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• Beyoncé’s New Song ‘Be Alive’ Teased in ‘King Richard’ Trailer: Watch

  21-10-2021 23:59
  
  Warner Bros. has released another trailer for its upcoming biographical drama King Richard, featuring Beyoncé’s new original song “Be Alive.”
  Will Smith leads the tennis biopic as the titular character, father and coach of tennis prodigies Venus and Serena Williams (portrayed by Saniyya Sidney and Demi Singleton, respectively). The latest trailer includes scenes of Richard Williams trying to get tennis clubs to accept his daughters. Despite the o
  
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• Megan Thee Stallion to Release ‘Something for Thee Hotties’

  21-10-2021 23:42 via rollingstone.com
  
  Collection boasts "freestyles y’all been asking for plus a few unreleased songs from my archives," rapper says
  
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• BTS to Leave Sony Music for Universal

  21-10-2021 23:39
  
  BTS is ending its distribution deal with Sony Music and is headed to Universal Music Group, according to sources familiar with the situation. The new partnership is a licensing and distribution deal through Geffen/INgrooves/UMG.
  This is is the result of a years-long effort by UMG CEO Lucian Grainge and Interscope Geffen A&M CEO John Janick to woo the HYBE executives, sources say. In February, UMG and HYBE announced an expanded strategic partnership that included a new joint venture labe
  
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• BTS to Leave Columbia Records for Universal Music

  21-10-2021 23:39
  
  BTS is ending its distribution deal with Sony Music’s Columbia Records and is headed to Universal Music Group, according to sources familiar with the situation. The new partnership is a licensing and distribution deal through Geffen/INgrooves/UMG.
  This is is the result of a years-long effort by UMG CEO Lucian Grainge and Interscope Geffen A&M CEO John Jannick to woo the HYBE executives, sources say. In February, UMG and HYBE announced an expanded strategic partnership that include
  
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• Swedish House Mafia Officially Confirms Plans to Play Coachella 2022

  21-10-2021 23:38 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Just months after dropping their first single in nearly a decade, Swedish House Mafia has announced that they will play Coachella 2022. The Stockholm-based house trio took to social media to tease an appearance at Coachella 2022, which, assuming it takes place, will mark the first edition of the Goldenvoice festival since 2019. Organizers nixed Coachella […]
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• Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne biopic officially announced

  21-10-2021 23:36 via nme.com
  
  A new biopic about Ozzy and Sharon Osbourne has been officially announced.
  According to Variety, the as-yet-untitled film is being developed by Polygram Entertainment, a partner of Universal Music Group. Sharon is on production duties alongside the couple’s children Aimée and Jack (via their Osbourne Media label).READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Ozzy Osbourne: “This album saved my life”Oscar nominee Lee Hall – who wrote Elton John biopic Rocketman (2019) an
  
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• Dua Lipa's team to pick Britain's Eurovision entry

  21-10-2021 23:31 via music-news.com
  
  Dua Lipa hopes to end Britain's barren Eurovision run.
  
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• What’s Your Favorite Olivia Rodrigo ‘Sour’ Music Video? Vote!

  21-10-2021 23:30
  
  Olivia Rodrigo has successfully cultivated the visual universe for her debut studio album Sour. On Thursday (Oct. 21), the singer surprised fans with a video to accompany her Billboard Hot 100 top 10 hit “traitor,” rounding out a catalog that consists of four other visuals: “drivers license,” “deja vu,” “good 4 u” and “brutal.” But which is your favorite?
  The new video for “traitor” sees the 18-year-old lamenting the lo
  
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• Jamie Webster announces biggest headline show to date for 2022

  21-10-2021 23:20 via nme.com
  
  Jamie Webster has announced his biggest headline show to date and shared a new track, ‘Davey Kane’.
  Posting a video on Twitter today (October 21) the Liverpool singer-songwriter explained that his latest single is “about the prison and justice system here in this country and the lack of opportunity it gives for people to change their lives”.
  He continued: “And when they get out [of prison] there’s even less opportunity for them to get a normal job and live a n
  
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• Jamie Spears Hires New Lawyer After Removal From Britney’s Conservatorship

  21-10-2021 23:11 via rollingstone.com
  
  Singer's father aligns with litigation lawyer for next phase of daughter's conservatorship
  
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• Pooh Shiesty Tells Judge He’ll Plead Guilty in Hotel Confrontation

  21-10-2021 22:56 via rollingstone.com
  
  The rapper and a co-defendant told a judge Thursday they wished to "change their plea from not guilty to guilty"
  
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• Guns N’ Roses Return to the Road With $50 Million Haul

  21-10-2021 22:39
  
  Guns N’ Roses are one of the most legendary bands in rock history and are a fitting group to mount one of the first major tours as concerts returned from a global shutdown. According to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore, the U.S. leg of the Guns N’ Roses 2021 Tour grossed $50 million and sold 363,000 tickets.
  The tour unofficially launched in January 2020 with a high-ticket play at Miami’s American Airlines Arena on Super Bowl Weekend. The show earned $2.7 million on 11,20
  
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• 20 Questions With Todd Edwards: Remixing Fatboy Slim, Working With Daft Punk & Quitting (Then Returning To) Music

  21-10-2021 22:38
  
  In the mid 1990s, New Jersey native Todd Edwards exerted such a major influence over the UK garage scene — via pioneering a type of sampling — that Daft Punk shouted him out on their 1997 track “Teachers.” “Todd Edwards in the house,” goes the song, which places Edwards amongst other electronic world royalty like Green Velvet, DJ Sneak, Kenny Dope, Louie Vega and Jeff Mills.
  Four years later, Edwards was in the studio with the French duo, working on the track
  
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• Bonobo’s Club Hits Are Never the Ones He Expects

  21-10-2021 22:36 via rollingstone.com
  
  Producer-DJ worked with Jamila Woods, Joji, and more on upcoming album Fragments, due out in January
  
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• How to Watch ‘Dune’

  21-10-2021 22:29
  
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  Timothée Chalamet, Zendaya, Jason Mamoa, Oscar Isaac and more A-list stars are coming together for the new Dune movie, which hits theaters and HBO Max on Friday (Oct. 22).
  Dune, from Legendary and Warner Bros., is part one of a planned two-part adaptation of Frank Herbert’s classic novel, which is credited with inspiring works such as Sta
  
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• New Around the World: Jesy Nelson Breaks Free on Global Charts With ‘Boyz’

  21-10-2021 22:20
  
  While the world devours the newest release from a certain divorced British torch singer, another U.K. export enters the global charts. Jesy Nelson arrives at No. 86 on the Billboard Global 200 and at No. 96 on the Billboard Global Excl. U.S. tally with her debut solo single, “Boyz,” featuring Nicki Minaj.
  Following its Oct. 8 release, the duet from “the U.K. baddie and the Barbie” scored 7.6 million streams and sold 13,700 downloads around the world in the week ending Oct
  
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• Jack Harlow, Bryson Tiller Celebrate Louisville in New Video for ‘Luv Is Dro’

  21-10-2021 22:17 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper also announces five-night, five-venue tour of hometown Kentucky city
  
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• Radiohead’s Entire Catalog Now Available on Bandcamp

  21-10-2021 22:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Radiohead have brought their full catalog to Bandcamp, including all nine studio albums. Several live albums, compilations, and other rarities make up the Radiohead catalog on the site. The move comes just a year after the band launched the Radiohead Public Library, which is an online archive of the band’s catalog. The I Might Be […]
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• Radiohead’s Entire Catalog Is Now Available on Bandcamp

  21-10-2021 22:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Radiohead have brought their full catalog to Bandcamp, including all nine studio albums. Several live albums, compilations, and other rarities make up the Radiohead catalog on the site. The move comes just a year after the band launched the Radiohead Public Library, which is an online archive of the band’s catalog. The I Might Be […]
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• Sakurazaka46 Debut at No. 1 as Stray Kids Soar to No. 2 on Japan Hot 100

  21-10-2021 22:06
  
  Sakurazaka46 launch at No. 1 on this week’s Billboard Japan Hot 100, dated Oct. 11 to 17, with its latest single called “Nagaredama.”The J-pop girl group’s third single sold 407,334 copies to rule physical sales, while also scoring points in a balanced way across most metrics. The track comes in at No. 2 for look-ups — which counts the number of times a CD is ripped to a computer — No. 3 for downloads (8,080 units), No. 11 for Twitter mentions, No. 19 for radi
  
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• Rapper Big30 Signs with N-Less and Bread Gang Entertainment in Partnership with Interscope

  21-10-2021 22:06
  
  Memphis rapper Big30 has entered into a deal with N-Less Entertainment and Moneybagg Yo’s Bread Gang Entertainment, in partnership with Interscope Records.
  “Big30 is a great kid,” says NLess CEO Marcus “Head” Howell. “He’s an example of what we do at NLess, we take potential and turn it into stardom.”The 21-year-old’s debut solo mixtape, King of Killbranch reached No. 13 on the Billboard 200 chart upon its September release, and&nbs
  
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• Watch ENHYPEN Talk ‘Dimension: Dilemma’ Inspiration & Dedicated ENGENE Fanbase

  21-10-2021 21:52
  
  ENHYPEN are fresh off the release of their first studio album, Dimension: Dilemma. Following the release of the album — which arrived via their label, BeLift Lab, on Oct. 12 — the K-pop group sat down with Billboard News to discuss the inspirations for the record and their dedicated fanbase, the ENGENEs.
  The conversation kicked off with host Tetris Kelly asking the K-pop stars about the music video for Dimension: Dilemma’s lead single “Tamed-Dashed,” which rack
  
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• Day Zero Announces Tulum 2022 Lineup

  21-10-2021 21:44
  
  Day Zero is returning to Tulum in January.
  After a year off due to the pandemic, Damian Lazarus’ jungle vibe-fest has announced its comeback, with a lineup featuring DJ Tennis, Nina Kraviz, Seth Troxler, The Martinez Brothers, DJ Holographic and Lazarus himself. (See the complete lineup below.)
  Taking place on Jan. 10, the event marks the 10th anniversary of the party, which also launched in Israel in the fall of 2019. While the Israel edition had been scheduled to return to the Dead Sea-a
  
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• Japanese-German Singer-Songwriter LMYK and Jam & Lewis Discuss Their Generation-Spanning Collaboration

  21-10-2021 21:40
  
  In 2021, aspiring musicians and artists have a variety of outlets at their disposal — home studios, SoundCloud, streaming services, YouTube and more. At first glance, it might seem like the barriers to success have fallen. However, listeners also find themselves with a wider range of options. How can they discover new talent? Who should they be looking out for? The most important thing, by far, is to trust in one’s own sensibilities. Another effective approach is to look at who other
  
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• The Weeknd’s Canceled Arena Tour Is a $300M Bet on Stadiums

  21-10-2021 21:18
  
  With The Weeknd’s planned retooling of this 2022 tour announced earlier this week, the pop star and promoter Live Nation will be on the hook to issue more than $100 million in refunds to ticket holders. But it could lead to a big payoff. As the new yet-to-be-revealed new dates move in an unprecedented unusual expansion from arenas to stadiums, The Weeknd’s promising of a “bigger” show is a gamble that could pay off with a $300 million prize instead.
  The Weeknd’s glo
  
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• UTA Signs Marshmello For Worldwide Representation

  21-10-2021 21:12 via digitalmusicnews.com
  DJ and producer Marshmello has signed with global talent agency UTA. UTA will represent him in all areas worldwide. Marshmello has hit singles and collaborations with some of the biggest stars in the music industry. Juice WRLD, Halsey, Demi Lovato, Bastille, Kane Brown, Selena Gomez, Jonas Brothers, and many more. The iconic DJ has managed […]
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• Elton John’s 15 Best Collaborations of All Time

  21-10-2021 21:09
  
  Elton John has made an entire career out of defying expectations, penning hits and working with all of the right people to become the international phenomenon that he is today. And to celebrate that legacy, the Rocket Man is making sure he pays it forward.
  On Friday (Oct. 22), John is set to unveil his new album The Lockdown Sessions, a series of collaborations he’s recorded throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Featuring a bevy stars like Lil Nas X, Charlie Puth, Stevie Wonder, Stev
  
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• Álvaro Díaz and Rauw Alejandro Have a Big Problem on Their Hands on ‘Problemon’

  21-10-2021 21:08 via rollingstone.com
  
  The track is off of Díaz's upcoming album Felicilandia
  
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• Listen to Jesse Jo Stark’s haunting new single ‘Cry On Me’

  21-10-2021 21:02 via nme.com
  
  Jesse Jo Stark has shared a new single track called ‘Cry On Me’ – you can listen to it below.
  The track follows on from the Los Angeles artist’s ‘A Pretty Place To Fall Apart’ EP, which came out in September.
  ‘Cry On Me’ continues down a pop-noir path, recounting “a story about falling in love at the wrong time”, as Stark explained in a statement. Acoustic guitars blend with ghostly keys and as the singer relives her doomed romance.
  Dur
  
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• Nandi Bushell Inspires Kids to Embrace Their True Selves in ‘Redraw Your World’

  21-10-2021 21:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Cartoon Network campaign features live-action animation meets rock video
  
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• Silk Sonic Producer D’Mile Shares ‘Bruno’s Method to His Madness’

  21-10-2021 20:47
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s 2022 Grammy Preview issue, highlighting the artists, issues and trends that will define awards season. Read our cover story on Halsey, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross here.
  In August 2019, D’Mile received a fateful message from fellow producer James Fauntleroy. “He texts me out of the blue on a Wednesday and asks me what I’m doing on Friday,” recalls D’Mile (real name: Dernst Emile II). “
  
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• Maxo Kream Confronted Pain and Grief to Make His New Album ‘Weight of the World’

  21-10-2021 20:45 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rapper discusses his new LP, intergenerational trauma, and his patient rise to stardom
  
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• Willow and Travis Barker on Why Pop-Punk ‘Is So Important During This Time’

  21-10-2021 20:41
  
  It made perfect sense that Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker lent a hand on the Willow’s raging fourth album, Lately I Feel Everything. The project from the 20-year-old singer, who has embraced her inner rocker, is exactly the kind of album the in-demand producer and time-keeper loves: unexpected, genre agnostic and hard-hitting.
  The pair discuss their unlikely collab as part of Rolling Stone magazine’s 2021 Musicians on Musicians package in next month’s print issue, which hits s
  
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• Then and Now: Jagged Little Pill 25 Becomes Alanis Morissette’s Biggest Tour Ever

  21-10-2021 20:40
  
  Alanis Morissette wrapped the U.S. leg of her 2021 World Tour: Celebrating 25 Years of Jagged Little Pill with the biggest numbers of her career. In 34 shows in (mostly) amphitheaters around the country, the run brought in $29.4 million and sold 493,000 tickets according to figures reported to Billboard Boxscore.
  To sort the success of Morissette’s current tour, we look back at the summer of 1995 when the fresh-faced Canadian singer-songwriter released Jagged Little Pill. Despite some prev
  
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• Amazon Music Brings Spatial Audio Support to Any Headphones – How It Works

  21-10-2021 20:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Amazon Music Unlimited now supports spatial audio streaming to any headphones. Amazon says users can use their current headphones to experience spatial audio on the iOS and Android apps. Amazon Music Unlimited currently supports Sony’s 360 Reality Audio and Dolby Atmos. Spatial audio support was first introduced in 2019, but it was limited to specific […]
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• Amazon Music Brings Spatial Audio Support to Any Headphones — Here’s How It Works

  21-10-2021 20:30 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Amazon Music Unlimited now supports spatial audio streaming to any headphones. Amazon says users can use their current headphones to experience spatial audio on the iOS and Android apps. Amazon Music Unlimited currently supports Sony’s 360 Reality Audio and Dolby Atmos. Spatial audio support was first introduced in 2019, but it was limited to specific […]
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• Jamie Spears Changes Lawyers After Conservatorship Loss

  21-10-2021 20:21
  
  A longtime attorney for Britney Spears’ father confirmed on Thursday (Oct. 21) that she had parted ways with Jamie Spears in the legal battle over his daughter’s conservatorship, but said she and her firm “stand by his and our actions.”
  The statement, issued by Vivian L. Thoreen of Holland & Knight, came two days after the elder Spears notified the California judge overseeing the conservatorship that he had hired Alex Weingarten, a litigator at the firm Willkie Farr &
  
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• YouTube Music Reveals Changes for Canada-Based Users — Including An Audio-Only Free Version

  21-10-2021 20:19 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Earlier this month, YouTube Music announced plans to make background listening available to ad-supported users in Canada. Now, possibly in response to criticism from paid subscribers, the Google-owned streaming service has elaborated on its upcoming changes – including by making clear that free users will only have access to audio. YouTube Music just recently disclosed […]
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• All Eyes on Him: Why Bo Burnham’s ‘Inside’ Could Be a Big Four Grammys Contender

  21-10-2021 20:19
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s 2022 Grammy Preview issue, highlighting the artists, issues and trends that will define awards season. Read our cover story on Halsey, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross here.
  Tyler Arnold was only 20 minutes into Bo Burnham’s latest musical comedy special, Bo Burnham: Inside, released on Netflix in May, when he started searching for the songs online. When he couldn’t find them, the Republic Records A&R executive immediately reached ou
  
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• Drake’s ‘Sexy’ Brings Him Back to No. 1 on Rhythmic Airplay Chart

  21-10-2021 20:12
  
  Bust out the champagne yet again for Drake, who lands another record-extending new No. 1 single on Billboard’s Rhythmic Airplay chart as “Way 2 Sexy,” featuring Future and Young Thug, advances from the runner-up spot to lead the list dated Oct. 23. The track ascends with a 7% boost in plays to become the most-played song on U.S. monitored rhythmic stations in the week ending Oct. 17, according to MRC Data.
  “Way 2 Sexy” dethrones Lil Nas X and Jack Harlow’s &ld
  
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• Adele Sings a Chipmunk-Pitched ‘Hello,’ Ranks Her Favorite Beyoncé Albums & More for ’73 Questions’

  21-10-2021 20:08
  
  Adele switches up her honeyed vocals and continues proving her BeyHive membership in her just-released 73 Questions video for Vogue, released on Thursday (Oct. 21).
  When asked about the most challenging record from her 2011 sophomore album 21, the British pop superstar named “Don’t You Remember.” “It was sort of my attempt at a country song. It starts super duper tender and soft, which I’m not really into that,” Adele admitted. “By th
  
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• Franz Ferdinand announce departure of drummer Paul Thomson

  21-10-2021 20:00 via nme.com
  
  Franz Ferdinand have announced the departure of their drummer Paul Thomson.
  Sharing a statement on social media this evening (October 21), the Scottish band wrote: “Hello world. Paul is leaving the band. It was a bit of a shocker for us when we found out, so it probably will be for some of you too.”READ MORE: Alex Kapranos tells us what’s next for Franz FerdinandThomson joined Franz Ferdinand when they formed back in 2002, and has been friends with his former bandmates for
  
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• Latin Hitmaker Podcast: CAA’s Bruno del Granado Talks Maluma, Ricky Martin and More

  21-10-2021 19:59
  
  To many, Bruno del Granado is the premier Latin agent at CAA, repping a long list of marquee clients that includes Ricky Martin, Lunay, Luis Fonsi, Ednita Nazario and Maluma in multiple ventures, from touring and merchandising to books and film. Upcoming stellar projects include casting longtime client Gloria Estefan for the upcoming remake of Father of the Bride.
  Del Granado’s journey, however, doesn’t start as an agent, but as a record executive, as a host for MTV, as the president
  
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• Former A Day To Remember bassist involved in fatal 2017 car crash

  21-10-2021 19:54 via nme.com
  
  A Day To Remember‘s former bassist Joshua Woodard was involved in a fatal car crash in 2017, it has been reported.
  The musician announced his departure from the Florida band last week (October 13) after allegations of sexual assault and misconduct from last year resurfaced. He has denied all the accusations.
  Sharing the news, Metal Sucks noted that Woodard had been involved in a road accident four years ago that left the driver of another vehicle dead. The story was only reported locally a
  
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• DJ Snake Teases ‘SG’ Video Featuring Ozuna, Megan Thee Stallion & BLACKPINK’s Lisa

  21-10-2021 19:48
  
  DJ Snake, Ozuna, Megan Thee Stallion and Lisa from BLACKPINK’s forthcoming track, “SG,” is almost here. On Thursday (Oct. 21), the EDM artist uploaded a teaser ahead of the song and video’s premiere to his YouTube page, which features the four artists against several technicolor backdrops.
  Snake and Ozuna appear in the trailer between cuts of girls dancing in Carnaval-inspired headdresses and bikinis. Megan does her own dancing, giving the camera a sultry look while twerk
  
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• Tems Enjoys Wild Night Out in New Video for ‘Crazy Tings’

  21-10-2021 19:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Track appears on rising Nigerian singer-songwriter's latest EP If Orange Was a Place
  
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• How Will the Grammys Handle Morgan Wallen?

  21-10-2021 19:21
  
  This story is part of Billboard’s 2022 Grammy Preview issue, highlighting the artists, issues and trends that will define awards season. Read our cover story on Halsey, Trent Reznor and Atticus Ross here.
  As the album of the year race takes shape, the music industry must grapple with a difficult reality: The year’s most popular album is also its most controversial contender.
  At the beginning of 2021, Morgan Wallen established himself as country music’s biggest new sta
  
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• Roots Musicians Struggling as Financial Inequities Grow During Pandemic, Survey Finds

  21-10-2021 19:00
  
  Long before the pandemic devastated musicians in virtually every genre, roots artists were already living with chronic income instability.
  However, the COVID-19 shutdown further decimated the livelihood of many of the musicians— many of whose music is not viewed as commercial as pop, rock or hip-hop—leaving some of the artists with as much as a 75% cut in already meager incomes.
  Those are among the results of “Turn Up the Mic, Tune Up the Future,” an online survey of more
  
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• Pusha T Talks Purging His Closet In Preparation for Upcoming Album

  21-10-2021 18:58
  
  Pusha T is purging his closet in preparation for his upcoming album, and has some coveted pieces available for purchase. The Grammy-nominated rapper released his third closet sale collection today (Oct. 21) on luxury menswear marketplace, Grailed.
  “There are [items] that I really love,” he says. “When you curate these Grailed [releases] you have to show your taste and put it together really well.”
  Among the items that will be available for fashion aficionados are Pusha&rs
  
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• Coldplay announce extra London and Paris shows for 2022 world tour

  21-10-2021 18:42 via nme.com
  
  Coldplay have added an extra London and Paris shows to their 2022 world tour.
  Chris Martin and co. will head out on the road next March in support of their new album ‘Music Of The Spheres’, which came out last Friday (October 15).READ MORE: The NME Big Read: Coldplay: “This is our period of having no fear”The European leg of their eco-friendly tour is due to begin in July, with concerts scheduled in Frankfurt, Warsaw, Berlin, Paris and Brussels. Coldplay will then touch d
  
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