how they impact adults.
  Cabello took to Instagram
  
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• Lorde’s ‘Solar Power’ was inspired by Primal Scream’s ‘Loaded’

  11-06-2021 22:09 via nme.com
  
  Lorde has spoken about Primal Scream’s influence on her comeback single ‘Solar Power’, pinpointing ‘Loaded’ as a key inspiration behind it.
  The New Zealand musician made her return last night (June 10), four years after the release of her second album ‘Melodrama’.READ MORE: Lorde’s new song ‘Solar Power’ is a gorgeous, sun-kissed rebirthSpeaking to Zane Lowe on New Music Daily on Apple Music 1, Lorde said: “I had never heard
  
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• How Nefesh Mountain Are Fighting Anti-Semitism With Traditional Bluegrass

  11-06-2021 21:47 via rollingstone.com
  
  String band pays tribute to their ancestors and looks to a more peaceful future on their new album 'Songs for the Sparrows'
  
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• Primary Wave Sells $375M Stake to Oaktree Capital

  11-06-2021 21:41
  
  Oaktree Capital Management has paid $375 million to acquire a significant minority stake in Primary Wave Music, the companies announced Friday (June 11). A portion of that investment will be used to complete funding for a new commingled music intellectual property fund, which Primary Wave established earlier this year.
  Primary Wave Music operates music publishing, record label and artist management divisions and runs two commingled funds it started in 2016 and in 2019. Those music asset funds an
  
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• Here Are the Hottest Reactions to Megan Thee Stallion’s ‘Thot Sh–‘ Video & Song

  11-06-2021 21:37
  
  Megan Thee Stallion got the Hotties’ hands on their knees on their “Thot Shit” with her new single, and it’s marking the transition into summertime.
  The three-time Grammy winner might have taken a brief break from music, but her alter-ego Tina Snow is back and better than ever. The new visual shows what happens when you get on her bad side, when a scummy senator who leaves a rude, sexist comment underneath one of Meg’s videos suffers the wrath of Snow and her H
  
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• Valerie Bertinelli to Play Demi Lovato’s Mom in NBC Comedy

  11-06-2021 21:32
  
  Valerie Bertinelli is headed back to scripted TV. The actress and Food Network host will star opposite Demi Lovato in Hungry, a comedy pilot at NBC. Bertinelli will play the mother of Lovato’s character in the show, which revolves around friends who belong to a food issues support group.
  The role will be Bertinelli’s first on a scripted project since Hot in Cleveland ended its six-season run in 2015. Suzanne Martin, who created the TV Land series, is writing and executive produc
  
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• Tomorrow x Together: Leaders of the Fourth Generation of K-Pop ‘It Boys’

  11-06-2021 21:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  A boy band that feels like family
  
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• Garth Brooks on Resuming his Stadium Tour Safely: ‘I Think We’re All Learning’

  11-06-2021 21:15
  
  If Garth Brooks had any qualms that his fans were ready to return to full stadiums to see the country titan in concert, his concerns were quickly allayed as he began putting tickets on sale for summer stadium shows.
  While many artists have postponed touring until the the fall or 2022, Brooks is one of the first acts to return to stadiums at 100% capacity as COVID-19 restrictions lift across the country.
  On May 6, Brooks sold more than 50,000 tickets in less than 30 minutes for his July 17 show a
  
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• KennyHoopla Wants to Set the Bar For Future Generations (And Not Waste Any More Time)

  11-06-2021 21:08
  
  “Sorry, I’m kind of a superstar,” Kenneth La’ron, better known as the up-and-coming punk artist KennyHoopla, quips when his conversation with Billboard gets interrupted by his publicist telling him he has to hop onto another interview. He’s promoting his forthcoming mixtape Survivor’s Guilt, due today (June 11), and he’s used to press cycles by now; he’s done this enough times to the point where he knows how he stands with them: “I hate them,
  
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• How Vincint & Parson James Turned Their Friendship Into a Musical Partnership

  11-06-2021 21:01
  
  Six years ago, then-aspiring singer-songwriter Vincint Cannady approached another up-and-coming musician, Parson James, in a bar in New York City, and told him that he was a fan of his work. “I had never met you before, you had no idea who I was — I fully knew who you were and was trying not to be a fangirl,” Vincint reminds Parson of their first encounter.
  Now, in 2021, the two rising queer artists are still friends, and they’re both in the midst of monumental years for
  
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• Rauw Alejandro Scores Rare All-Spanish-Language Top 3 Hit on Global 200 With ‘Todo de Ti’

  11-06-2021 20:57
  
  Rauw Alejandro blasts from No. 31 to No. 3 on the June 12-dated Billboard Global 200 with “Todo de Ti” (and 18-3 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. chart). It’s the Puerto Rican rapper, singer-songwriter and producer’s first top three (or even top 20) hit on the worldwide ranking. More rare, it’s only the third all-Spanish-language song to hit the top three since the chart premiered in September 2020.
  Since the list launched, 35 songs have graced the top three. Most
  
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• How to Watch ‘In the Heights’

  11-06-2021 20:34
  
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  Nearly a year after its original release date, In The Heights is finally available to watch.
  Lin-Manuel Miranda’s film adaptation of his Broadway musical, In the Heights, follows the story of a Washington Heights bodega owner who debates closing his store and retiring to the Dominican Republic after inheriting his grandmother’s f
  
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• Gwen Stefani Jokes She ‘Got Kidnapped’ For Her Bridal Shower Ahead of Wedding to Blake Shelton

  11-06-2021 20:34
  
  Those wedding bells are getting ready to chime for Gwen Stefani! The musician revealed on her Instagram stories that she recently celebrated her upcoming wedding to Blake Shelton with a bridal shower with her loved ones.
  “I got kidnapped by my family to celebrate,” she shares happily in a video posted late Thursday (June 10). “I”m getting married!”
  Subsequent images reveal some of her gifts, including one wrapped in beautiful white paper with light pink dot and tied
  
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• Migos, Polo G, Doja Cat, Megan Thee Stallion & More: What’s Your Favorite New Music Release? Vote!

  11-06-2021 20:27
  
  The brightest stars came back with a boatload of new music this week.
  Lorde beamed back down with her comeback single “Solar Power” and brought her gal pals Clairo and Phoebe Bridgers, who provide background vocals on the track, along with her for the beachy, acoustic sing-along anthem.
  Three years after 2018’s Culture II, Migos gave fans the long-awaited Culture III and reminded them of how effortlessly the trap trifecta of Offset, Quavo and Takeo
  
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• The Killers share preview of Bruce Springsteen collaboration and announce release date

  11-06-2021 20:24 via nme.com
  
  The Killers have shared a preview of their upcoming Bruce Springsteen collaboration and announced the release date for the track.
  As previously confirmed, the two acts will team up on a release called ‘Dustland’, which Springsteen revealed during an appearance on Sirius XM’s E Street Radio. The Vegas band had also previously teased a “killer collab” with a mystery artist.READ MORE: The Killers – ‘Imploding The Mirage’ review: experimentation m
  
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• Sony Music Entertainment Is Waiving Unrecouped Debts for Legacy Artists

  11-06-2021 20:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is officially preparing to waive unrecouped debts for legacy artists, as part of its newly announced “Legacy Unrecouped Balance Program.” New York City-headquartered Sony Music unveiled the plan to waive unrecouped debts for legacy acts – as one component of a broader initiative called “Artists Forward,” it bears noting – in […]
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• Happy Friday: Sony Music Entertainment Is Waiving Unrecouped Debts for Legacy Artists

  11-06-2021 20:14 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Sony Music Entertainment (SME) is officially preparing to waive unrecouped debts for legacy artists, as part of its newly announced “Legacy Unrecouped Balance Program.” New York City-headquartered Sony Music unveiled the plan to waive unrecouped debts for legacy acts – as one component of a broader initiative called “Artists Forward,” it bears noting – in […]
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• Black Music Month Album Appreciation: 15 Years of ‘Port of Miami’ With Rick Ross

  11-06-2021 20:03
  
  Before becoming the biggest rap boss on the southeast coast, Rick Ross was a young, hungry ghostwriter desperately seeking a breakthrough. Though he was a precocious writer for many notable acts, Rozay had loftier ambitions and wanted to transition into a mega-star. In August 2006, he accomplished his mission when he released his debut platinum album Port of Miami. 
  Early on, the Def Jam signee wowed listeners with his captivating anecdotes, steely wordplay, and commanding presence on
  
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• Sony Music Entertainment to waive debts for thousands of artists

  11-06-2021 19:49 via nme.com
  
  Sony Music will pay royalties from streaming and other revenue streams to thousands of artists who signed deals with the label before 2000 and have yet to recoup their advances.
  The major label reportedly sent out a letter to artists today (June 11) announcing the new policy change, which is part of a new initiative called “Artists Forward”.READ MORE: Streaming – what happens next? Artists demand “a shift in the way business is done”While the acts’ existi
  
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• Lorde, Drake, Missy Elliott & the Week’s Biggest Winners (June 11)

  11-06-2021 19:40
  
  Plenty of women got their flowers this week, from Missy Elliott’s assistant, who received a really thoughtful present from her boss, to Teyana Taylor, who became the first Black woman to top Maxim’s Hot 100 list.
  Lorde tapped into the natural world for her comeback single “Solar Power.” Meanwhile, Klay Thompson became one with the water in his latest boat livestream, and Drake became one with him in their side-by-side video.Take a look at Bil
  
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• Miley Cyrus Gives Midnight Star’s ‘Midas Touch’ the Rock Treatment: Watch

  11-06-2021 19:18
  
  Everything Miley Cyrus touches is turning to … rock? The singer-songwriter took on Midnight Star’s funky ’80s tune “Midas Touch” during her virtual concert “Miley in Layers” with Magnum ice cream on Thursday (June 10), and transformed it into banger that could’ve fit onto Plastic Hearts.
  Before kicking off her set, Cyrus shared, “This is my version of ‘Miley’s Touch,’ because everything I touch turns to gold.” The cru
  
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• Wolf Alice celebrate first Number 1 album

  11-06-2021 18:55 via music-news.com
  
  Wolf Alice celebrate their first chart-topping record as their new album Blue Weekend lands straight in at Number 1 on this week’s Official Albums Chart.
  
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• Slipknot’s Clown says he’s ready to share the band’s unreleased Paul Gray tribute song

  11-06-2021 18:55 via nme.com
  
  Slipknot’s Shawn “Clown” Crahan has spoken about the band’s unreleased tribute to Paul Gray, saying he’s now ready to share it.
  Gray was the original bassist and a founding member of the band, but died in 2010 at the age of 38. An autopsy report later confirmed he died from an overdose of morphine and fentanyl, and had signs of “significant heart disease”.READ MORE: Corey Taylor – ‘CMFT’ review: the most fun record the Slipknot fro
  
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• Olivia Rodrigo makes Official UK Chart history with three Top 5 singles

  11-06-2021 18:54 via music-news.com
  
  Olivia Rodrigo makes more UK chart history as she becomes the first female artist to occupy three places in the Official Singles Chart Top 5 in the same week.
  
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• H.E.R. Drops Funky ‘We Made It’ Single, Reveals Release Date for ‘Back Of My Mind’ Album

  11-06-2021 18:51
  
  H.E.R. dropped the funky “We Made It” single on Friday (June 11) and revealed that her anticipated full-length debut, Back Of My Mind, is due out on June 18.
  “I’ve been really feelin’ like/ Always been a long time/ There was early mornings, late nights/ We was prayin’ for the sunshine/ Oh and this whole time, I’ve been at it/ If you want it outside, you won’t get it/ Can’t break me, I won’t let it,” she sings over jittery drums an
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion Fili-Busts a Move on a Slimy Politician in Pointed ‘Thot S—‘ Video

  11-06-2021 18:48
  
  Megan Thee Stallion gets political in the eye-popping video for her new single “Thot Shit,” in which the rapper and her team twerk a hypocritical senator into submission. The rapper dropped the visual on Friday (June 11) as the first salvo in what she has teased as the comeback of her Tina Snow alter-ego.
  And hooo-boy is she not easing us back in. The Aube Perrie-directed clip opens with a senator unloosening his tie and leaving a rude, sexist comment on one of Meg’s videos whi
  
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• Executive of the Week: Sony Music U.S. Latin President Alex Gallardo

  11-06-2021 18:43
  
  It started, as so many things do these days, on Instagram: Rauw Alejandro, sitting behind a drum set, knocking out the beat to a new, as-yet-unreleased song. And it’s ended up, to this point at least, with the biggest song of his career as the resulting single, “Todo De Ti,” rocketed up to No. 3 on both of Billboard’s global charts this week, on the way becoming his fifth top 10 hit (No. 3 this week) on Hot Latin Songs — and, significantly, his first as a solo artis
  
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• Bandcamp Sets Second Annual Juneteenth Fundraiser

  11-06-2021 18:39
  
  For the second year straight, Bandcamp will donate 100% of its share of all sales made on the online music marketplace to the NAACP Legal Defense Fund next Friday (June 18), the day before Juneteenth.
  Bandcamp’s share is 15% of digital and 10% of physical sales. The donation for the holiday commemorating the emancipation of enslaved people in the U.S. will go towards supporting the NAACP Legal Defense Fund’s ongoing efforts to promote racial justice through litigation advocacy and pu
  
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• Lorde Reveals Who Actually Inspired ‘Solar Power’ … and It’s Not George Michael

  11-06-2021 18:28
  
  If you think Lorde’s new single, “Solar Power,” has a bit of a familiar ring to it you’re not wrong. The New Zealand-bred singer-songwriter spoke to Apple Music’s Zane Lowe about the title track from her upcoming album and revealed that it was partially inspired by Primal Scream’s 1990 song “Loaded.”
  “I had never heard Primal Scream in my life. I’d been told to check them out,” she told Lowe, explaining that when she wro
  
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• Wolf Alice score first UK Number One album with biggest opening week for a British group in 2021

  11-06-2021 18:19 via nme.com
  
  Wolf Alice have scored their first UK Number One album with ‘Blue Weekend’ and have claimed the biggest opening week for a British group in 2021.READ MORE: Wolf Alice: “We’re a tiny bit more comfortable in the world”The London band’s new album, which arrived last week (June 4), debuted at the top spot with over 36,000 chart sales – 14,700 of which were vinyl copies.
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• ‘American Idol’ Celebrates 19th Anniversary of First Show, 2021 Virtual Audition Kick-Off

  11-06-2021 18:12
  
  June 11 marks the 19th anniversary of the premiere of American Idol on U.S. TV. To celebrate, the show — which ran on Fox for 15 seasons before moving to ABC in 2018 — is announcing the return of its virtual “Idol Across America” auditions.
  The series kicked off on June 11, 2002, and has launched the superstar careers of everyone from season one champ Kelly Clarkson to Fantasia, Carrie Underwood, Ruben Studdard, Jordin Sparks, Kris Allen, Phillip Phillips, Maddie Poppe an
  
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• Van Morrison chants “Robin Swann is dangerous” during bizarre anti-lockdown rant

  11-06-2021 17:46 via nme.com
  
  Van Morrison called Northern Ireland’s Health Minister Robin Swann “very dangerous” during an anti-lockdown rant in Belfast last night (June 10).READ MORE: So, you’re ideologically opposed to your favourite pop star. What next?The musician was due to perform four gigs at the city’s Europa Hotel, but the shows were called off at the last minute.
  Current coronavirus regulations in Northern Ireland mean that live music is not permitted in either licensed or unlice
  
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• Shaun Keaveny to leave BBC Radio 6 Music after 14 years

  11-06-2021 17:46 via nme.com
  
  Shaun Keaveny has announced that he is leaving BBC Radio 6 Music after 14 years of presenting on the station.
  Sharing a statement this afternoon (June 11), the broadcaster said of his departure: “Things change, places change, people change, and it’s time for a change, after 14 years (it will seem longer to many) I’m leaving 6 Music.”
  It has not yet been confirmed who replace him, but the BBC said a new afternoon schedule will be announced in due course.
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