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• TikTok Got More Traffic Than Google in 2021 – Report

  23-12-2021 23:59 via digitalmusicnews.com
  A new report suggests TikTok was more popular than Google in terms of traffic in 2021.  Cloudflare’s Year In Review ranks sites based on the traffic they receive over the course of a year, measured monthly. Last year, TikTok ranked number eight on the list. But Cloudflare’s 2021 traffic report reveals TikTok is the most […]
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• Joni Mitchell shares first official video for 1971 classic ‘River’

  23-12-2021 23:56 via nme.com
  
  Joni Mitchell has shared the first official music video for her classic track ‘River’, which was released in 1971.
  The song featured on the singer-songwriter’s seminal album ‘Blue’ and over the years has become a melancholy Christmas staple.
  For its first-ever video, ‘River’ has been given the animation treatment by director Matvey Rezanov and Skazka Studios. Splashes of black land on a white screen like dripping ink on a page before forming a black-and-
  
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• Ex-Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall to return as ‘Spectator’ podcast host

  23-12-2021 23:25 via nme.com
  
  Former Mumford & Sons member Winston Marshall has announced his first project since leaving the band in June 2021.
  The banjo player and guitarist quit the group this summer after controversy was raised over a since-deleted tweet in which he praised right-wing author Andy Ngo.
  Writing on his personal Twitter page earlier this week (December 20), Marshall confirmed what he termed “exciting personal news”. “I’m partnering @spectator to bring you… Marshall Matters,
  
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• ‘Verzuz’ Owner Triller Prepares to List on NASDAQ at Projected $5 Billion Valuation

  23-12-2021 23:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Short-form video-sharing app Triller is preparing to list on NASDAQ following a “reverse merger.” And as the owner of the ultra-popular Verzuz, the TikTok competitor is also set to rebrand as TrillerVerz. Triller just recently unveiled its IPO plans, which specifically involve a reverse merger with SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC). 28-year-old SeaChange bills itself as […]
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• ‘Verzuz’ Owner Triller Prepares to List on NASDAQ As Part of SeaChange Merger

  23-12-2021 23:20 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Short-form video-sharing app Triller is preparing to list on NASDAQ following a “reverse merger.” And as the owner of the ultra-popular Verzuz, the TikTok competitor is also set to rebrand as TrillerVerz. Triller just recently unveiled its IPO plans, which specifically involve a reverse merger with SeaChange International (NASDAQ: SEAC). 28-year-old SeaChange bills itself as […]
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• Nirvana file official response to ‘Nevermind’ baby lawsuit: “He has been fully aware of the facts”

  23-12-2021 22:52 via nme.com
  
  Nirvana have filed an official response to a lawsuit from the man who was photographed as a baby for the cover of ‘Nevermind’.
  Spencer Elden, 30, is suing the band over the photo of him as an infant, in which he appears naked and swimming after a dollar bill in a swimming pool. He has claimed that he has suffered “lifelong damages” from the image and that it is “commercial child sexual exploitation” and child pornography.
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• Alt-J’s Thom Green on returning to touring in a pandemic: “We’re just going to have to be extra vigilant”

  23-12-2021 22:46 via nme.com
  
  Alt-J’s Thom Green has spoken about returning to touring in a pandemic as someone who is considered clinically extremely vulnerable.
  The drummer has a rare genetic condition, which meant he had to have a kidney transplant when he was a student. He now has to take medication to help his body accept the kidney, but which also suppresses his immune system.
  With Alt-J preparing to go back on tour across the UK and the US in February in support of their upcoming album ‘The Dream’, w
  
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• Ghostface Killah Enters the NFT Market With Unreleased Lyrics

  23-12-2021 22:21 via rollingstone.com
  
  "People are going to get a vintage rhyme from Ghostface," rapper says of NFT "experiment"
  
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• Madame Tussauds’ Rihanna wax figure bears no resemblance to the singer

  23-12-2021 22:19 via nme.com
  
  Rihanna‘s wax figure at the German Madame Tussauds has been given a Christmas makeover, with the final statue failing to look like the pop star.
  The Berlin branch of the effigy outlet has on a display a Christmas-themed Rihanna figure, bearing little to no resemblance to the ‘Umbrella’ star.READ MORE: Beyoncé and the worst waxworks of all timeRihanna’s wax figure was first unveiled at Madame Tussauds in 2011, donning the singer’s then-red bob cut, before
  
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• Chris Martin: 'I love Christmas Eve. The routines I have are the ones I had when I was like 7'

  23-12-2021 21:55 via music-news.com
  
  On her BBC Radio 2 show tonight from 7-9pm, Jo Whiley celebrates ‘Christmas with Chris Martin’ where she is joined by the
  
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• Jay-Z calls Beyoncé an 'evolution' of Michael Jackson

  23-12-2021 21:31 via music-news.com
  
  JAY-Z noted that Michael Jackson never had a Coachella moment.
  
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• Phish Postpone New Year’s Eve Concerts Over Omicron Concerns

  23-12-2021 21:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band has scheduled another four-night run at Madison Square Garden in April — starting 4/20, to be exact
  
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• Not So Down With Disease: Phish Postpone New Year’s Concerts Over Omicron Concerns

  23-12-2021 21:26 via rollingstone.com
  
  Band has scheduled another four-night run at Madison Square Garden in April — starting 4/20, to be exact
  
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• An agreement may soon be reached on the total value of Prince’s estate

  23-12-2021 21:06 via nme.com
  
  An agreement on the total worth of Prince‘s estate may soon be reached, following court proceedings set to begin in February 2022.
  As reported by Billboard (via The Minneapolis Star Tribune), tax filings made in November of this year show an agreement was made as to the total value of Prince’s assets.
  Though the final figure hasn’t been disclosed at the time of writing, the amount is expected to be more than US$100 million (£75m). The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) determ
  
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• Nightlife industry urges Boris Johnson to “let us dance” on New Year’s Eve

  23-12-2021 20:58 via nme.com
  
  The UK’s nightlife industry is calling on Boris Johnson to let clubs and venues operate on New Year’s Eve amid rumours of an imminent lockdown in England.
  Although the Prime Minister has not yet announced any plans for one, reports have been circulating over the last week about the possibility of a post-Christmas “circuit-breaker” lockdown in an attempt to stymie rising cases of the Omicron variant of COVID-19.READ MORE: Music venues and nightclubs “on the brin
  
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• Live Nation Fires Back Against Coachella’s Restraining Order: ‘Plaintiffs Are Wasting the Court’s Time’

  23-12-2021 20:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Earlier this week, a judge granted Coachella’s request for a restraining order involving a year-end event called “Coachella Day One 22.” Now, Live Nation – which Coachella and Goldenvoice are suing for selling tickets to the happening – has fired back against a new “midnight ex parte” application from the plaintiffs. The underlying courtroom confrontation […]
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• Ed Sheeran sings in Yorùbá on the remix of Fireboy DML’s ‘Peru’

  23-12-2021 19:58 via nme.com
  
  Ed Sheeran has collaborated with Nigerian singer-songwriter Fireboy DML on a forthcoming remix of the latter’s hit song, ‘Peru’, in which Sheeran sings in the Niger-Congo language Yorùbá.
  Fireboy DML – the stage name of Adedamola Adefolahan – tweeted a snippet of the song alongside a screen grab of his phone on December 21, revealing Sheeran’s input on the track, following a tweet featuring a video of the pair vibing to the song’s melody th
  
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• Nirvana’s Lawyers Call ‘Nevermind’ Baby’s Lawsuit Meritless

  23-12-2021 19:24 via rollingstone.com
  
  "Elden’s claims fail, at the outset, because they are time-barred," band's legal team says in motion to dismiss lawsuit
  
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• Nas announces new album ‘Magic’ arriving tonight

  23-12-2021 18:48 via nme.com
  
  Nas has announced a brand new album called ‘Magic’, which will be released at midnight tonight (December 23).
  The new release will follow August’s ‘King’s Disease II’, which arrived 12 months after 2020’s ‘King’s Disease’.READ MORE: Nas on being a hip-hop legend: “I’m rapping the same way I did when I was on the block”“MAGIC is in the air,” he wrote on Instagram, captioning a post that included the art
  
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• Indigenous tribe calls Coachella’s Live Nation suit “direct attack on us and the region”

  23-12-2021 18:04 via nme.com
  
  An indigenous tribe based in Coachella, California has criticised the annual music festival Coachella over its trademark infringement suit against Live Nation.
  The festival, which is operated by promoter Goldenvoice and its parent company AEG, won a temporary restraining order against Live Nation over an upcoming New Year’s Eve event called Coachella Day One 22.
  No action was taken by Coachella against the tribe, known as The Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians, but the tribe’s
  
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• Nightclubs in Scotland to close for three weeks over Omicron concerns

  23-12-2021 17:26 via nme.com
  
  Nightclubs in Scotland will close for three weeks from December 27 amid concerns over the Omicron variant of COVID-19.
  Yesterday (December 22), Public Health Scotland reported an estimated 22,000 cases of the latest variant of the virus had been recorded in the country as of December 19. Of those, only 10 people had been admitted to hospital.READ MORE: Music venues and nightclubs “on the brink of collapse” and demand “immediate” government actionFollowing tighter res
  
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• Ed Sheeran 'Shape of You' becomes first song to surpass 3 billion Spotify streams

  23-12-2021 17:02 via music-news.com
  
  Today, “Shape of You,” the lead single for Ed Sheeran’s third studio album, ÷ (Divide), became the first song ever to reach 3 Billion streams on Spotify.
  
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• Nirvana Moves to Dismiss ‘Facially Ludicrous’ ‘Nevermind’ Child Pornography Lawsuit

  23-12-2021 16:56 via digitalmusicnews.com
  
  Nirvana has officially moved to dismiss the child-pornography and sex-trafficking lawsuit that one Spencer Elden – the 30-year-old man who appeared on the cover of Nevermind as a baby – levied back in August. To recap the months-long legal showdown, Elden alleged in his original suit – which was filed against the members of Nirvana, […]
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• U.S. Congress to investigate Astroworld Festival tragedy

  23-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Travis Scott's Astroworld festival was hit by tragedy when 10 people died from compression asphyxia.
  
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• Sandra Bernhard reflects on former friendship with Madonna

  23-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Sandra Bernhard claims Madonna''s "relationships just don''t last" as she doesn''t want to keep people around who reflect "too much of who she is".
  
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• Drake gets tattoo in honour of late designer Virgil Abloh

  23-12-2021 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  The Los Angeles-based tattoo artist Ganga Tattoo posted the ink on his Instagram on Wednesday, tagging his location as Drake's hometown of Toronto.
  
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• Listen to EMA cover Modest Mouse’s ‘Trailer Trash’

  23-12-2021 16:11 via nme.com
  
  South Dakota genre-bender EMA (aka Erika Anderson) has shared a dizzying cover of Modest Mouse’s 1997 track ‘Trailer Trash’.READ MORE: Modest Mouse on their most hopeful album yet: “I found optimism – because I needed it”She puts an emotive spin on the tune – which first appeared on the band’s second album, ‘The Lonesome Crowded West’ – by trading its scratchy, straightforward guitar riffs with chimey, melancholic piano chords sta
  
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• Martin Kemp: 'George [Michael] absolutely loved Christmas'

  23-12-2021 16:05 via music-news.com
  
  Greatest Hits Radio presenter Martin Kemp shares memories of his friend George Michael in an upcoming radio special called
  
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• Best Music of 2021: Staff Picks

  23-12-2021 16:00 via rollingstone.com
  
  Rolling Stone staffers share their top albums released in 2021
  
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• Funeral For A Friend reschedule 2022 UK tour dates

  23-12-2021 15:34 via nme.com
  
  Funeral For A Friend have knocked back their forthcoming UK tour for a second time, with the run now slated to kick off in February.READ MORE: Funeral For A Friend – ‘Conduit’ reviewThe post-hardcore outfit first announced the tour in July 2020, with hopes they’d be able to take to stages back in April. As the month approached with no hope for a breakthrough in the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the band decided in February to hold off until January 2022. Now, as the Omicron
  
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• Indigenous Tribe Slams Coachella for Trademark Suit Over New Year’s Eve Event

  23-12-2021 15:22 via rollingstone.com
  
  Twenty-Nine Palms Band of Mission Indians wasn't sued directly because of sovereign immunity, but called the fest's legal action against Live Nation "a direct attack on us and the region"
  
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• Lainey Wilson Doesn’t Sound Like Anyone Else in Nashville. It Helped Make 2021 Her Year

  23-12-2021 15:01 via rollingstone.com
  
  "I was like, 'I’m moving to Nashville to do country music.' I figured everybody was gonna sound like me. Turns out, no," says the Louisiana native, whose "Things a Man Oughta Know" was a breakout hit
  
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• Live music venues suffer as Wales introduces new restrictions and social distancing rules

  23-12-2021 14:37 via nme.com
  
  Starting December 26, Wales will introduce new social distancing rules and restrictions on venue capacities. Among those distressed by the move are managers of live music venues, as they fear the order will place further strain on the entertainment industry’s future.READ MORE: Music venues and nightclubs “on the brink of collapse” in Omicron COVID crisisIn an effort to curb the spread of COVID-19 as the Omicron variant continues to wreak havoc, no more than six punters wil
  
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• Mariah Carey surprises McDonald’s employees in Aspen

  23-12-2021 14:01 via nme.com
  
  Current NME cover star Mariah Carey gave McDonald’s employees in Aspen, Colorado an early Christmas present this year, surprising them with her family to celebrate The Mariah Menu.READ MORE: 16 pretty interesting facts about the world’s biggest Christmas songsThe superstar singer first headed to the drive-thru for her daughter, Monroe Cannon, to prank a disgruntled operator. After the 10-year-old bellows out a jumbled order in a gruff New York accent, she’s asked by the employe
  
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• Concerned UK music venues hit out at government COVID support as “pointless” and “bonkers”

  23-12-2021 13:31 via nme.com
  
  Music venues from across the UK have spoken to NME to voice their concerns over the government’s “pointless” and “bonkers” support package to aid them through the Omicron COVID crisis.READ MORE: Music venues and nightclubs “on the brink of collapse” in Omicron COVID crisisIn the week since Prime Minister Boris Johnson announced new restrictions for England due to a rise in cases of the Omicron variant (in measures dubbed ‘Plan B&rsqu
  
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• 5 Seconds of Summer sued $2.5m by former management team

  23-12-2021 13:24 via music-news.com
  
  5 Seconds of Summer have been sued by their former management team for allegedly refusing to pay agreed commissions.
  
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• Britney Spears teases new music and blasts her family over conservatorship

  23-12-2021 13:09 via music-news.com
  
  Britney Spears says new music is on the way and claims she will "never forget" how her family treated her.
  
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• Britney Spears teases new music

  23-12-2021 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  The 40-year-old pop star posted a video to Instagram on Wednesday in which she shows off her vocal range, and in the caption, she reflected on her strained relationship with her family.
  
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• Billie Piper admits figuring out children's Christmas plan after divorce is 'tricky'

  23-12-2021 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Billie Piper shares two sons with her ex-husband Laurence Fox.
  
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• LCD Soundsystem debut ‘Christmas Will Break Your Heart’ live with a string section

  23-12-2021 12:22 via nme.com
  
  Six years after it was originally released, LCD Soundsystem have treated fans to a live rendition of their festive comeback single, ‘Christmas Will Break Your Heart’.READ MORE: From The NME Archive – Celebrate 15 years of LCD Soundsystem’s debut with this classic interview: “Most live bands today are horrible”The slow-burning ballad closed out the concert portion of The LCD Soundsystem Holiday Special, which premiered on Amazon Music overnight (December 2
  
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• Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers are working on a new musical

  23-12-2021 11:19 via music-news.com
  
  Robbie Williams and Guy Chambers are working on a new musical which is set to open in 2023.
  
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• Michael Bublé is sick of Christmas Music by Boxing Day

  23-12-2021 11:19 via music-news.com
  
  Michael Bublé finds himself sick of Christmas music by the 26th December, but still "loves" the festive season.
  
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• Michael Bublé is sick of Christmas Music by Boxing Day

  23-12-2021 11:19 via music-news.com
  
  Michael Bublé finds himself sick of Christmas music by the 26th December, but still "loves" the festive season.
  
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• 5 Seconds Of Summer sued for $2.5million by former management firm

  23-12-2021 11:10 via nme.com
  
  Australian pop band 5 Seconds Of Summer are being sued for $2.5million (£1.86million) by their former management company, YM&U Group, for an alleged breach of contract.READ MORE: Luke Hemmings: “I needed to make this album to figure out the thoughts in my head”According to court documents sighted by Billboard, the band allegedly refused to pay the YM&U Group commissions they were owed for “multiple lucrative deals it negotiated on behalf of the group”, inclu
  
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• MAMAMOO’s Moonbyul unveils release date of new mini-album ‘6equence’

  23-12-2021 10:58 via nme.com
  
  MAMAMOO‘s Moonbyul has officially announced the release date for her third mini-album, ‘6equence’.READ MORE:MAMAMOO play it way too safe on fluffy, disco-inspired single ‘mumumumuch’
  The singer-rapper had unveiled her comeback schedule leading up to the eventual release of her third solo EP so far, titled ‘6equence’, via social media on December 23. Her upcoming mini-album will be released on January 19 at 6pm KST.
  In anticipation of ‘6equence&rdqu
  
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• Watch Ellie Goulding, Norah Jones and Brittany Howard celebrate Joni Mitchell for 2021 Kennedy Center Honors

  23-12-2021 09:46 via nme.com
  
  Ellie Goulding, Norah Jones and Brittany Howard were among the artists that paid tribute to Joni Mitchell at the ceremony for this year’s Kennedy Center Honors, where the iconic singer-songwriter received a lifetime achievement award.READ MORE: Dylan Fraser: Bathgate boy fuses a love of Nine Inch Nails and Joni MitchellAll of the performers put their own spins on classics from Mitchell’s discography, which between 1968 and 2007, spanned 19 studio albums. Goulding performed Mitchell&r
  
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• Agency behind Momoland to debut new girl group next year

  23-12-2021 09:45 via nme.com
  
  Momoland‘s agency, MLD Entertainment, has announced plans to debut a new girl group next year.READ MORE:The 25 best K-pop songs of 2021
  In a statement released by the label on December 23 via Sports Kyunghang, MLD Entertainment announced plans to launch a brand-new girl group sometime in the first half of 2022, marking the company’s first female idol group since Momoland’s debut in 2016.
  Notably, the agency announced that Girls Planet 999 contestant Nonaka S
  
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• Chris Martin reveals Coldplay will stop making new music in 2025

  23-12-2021 09:41 via music-news.com
  
  During an interview with BBC Radio 2's Jo Whiley, the 44-year-old musician explained that the band will stop releasing new music after the album but continue to tour with their existing catalogue.
  
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• Watch Halle Bailey from Chloe x Halle cover Radiohead’s ‘Creep’

  23-12-2021 09:39 via nme.com
  
  Halle Bailey, one half of American sister singer-songwriter duo Chloe x Halle, has shared an intricate cover of Radiohead’s ‘Creep’.READ MORE: The 10 best music books of 2021The singer-songwriter took to social media on Wednesday (December 22) to share the cover, which was originally uploaded onto her TikTok account. “My version of creepppp this song was in my head all day i had to sing it to get it out!,” Bailey said.
  Watch the short cover below. @hallebaileymy ver
  
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• SEVENTEEN’s DK surprises fans with solo song, ‘You’re My Christmas’

  23-12-2021 09:21 via nme.com
  
  SEVENTEEN main vocalist DK has surprised fans with a new solo song called ‘You’re My Christmas’.READ MORE:SEVENTEEN live in Seoul: a powerful celebration of their return to the stage
  The digital single was written and composed by the South Korean idol, alongside frequent SEVENTEEN collaborators Jozu and Lee Beom-hoon of PRISMFILTER. Notably, ‘You’re My Christmas’ is his first-ever official solo release since his debut with SEVENTEEN in 2015.
  “You’r
  
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