The remix to Nio García, Casper Mágico and Darell’s “Te Boté,” a seven-minute, stubbornly skeletal reggaeton single, is a massive hit in the U.S. this year — especially when you consider that the entire thing is rapped and sung in Spanish. In the harsh world of the Hot 100, dominated …
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Andrew Janz delivers a stump speech like a closing argument. Blame his day job. The trim, pokerfaced 34-year-old is deputy district attorney in Fresno, California. And at a meet-and-greet, in the living room of a retired schoolteacher on the north end of this sprawling city, he sounds less like he’s …
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He’s best known as the charming frontman of Fall Out Boy — but long before he embarked on the path to pop punk stardom, Patrick Stump spent days and nights poring over his mom’s old textbooks, memorizing the names of long-extinct mammals and aquatic life. “All my favorite superheroes were …
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Florence and the Machine recorded a dramatic, elegant rendition of Tori Amos‘ “Cornflake Girl” for Spotify’s latest “Singles” session. Singer Florence Welch showcases her singular range throughout the 1994 track, moving from breathy tones to a quivering vibrato and squealing high register. Her band, meanwhile, mingles low-octave piano and soft …
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Apple‘s latest software update this week, iOS 12, brings a number of design and functionality tweaks to its streaming service. But the most useful new Apple Music feature allows users to find and play songs by searching their lyrics. The feature proves particularly helpful in the case of songs whose …
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This new piece of legislation sounds audacious at first. It tells companies like Amazon: if you pay your workers so poorly that they have to go on food stamps, the government is going to hit you with a 100 percent tax on such subsidies. Sponsored by Bernie Sanders and California …
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The Toronto International Film Festival just closed a diverse and dazzling edition, which introduced enough Oscar contenders for Best Actress to fill the category twice over. Remember when it was a stretch to find just five worthy contenders? Time is truly up for the Hollywood attitude that women have to …
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Gepe, Chilean pop’s resident mad scientist, released his new albumFolclor Imaginario early Friday,honoring the late Chilean singer-songwriter Margot Loyola Palacios on the eve of what would have been her 100th birthday. For the album, Gepe recruited his fellow countrymen — Miguel Molina, Claudio Constanzo and Claudia Mena — to cook …
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Emanon, a full-length graphic novel co-written by Wayne Shorter and included with his new album of the same name, tells the story of a “rogue philosopher” who travels between worlds, spreading a message of truth and empowerment. For much of his 60-plus-year career, Shorter has been on an analogous mission. …
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Fans were forcibly ejected from a Dua Lipa concert by local security personnel in Shanghai on Wednesday, the BBC reports. After the incident, the singer posted a message on Instagram saying she was “horrified by what happened.” Social media footage shows security staff violently pulling an audience member out of …
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