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• Live Nation Releases $59 ‘Club Pass’ — Unlimited Concerts At Select Clubs Through 2022’s End

  19-09-2022 23:54 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Live Nation (NYSE: LYV) has officially debuted a $59 “Club Pass” that, as its name suggests, will afford customers unlimited access to shows at specific clubs through 2022’s end. The Beverly Hills-based promoter just recently unveiled the Club Pass, which will remain available for purchase until September’s conclusion. Fans can shell out $299 (service fee […]
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• Metallica announce ‘Helping Hands’ benefit concert

  19-09-2022 23:52 via nme.com
  Metallica have announced plans for their third ‘Helping Hands’ benefit concert in Los Angeles.READ MORE: Does Rock ‘N’ Roll Kill Braincells?! – Metallica’s Kirk HammettFeaturing performances by the band and “special guests,” the show and auction is set to go ahead at the Microsoft Theater on December 16. All proceeds will go to the band’s charity All Within My Hands.
  The foundation is “dedicated to creating sustainable communities&rdquo
  
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• New date set for Jam Master Jay murder trial

  19-09-2022 23:19 via nme.com
  A new date for Jam Master Jay’s murder trial has been set.
  The case looked set to go ahead this month but a federal judge today (September 19) rejected the defence’s request to dismiss the case and instead set a trial date for next February, reports Billboard.
  The Run-DMC rapper (real name Jason Mizell) was fatally shot inside his Jamaica, Queens recording studio at the age of 37 in 2002.
  It was a cold case until 2020 when police, the FBI and other law enforcement bodiesind
  
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• Kanye West Wants ‘Yeezy’ to Himself and is Gearing up For ‘War’

  19-09-2022 23:17 via rollingstone.com
  Ye's quest to sever ties with Gap appears to have hit a snag
  
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• Mystikal Pleads Not Guilty to Rape, False Imprisonment Charges

  19-09-2022 22:56 via rollingstone.com
  Rapper also denied other charges stemming from a July incident where he allegedly sexually assaulted and held a woman against her will
  
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• Seven fans arrested at Breakout Festival after Lil Baby cancels headline set

  19-09-2022 22:27 via nme.com
  Seven people have been arrested after Lil Baby cancelled his headline slot at the Breakout Festival in Canada.READ MORE: Untrapped: The Story of Lil Baby review: an illuminating look at a rap superstar striving for changeThe rapper’s performance was pulled due to illness at 9.30pm local time last night (September 18), 30 minutes before the Vancouver festival was due to close.
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• Cardi B Shows Off Handwritten Note From Beyoncé: Anyone Who Touches It Will Be ‘Electrocuted’

  19-09-2022 22:25 via rollingstone.com
  Queen Bey called her a "hard-working, beautiful and talented queen" in a personal note
  
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• Nickelback’s Chad Kroeger says we’ve all been saying his name wrong

  19-09-2022 22:15 via nme.com
  Nickelback frontman Chad Kroeger has revealed that fans have been saying his name wrong for years.READ MORE: Nickelback: all the times they’ve been banned, hounded and weaponisedAccording to Kroeger, his second name is not pronounced as it appears and it is in fact spoken like iconic horror villain Freddy Krueger in The Nightmare On Elm Street franchise.
  “It’s [Kroo-ger], don’t trust the internet,” he told Loudwire.
  The frontman went on to say that he has never
  
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• Alleged Killers of Jam Master Jay to Face Trial in February — 21 Years After His Death

  19-09-2022 21:31 via rollingstone.com
  A federal judge denied the alleged killer's request to dismiss the case, instead setting a trial date
  
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• TikTok Introduces ‘In the Moment’ Spontaneity with ‘TikTok Now’

  19-09-2022 21:13 via digitalmusicnews.com
  TikTok introduces “in the moment” spontaneity with TikTok Now. TikTok has announced a new feature that might look familiar to users of viral photo-sharing app BeReal. TikTok’s “TikTok Now” works almost identically to BeReal: the app sends users a push notification that prompts them to snap a photo or 10-second video to capture what’s happening […]
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• Why Mariah Carey Made a Secret Alt-Rock Album – and Four Other Things We Learned From Our New Podcast

  19-09-2022 21:10 via rollingstone.com
  While Carey made songs like "Always Be My Baby" in the Nineties, she was also screaming her way through an alt-rock album: "I had no freedom during that time. That was my freedom."
  
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• AmericanaFest 2022: Best Things We Saw

  19-09-2022 20:56 via rollingstone.com
  From Dropkick Murphys punk to a John Prine polka party
  
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• Concord Purchases HitCo Catalog — But Leaves the Label Behind

  19-09-2022 20:45 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Concord moves forward with its HitCo catalog purchase — but leaves the label behind. Antonio LA Reid’s HitCo Entertainment — home to artists like Dixie D’Amelio, Jennifer Lopez, Saint Jhn, and Yella Breezy — has sold to private equity company Concord. While the deal was reported in August, it was unclear whether Concord would be absorbing […]
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• The Sea.Hear.Now Festival Hits The Jersey Shore: Green Day, Stevie Nicks, and More

  19-09-2022 20:43 via rollingstone.com
  The Sea.Hear.Now festival hit the beach in Asbury Park for the 4th time this weekend with an incredible lineup that included Stevie Nicks, Green Day, Billy Strings, Fletcher, Cage the Elephant, and many others.  Check out our photos from the biggest Beach Party in the Northeast.
  
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• System Of A Down’s Serj Tankian is releasing a new EP through an augmented reality app

  19-09-2022 20:40 via nme.com
  System Of A Down‘s Serj Tankian has announced a new EP, which he is releasing through an augmented reality app.READ MORE: Serj Tankian: “I think the whole world felt some relief that Trump was gone”‘Perplex Cities’ is the follow-up to the 2021 EP ‘Elasticity’ and a track will be released through the Arloopa app each week starting today (September 19) along with Tankian “appearing in the same space as the listener-viewer to explain the music an
  
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• Lil Baby Unexpectedly Canceled a Headlining Festival Set — and Mayhem Ensued

  19-09-2022 20:23 via rollingstone.com
  Attendees at Vancouver's Breakout Fest reportedly caused "significant damage," and police were called to break up the chaos
  
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• Warner Music Group Sues Bang Energy Over Social Media Promo Videos Following Infringement Complaints From UMG and SME

  19-09-2022 20:10 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Warner Music Group (WMG) has officially joined the other Big Three labels in suing Bang Energy Drink for copyright infringement over the allegedly unauthorized use of music in promo videos posted to social media platforms including TikTok. Warner Music just recently submitted the complaint to a Florida federal court, naming as defendants Weston-headquartered Vital Pharmaceuticals […]
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• Post Malone Cracks Three Ribs in Nasty Fall On-Stage in St. Louis

  19-09-2022 20:01 via digitalmusicnews.com
  Post Malone suffered a nasty fall on stage in St. Louis. He got up and apologized to fans and later learned he cracked three of his ribs. A video of the incident posted to social media shows the singer walking around the stage to greet fans. As he’s leaning back up and walking toward the […]
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• Sandra Oh and ‘Peep Show’ star Sophie Winkleman among celebrities at the Queen’s funeral

  19-09-2022 19:51 via nme.com
  Killing Eve actress Sandra Oh and Peep Show star Sophie Winkleman were among the celebrities who attended Queen Elizabeth II’s state funeral today (September 19).READ MORE: Entertainment world reacts to the death of Queen Elizabeth IIThe former was at the service held at Westminster Abbey as part of the Canadian delegation as a member of the Order of Canada while Winkleman, who famously played Big Suze on the long-running sitcom, is actually a member of the Royal family because she&rs
  
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• Tom Grennan talks about being sick in front of David Beckham

  19-09-2022 19:47 via music-news.com
  
  This morning on Fitzy & Wippa, we chat with singer Tom Grennan. Tom reveals why he won’t bring his mates on tour with him
  
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• Lil Nas X Sends Pizza to, ‘Accidentally’ Falls in Love With ‘Homophobic’ Religious Protesters at His Show

  19-09-2022 19:47 via rollingstone.com
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• Joesef announces debut album ‘Permanent Damage’ with single ‘Joe’

  19-09-2022 18:06 via nme.com
  Scottish singer Joesef has announced details of his debut album, ‘Permanent Damage’ – listen to first single ‘Joe’ below.
  The record is set to land on January 13, 2023 via AWAL, and follows his ‘Does It Make You Feel Good?’ EP from 2020.READ MORE: Joesef: Scottish soul-pop hero turning vulnerability into a rallying cryDiscussing the album, Joesef said: “I’ve always found it quite difficult to find peace in myself.  Always moving, always
  
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• Dua Lipa says she feels more in “control” on her forthcoming third album

  19-09-2022 17:56 via nme.com
  Dua Lipa has admitted that she feels more in “control” on her forthcoming new album than ever before.
  The singer’s follow-up to her 2020 smash ‘Future Nostalgia’ was first teased back in January, when Lipa said she had “done a big chunk of writing” for the new record.
  In March, she then revealed that the album was “50 per cent done” and is “starting to take shape”.
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• System of a Down’s Serj Tankian Embraces Augmented Reality for New ‘Perplex Cities’ EP

  19-09-2022 17:23 via rollingstone.com
  Musician will be dropping new songs — starting with "Pop Imperialism" — on the Arloopa app ahead of the full EP's release
  
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• Paramore add New York gig to intimate 2022 North American tour

  19-09-2022 17:23 via nme.com
  Paramore have added a New York gig to their upcoming 2022 North American comeback tour – find details below and get tickets here.
  The trio are set to return with new single ‘This Is Why’ next month (October 28), having returned to the stage three weeks earlier (October 2) to begin their run of gigs.READ MORE: Paramore: their 10 best songs – rankedOn November 13, the band will play the Beacon Theatre as part of the tour, which runs until November 19, where they play t
  
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• A Van Halen Stage has been opened in late guitarist’s hometown of Pasadena

  19-09-2022 17:07 via nme.com
  A Van Halen stage has been opened in Eddie Van Halen‘s hometown of Pasadena.READ MORE: Eddie Van Halen, 1955 – 2020: a colossus who turned guitar solos into a firework displayA ceremony was held at the weekend for the new park which will allow informal recreation and community gatherings and includes a children’s playground, public toilets a 48-space parking plaza and a dog run.
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• Life Is Beautiful Day Three: Calvin Harris, Jack Harlow Close Out the Weekend With Pure Energy and Curveballs

  19-09-2022 16:36 via rollingstone.com
  Big Boi’s tour of Atlanta, Rico Nasty’s awesomely nasty rap, and Pussy Riot’s protest anthems help wrap a wild three days
  
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• Elton John recalls dancing with Queen Elizabeth II at Windsor Castle

  19-09-2022 16:31 via music-news.com
  
  Queen Elizabeth II passed away at the age of 96 on 8 September.
  
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• Memes and Memories: Inside L.A.’s New Music Revival

  19-09-2022 16:09 via rollingstone.com
  From dive bars to celebrity hot spots, the best venues in L.A. offer up both viral and musical moments
  
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• Bone Thugs-N-Harmony announce final show as five-piece

  19-09-2022 15:55 via nme.com
  Bone Thugs-N-Harmony have announced their final gig as a five-piece, with Bizzy Bone set to retire from performing live.
  The hip-hop group – Krayzie, Layzie, Bizzy, Wish and Flesh – will perform their last gig with this line-up in Ontario, California on November 19 as part of Bobby Dee and Snoop Dogg‘s High Hopes Concert.
  Others to perform at the event include Ice Cube, Cypress Hill, Method Man and Xzibit. The gig will take place at the Toyota
  
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• Snoop Dogg-themed Funko store to open in Los Angeles

  19-09-2022 15:49 via nme.com
  Funko has announced Tha Dogg House, a new collaboration with Snoop Dogg, which will include a brick-and-mortar store in Inglewood, California.
  As reported by AllHipHop, Tha Dogg House will feature a mural of the rapper as well as life-sized Funko Pop! figures.
  The Funko store will be located next to Snoop Dogg’s clothing store near SoFi Stadium and will offer exclusive collectibles along with other Funko products.
  “This new store stays true to who I am as an entrepreneur and rap
  
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• Daddy Yankee Forever: A Reggaeton Legend Goes Out on Top

  19-09-2022 15:00 via rollingstone.com
  He spent decades making hits that changed the world, even when the industry counted him out. Now, as he mounts his biggest tour ever, he reveals why it's time for him to put down the mic
  
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• Listen to new Ryuichi Sakamoto songs from Netflix anime series ‘Exception’

  19-09-2022 14:56 via nme.com
  Ryuichi Sakamoto has shared two new songs that were made for the Netflix anime series Exception – listen below.
  The two songs – ‘Opening for ‘Exception’’ and ‘Oxygen’ – soundtrack the new space horror anime series, which is based on a new story by Hirotaka Adachi.
  The series is due to launch globally on October 14, with ‘Exception (Soundtrack From the Netflix Anime Series)’ out on the same day via Milan Records.
  The official synop
  
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• Pearl Jam’s Eddie Vedder joins Neil Finn for Crowded House cover

  19-09-2022 14:24 via nme.com
  Pearl Jam‘s Eddie Vedder joined Crowded House‘s Neil Finn on stage at a show this weekend – watch them play ‘World Where You Live’ below.
  Finn and his son Liam were performing a set at the Bourbon & Beyond festival in Louisville, Kentucky on Saturday (September 17) and were joined by Vedder and Pearl Jam touring guitarist (and former Red Hot Chili Peppers member) Josh Klinghoffer for two final songs.
  The two-song set opened with Crowded House’s ‘Worl
  
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• The Pretenders’ Chrissie Hynde announces intimate 2022 UK tour dates

  19-09-2022 13:23 via nme.com
  The Pretenders‘ Chrissie Hynde has announced details of an intimate 2022 UK tour – find a full list of dates below and buy tickets here.READ MORE: Inside the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert: “A gigantic fucking night for a gigantic fucking person”Fresh off a performance at the Taylor Hawkins Tribute Concert at London’s Wembley Stadium earlier this month (September 3), Hynde will return to the UK in October for a set of gigs in small venues.
  The short tour will b
  
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• BLACKPINK add new dates to 2022 North American tour

  19-09-2022 13:16 via nme.com
  BLACKPINK have added a number of extra dates to the North American leg of their 2022 ‘Born Pink World Tour’.READ MORE: BLACKPINK enter a world-conquering era with unapologetic new single ‘Pink Venom’The South Korean group are scheduled to kick off in North America at the American Airlines Center in Dallas, Texas on October 25, with an extra date now added at the same venue on October 26.
  The K-pop four-piece are also adding extra dates at the Toyota Center in Houston
  
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• Motley Crue 'having a blast' playing stadiums after 2015 retirement

  19-09-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mötley Crüe have had the best time playing their stadium they never expected to happen.
  
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• Melanie C has started her ninth solo album

  19-09-2022 13:04 via music-news.com
  
  Melanie C has begun work on her follow-up to her 2020 self-titled solo album.
  
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• Mariah Carey is set to release her ‘lost’ 1995 alt-rock album

  19-09-2022 12:41 via nme.com
  Mariah Carey has “found” her ‘lost’ 1995 alt-rock album ‘Someone’s Ugly Daughter’ and is set to release it in full, according to a new interview.READ MORE: Mariah Carey: “You know what? I love Christmas!”Back in 2020, Carey revealed in her new memoir The Making of Mariah Carey that she worked on an alternative rock album in the mid-1990s.
  On Twitter at the time, Carey said she made the album “just for laughs, but it got me through
  
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• Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva condemns war in Ukraine

  19-09-2022 12:37 via nme.com
  Popular Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva has spoken out against the war in Ukraine.
  The musician, who rose to fame in the Soviet era, has sold more than 250million records and is known as one of Russia’s most beloved artists.
  Taking to social media, Pugacheva addressed the Russian justice ministry, writing to her 3.4million Instagram followers: “I am asking you to include me on the foreign agents list of my beloved country.”
  Pugacheva’s husband, the comedian, TV presente
  
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• Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker approve of Kravis nickname

  19-09-2022 12:31 via music-news.com
  
  Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker sometimes use the nickname themselves.
  
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• Rina Sawayama shares forceful new video for ‘Hurricanes’

  19-09-2022 12:04 via nme.com
  Rina Sawayama has shared a brand new video for her latest single ‘Hurricanes’ – check it out below.READ MORE: The NME Big Read – Rina Sawayama: “I want to make live moments and memories that last forever”The British-Japanese artist released her second album ‘Hold The Girl’ on Friday (September 16) via Dirty Hit, and shared the new video on the same day.
  Following visuals for the new album’s title track and ‘This Hell&rsqu
  
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• Ludacris’ manager Chaka Zulu charged with murder in Atlanta shooting

  19-09-2022 12:04 via nme.com
  Chaka Zulu, the longtime manager of Ludacris, was charged with murder this week for a shooting in June.
  As reported by CNN, Zulu (real name Ahmed Obafemi) was involved with the incident at the APT 4B restaurant in Atlanta, which left one person dead.
  Officers arrived on the scene on June 26, finding three men with gunshot wounds, one of which was Zulu. According to his lawyers, Zulu fired his weapon in self-defence.
  After all three men were taken to hospital, one man – 23-year-old Artez Ja
  
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• SHINee’s Key asks Conan Gray to join K-pop agency SM Entertainment

  19-09-2022 11:52 via nme.com
  American singer-songwriter Conan Gray recently journeyed through K-pop agency SM Entertainment’s building with a tour led by SHINee’s Key.READ MORE: Key – ‘Gasoline’ review: the SHINee member comes into his own as an artist on his second solo albumIn a new video released on SHINee’s official YouTube channel, Gray paid a visit to the K-pop agency’s headquarters while he was in South Korea for the Haus of Wonder Festival last month. The ‘Maniac&rsquo
  
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• K-pop rookies NMIXX make a powerful return with whimsical ’Dice’ music video

  19-09-2022 11:41 via nme.com
  JYP Entertainment’s newest girl group NMIXX have made their first-ever comeback with their second single album ‘Entwurf’.READ MORE: K-pop rookies Billlie push the envelope: “We’re having fun because we’re experimenting”On September 19, the seven-member act unveiled a stunning music video for ‘Dice’, the title track off their brand-new single album ‘Entwurf’. The new visual sees NMIXX cast into an Alice in Wonderland-inspired realm
  
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• The Big Moon appeal for help after their gear is stuck in Spain

  19-09-2022 11:31 via nme.com
  The Big Moon have taken to Twitter to appeal for help ahead of their UK tour, after their gear was stranded in Spain.READ MORE: The Big Moon talk new album ‘Here Is Everything’: “I just couldn’t believe I would ever do anything creative again”“Help!! Our gear is stranded in Spain and we have our first show of the tour in Sheffield tomorrow,” the four-piece wrote on Twitter. “Can anyone help us out and lend us these things!!? Plz rt if u know a
  
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• The 1975 to release new single ‘All I Need To Hear’ this week

  19-09-2022 11:26 via nme.com
  The 1975 are set to release a new single called ‘All I Need To Hear’ this week.READ MORE: The 1975 live at Reading Festival 2022: “It’s. Just. Fucking. Bangers”The band will release their fifth album, ‘Being Funny In A Foreign Language’, on October 14 via Dirty Hit, which has been previewed so far by the singles ‘Part Of The Band’, ‘Happiness’ and ‘I’m In Love With You’.
  On Wednesday (September 21), they wil
  
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• Mariah Carey has a 'themed album' on the way

  19-09-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Mariah Carey has revealed she has a "themed" record in the making.
  
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• Dua Lipa feeling 'liberated' writing third album

  19-09-2022 11:04 via music-news.com
  
  Dua Lipa has been feeling the freedom to do exactly what she wants on her upcoming LP.
  
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• BLACKPINK songwriter Bekuh Boom thought ‘Born Pink’ B-side ‘Typa Girl’ would be Lisa’s next solo release

  19-09-2022 10:40 via nme.com
  Singer-songwriter Bekuh Boom, along with several ‘Born Pink’ contributors have opened up about the process behind BLACKPINK’s latest album.READ MORE: BLACKPINK enter a world-conquering era with unapologetic new single ‘Pink Venom’In a recent story by Variety, several songwriters whose work featured on BLACKPINK’s sophomore studio album ‘Born Pink’ discussed the stories behind their contributions to the record.
  Among them are singer-songwriter and l
  
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